Month: October 2015

Berkeley County lawmaker to run for treasurer

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — State Delegate Larry W. Faircloth, R-Berkeley, has announced he will not seek re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates. Rather, he said he will run for state treasurer. “If elected as West Virginia State Treasurer, my first action in that office will be to order an[Read More…]

Existence of more guns increases need for safety

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Guns seem to be selling better than ever this year. Although no one source tracks all gun sales, one key indicator is the number of background checks done by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Those checks are required for in-store[Read More…]

Sabraton to get latest ‘Little Free Library’

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Deckers Creek Trail might at first seem like the last place to check out a library book, but the MOMS Club of Morgantown and Friends Of Deckers Creek have other plans. The two groups partnered to bring a Little Free Library to Sabraton. Volunteers worked to stain[Read More…]

Busy week got busier after White House call

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The staff at the East End Family Resource Center was already expecting a busy week this week, as they planned a block party and one of their biggest fundraisers of the year. Then the White House called. “So as if this week wasn’t already going to be[Read More…]

Two GOP challengers emerge in W.Va.’s 2nd District

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rep. Alex Mooney will have at least two Republican primary opponents in his quest for re-election in May. Marc Savitt, a mortgage provider in Jefferson County, announced his candidacy on Tuesday, joining Ken Reed, a Morgan County pharmacist, as declared challengers to Mooney. “Washington is broken,” Savitt,[Read More…]

Yeager officials want state Rainy Day money

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Yeager Airport officials are poised to ask Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and the West Virginia Legislature to tap the state’s Rainy Day Fund for the $25 million to $35 million they believe is needed to begin rebuilding the safety-overrun zone that collapsed in a March 12 landslide.[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Oct. 23

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. HILLARY CLINTON STRIVES TO CLOSE THE BOOK ON BENGHAZI She battled hours of[Read More…]

Mountain State Art & Craft Fair moves from July to September

RIPLEY, W.Va. — As part of an effort to reverse three consecutive years of red ink and dwindling crowds, the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair — the state’s oldest heritage fair — is getting a name change, becoming a fall festival instead of a mid-summer event and looking for[Read More…]

Political strategist hired by attorney general resigns

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A veteran political operative that West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey hired and put on the state payroll last month abruptly quit on Wednesday. Morrisey’s deputy chief of staff, Lance James Henderson, announced his resignation two days after the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported on Henderson’s hiring. Democrats seeking[Read More…]

Antidote to hopelessness

A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Obama came to Charleston on Wednesday to discuss skyrocketing rates of opioid addiction, and the testimony from parents struggling to help their children heal was heartbreaking. But the moral for the day is that problems have solutions, and treatment does[Read More…]

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