CHARLESTON, W.Va. WV (July 2015) – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. July 2, 1829: Potter and businessman Alexander Polk Donaghho was born. He began a pottery operation in Parkersburg, creating hand-thrown, salt-glazed crocks, jars and other pottery that are avidly collected[Read More…]
Month: June 2015
Preston County News & Journal: Courage to forgive could be catalyst for change
By John Dahlia Editor The events taking place last week at a Charleston, South Carolina, church have had an impact across our nation. The racially motivated mass murder of nine black people at a Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has shaken the nation, from President Barack Obama[Read More…]
McKinley speaking at breakfast meeting
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Residents wanting politics with their breakfast won’t want to miss the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast with U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., Tuesday, June 30. Chamber organizers are hosting the event at 8 a.m. on June 30 at the Ramada Inn in Morgantown. Congressman McKinley will[Read More…]
‘Blue Moon’ celebration benefits students
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Will an inspiring view, meal and cause attract West Virginians to Allegheny Mountain in Randolph County for a ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ celebration? Organizers at Inspiring WV, a 501(C)3 nonprofit located in Buckhannon, think it will and are inviting residents to help students, boost the state economy and build[Read More…]
SPJ president seeks reinstatement of Fairmont professor
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A national organization that represents journalists has requested that a Fairmont State University journalism professor be reinstated. On Tuesday, Society of Professional Journalists President Dana Neuts sent a letter to FSU President Maria Rose asking that Michael Kelley be reinstated without penalty as a professor and adviser[Read More…]
Assault against natural gas may be next
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginians already have seen what irrational liberals in Washington can do to the coal industry. With their successes in the war against coal and affordable electricity, they may be ready to move on – with an assault against natural gas. Perhaps the[Read More…]
High school students visit The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Fifteen high school students attending an annual journalism workshop at Marshall University this week spent most of their day Tuesday visiting The Herald-Dispatch, where they talked with editors and reporters about various aspects of the profession. The students participated in morning and afternoon news coverage planning sessions,[Read More…]
Numbers just didn’t add up for intercity bus service
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Like virtually all public transit services, the commuter bus connecting Charleston and Huntington on weekdays doesn’t pay its own way because revenues from fares simply aren’t enough to cover the costs. Unfortunately for those who have utilized the service over the past six[Read More…]
Tomblin spokesman says trade trips worth the cost
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Investments linked to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s trade mission to Japan in 2012 alone have exponentially exceeded the costs of that trip, as well as costs of a trade mission to Europe in 2013, and a return visit to Japan earlier this year, a spokesman for the[Read More…]