PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Wood County Schools officials are pitching a universal free-breakfast program which could save the district nearly $100,000, but Wood County Board of Education members remain unconvinced. The board has rejected similar programs several times in recent years. Hollie Best, director of food service for Wood County Schools,[Read More…]
Month: September 2015
Kayakers take to Ohio River for Paddlefest
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — About 60 brightly colored kayaks with a few canoes paddled the Ohio River between Point Park and Blennerhassett Island on Saturday morning during a period free of barges or motorboats. The second annual Parkersburg Paddlefest was held Saturday on the Ohio River after the U.S. Coast Guard[Read More…]
We could learn from the Middle East, Africa
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Jobless numbers for August were released last week. Once again, West Virginia has the highest rate of unemployment in the country – and that rate went up, from 7.5 percent in July to 7.6 percent in August. The Associated[Read More…]
W.Va. power line opponent saves ratepayers $6M
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Keryn Newman finally has a minute to herself. Time was hard to come by during the past several years she spent battling developers of the controversial Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline Project – more commonly known as PATH -even after they abandoned the project. But it was a good[Read More…]
Cabell County sees big demand for needle exchange
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After just the third needle exchange clinic at the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, it’s time to expand its hours, said physician director Dr. Michael Kilkenny. “We’ve really reached our capacity for the hours that we’ve scheduled already,” Kilkenny said. “We had our third session (Sept. 16), and we[Read More…]
Runner proposes at first Morgantown marathon
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than 1,100 racers, from more than 30 states, attended Morgantown’s first marathon during this past weekend. There was even a proposal at the end of the race. Ryan Cooper proposed to his girlfriend, Ashley Millhouse, as she finished the 26.2-mile marathon. During the proposal, he had[Read More…]
WVU in five-year, $13M study of oil, gas industry
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a classroom inside West Virginia University’s Brooks Hall, students, researchers and media have gathered for a tour of the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory — dubbed MSEEL for short. A research project unlike anything before it, MSEEL sits at the meeting point between industry, government[Read More…]
Business incentives must be fair, balanced, transparent
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — On Friday, Procter & Gamble broke ground on a $500 million manufacturing plant near Martinsburg that is expected to employ up to 700 people. It is exciting news for West Virginia, as competition for factories that employ that many people is fierce.[Read More…]
West Virginia poverty rate among highest in US
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County’s 17 percent poverty rate in 2014 was the highest it has been in the last decade, with the exception of 2011, when 17.2 percent of county residents were living in poverty, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week. The[Read More…]
Pot-growing gear to get new use in Princeton school
PRINCETON, W.Va. — The officers of the Southern Regional Drug & Violent Crime Task Force rarely step into the spotlight, but when they do, there must be a very good cause. Sgt. J.S. McCarty, of the West Virginia State Police, head of the local task force made up of officers[Read More…]
