WHEELING, W.Va. — The Wheeling Suspension Bridge reopened to traffic Monday afternoon, about four days ahead of schedule. The West Virginia Division of Highways closed the bridge – the oldest of its type in the world still in use – Friday morning due to a snapped cable which prevents the[Read More…]
Month: February 2015
Iced-over roof leaking in historic Wheeling theater
WHEELING, W.Va. — With temperatures expected to remain below freezing throughout the week, it may be several days before workers can fix the Capitol Theatre’s leaky roof. The ice atop the historic downtown Wheeling building is three to four inches thick in some places, according to Greater Wheeling Sports and[Read More…]
Barge sinking along Huntington riverbank
HUNTINGTON,W.Va. — The barges that held up Schooner’s Waterfront Grille and an adjacent building on the Ohio River in Huntington’s Guyandotte area began taking on water early Monday morning, and they are in the process of sinking. The property owner and a crew of maintenance workers have been trying to[Read More…]
Bridgeport airport lands Myrtle Beach flights
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — North Central West Virginia Airport will offer direct flights to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, starting in June. Beginning June 5 and running through Aug. 17, passengers will be able to fly directly to Myrtle Beach on Fridays and Mondays. The flights will be offered by Las Vegas-based[Read More…]
Potholes proliferate but repair crews must wait
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Take two weeks of ice and snow, some freezing and thawing, add some 16-ton snowplows and thousands of pounds of salt on heavily traveled roads, and you’ve got a recipe for a bumper crop of potholes. And state and local officials can’t do much about them at[Read More…]
Senate panel OKs bill to remove need for gun permit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Concealed weapons permits would no longer be necessary for persons wanting to carry concealed firearms, under legislation advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday (SB347). “The vote you’re about to take is a vote for your Second Amendment rights,” Sen. Kent Leonhardt, R-Monongalia, told the committee prior[Read More…]
Chairman ‘blindsided’ by Dems on charter schools
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Democrats exploited the absence of three Republican senators on Monday by voting down a bill that would have authorized county school boards to form charter schools in West Virginia. Seeing that Democrats had a majority during Monday’s Senate Finance Committee meeting, Sen. Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, motioned that[Read More…]
W.Va. towns struggle to remove all that snow
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — City crews are facing the same problem state road crews deal with after a major snowstorm hits the region: Where do you put all that snow? City employees in Bluefield, Princeton and other municipalities across the region were laboring Monday to remove tons of ice and frozen[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Feb. 24
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. STATES USE SECRET SURVEYS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATIONS[Read More…]
Weather slows efforts at W.Va. derailment site
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Cleanup at the site of the derailed CSX train in Fayette County continues, but officials said cold and snowy weather has slowed cleanup efforts. Officials from CSX and federal, state and local agencies provided updates on the ongoing effort, as well as environmental monitoring during a press[Read More…]
