CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Department of Environmental Protection told legislators Monday that results of a mandated radioactivity study of drilling waste accepted at landfills indicates radiation levels present are not harmful to humans. A bill passed last Legislative Session, allowing drilling mud — which can be more radioactive than topsoil[Read More…]
Month: November 2014
W.Va. colleges urged to set 15-credit-hour standard
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — College students should be taking a minimum of 15 credit hours a semester to graduate on time, higher education officials in West Virginia said Monday. The traditional standard has been 12 credit hours a semester, but Paul Hill, chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission,[Read More…]
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Low-cost higher ed should be maintained
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It should have come as no surprise that enrollment in West Virginia’s four-year public colleges and universities is down. Some of the decline is good news – but that does not help higher education administrators who count on tuition revenue to maintain[Read More…]
Original French fry sandwich now in Wheeling area
TRIADELPHIA, W.Va. — Yes, they really do put the fries on the sandwich. Sure, you can get them on the side – but why on earth would you? Roughly seven months after announcing it was coming to the Wheeling area, Primanti Bros. opened its doors at The Highlands on Friday[Read More…]
Digital tracking is growing threat to privacy
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — We lose a little more privacy every day. With the increased use of the Internet and smart phones, both business and government are tracking our activities and communications in ways most of us do not even know about. Today’s age of “big[Read More…]
Kanawha’s new prosecutor long on experience
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Longtime federal prosecutor Charles “Chuck” Miller was named by Kanawha County commissioners Monday morning to fill the last two years of the term of ousted county Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants. Commissioners appointed Miller after almost two hours of public interviews of five candidates for the position. Commissioners[Read More…]
Ad cuts hurt business, W.Va. rafting outfitters say
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Whitewater rafting in Southern West Virginia has been in a free-fall in recent years, dropping from more than 225,000 rafters on the New and Gauley rivers in 2000 to fewer than 100,000 this year, industry representatives told legislators Monday. “The biggest thing we can attribute it to[Read More…]
Energy firm opens $10M Charleston headquarters
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In 1972, John Mork set up the first official office for his company, Energy Corporation of America, in an abandoned coal mine company store in Glenville. “We had no paid employees,” he said. “I was an employee, I just didn’t get paid.” Forty-two years later, Mork is[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Nov. 18
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. SURGEON WITH EBOLA DIES AT NEBRASKA HOSPITALThe death of[Read More…]
