An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Liberal arts schooling has become irrelevant during an era of fast-paced change in which many young people want colleges and universities to provide them with the credentials needed to pursue specific careers, some in higher education believe. Someone forgot to convince the[Read More…]
Month: September 2015
Macy’s W.Va. center to hire 2,900 seasonal workers
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Macy’s has begun its winter hiring increase for seasonal workers at its Martinsburg eCommerce Fulfillment Center and expects to fill 2,900 jobs during the holiday season. The center is now advertising walk-in interviews and an online applications process through Macy’s website, www.macysjobs.com. Walk-in interview hours are 9[Read More…]
Acclaimed W.Va. fiddle player, radio host dies
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Iconic local musician Joe Dobbs died Monday. He was 81. Dobbs, who moved to West Virginia in 1967, left his mark on the music scene in the Mountain State in myriad ways. The always smiling, and sweet spirited fiddler founded the Huntington-based 1937 Flood in the 1970s[Read More…]
W.Va. officials try to keep dead fugitive’s $167,000 cash, property
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A fugitive from Northern West Virginia who allegedly kept running for years, his flight ending only with a fatal car crash, reportedly left behind $167,000 in cash, two guns, a motorcycle, an ATV and utility trailers. That’s what the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department and Mon-Metro Drug and[Read More…]
W.Va. online voter registration to start soon
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — By the end of the month, you should be able to register to vote in West Virginia without leaving your home. Secretary of State Natalie Tennant’s office is doing “final testing” this week on its website to allow online voter registration and expects to launch by the[Read More…]
Kanawha school bus extensions proving effective
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although they’ve only been on 10 school buses in Kanawha County since the academic year began last month, drivers already have struck the new 6-foot-long bus-stop arm extensions six times, the school district’s executive transportation director says. However, Brette Fraley said his drivers have reported that the[Read More…]
W.Va. Planned Parenthood funding targeted
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, announced Tuesday that he is calling on the Department of Health and Human Resources to detail all state funding it provides to Planned Parenthood in West Virginia and to determine if those funds can be diverted to other health care organizations. “In[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, Sept. 23
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. POPE OF THE POOR ARRIVES IN U.S. Francis and Obama will meet in[Read More…]
WVU greats team up for family medicine
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two West Virginia University greats are teaming up to promote family medicine at the Family Medicine Foundation of West Virginia’s 29th Annual Jose I. Ricard, MD Family Medicine & Sports Medicine Conference. Dr. Paul Brooks, a 1966 graduate of the WVU School of Medicine and current Family Medicine Foundation of West Virginia[Read More…]
Capito supports bill to help combat Alzheimer’s disease
Legislation Would Award Prizes for Breakthroughs in Research, Detection and Cures WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced her support today for legislation to create prize-based incentives that encourage more public-private collaboration in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia. The Ensuring Useful Research[Read More…]
