BECKLEY, W.Va. — If the trend continues, police departments across the state may replace their Most Wanted posters with Help Wanted signs. Locally, two counties are experiencing what police agencies across the nation are experiencing: an unhealthy decline in men and women interested in working in law enforcement. Fayette County[Read More…]
Month: December 2014
Officials push for W.Va. markets for W.Va. crops
HUTTONSVILLE — On a recent Friday, bitter winds swept across the fallow fields here as prisoners in bright orange jumpsuits unloaded 50-pound bags of West Virginia-grown potatoes from a flatbed truck. The men in orange from the Huttonsville Correctional Center are part of a program that allows convicts to[Read More…]
W.Va. officials say heroin’s public threat on rise
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of an ongoing series which will take a deeper look at heroin in the Eastern Panhandle. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — After 40 years in the medical field, Berkeley Medical Center Director of Emergency Services John Wilty is still surprised by the number of heroin[Read More…]
West Virginia seeing rise in flu-like illnesses
ELKINS, W.Va. — The yearly flu season is underway and West Virginia is seeing evidence of influenza and influenza-like illness in areas across the state, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. While the flu season has already started, health officials say it’s not too late to[Read More…]
Road funding solution needed
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Remember the “blue ribbon” commission Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointed to recommend solutions to West Virginia’s highway funding dilemma? After many months of work it has resulted in … nothing. Meanwhile, Mountain State drivers continue to dodge crumbling pavement on hillsides, slam[Read More…]
Health report points out need for more resolve
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the new year approaches, anyone in the Tri-State on the fence about whether to resolve to live healthier in 2015 might want to consider the findings of the 25th annual America’s Health Rankings presented by the United Health Foundation and its[Read More…]
WVU band, fans take to Beale Street in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The AutoZone Liberty Bowl doesn’t kick off until 2 p.m. today, but the West Virginia and Texas A&M bands had a chance to kick off their bowl season Sunday, Dec. 28. “This was my first bowl parade and my first bowl game in general — I didn’t[Read More…]
GOP hopes to repeal W.Va. ‘cap and trade’ law
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — As the saying goes: “That was then. This is now.” Five years ago, the West Virginia Coal Association didn’t oppose an alternative/renewable energy bill championed by former Gov. Joe Manchin. Now, the trade industry group backs plans by Republicans taking control of the Legislature to repeal what[Read More…]
W.Va. Attorney General’s Office hit by departures
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More high-ranking lawyers are leaving West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office. The departures include three senior deputy attorneys general – Marty Wright, Tracy Webb and Richie Heath – who have been part of Morrisey’s leadership team for the past two years. Their new jobs with the[Read More…]
Holiday skiers pack slopes at W.Va. ski resorts
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Santa Claus wasn’t able to deliver a white Christmas in the Kanawha Valley last week, but that didn’t stop the state’s major ski resorts from keeping their slopes glistening with snow. About 800,000 skiers hit the slopes and trails of the state’s seven major ski areas each[Read More…]
