A column by Samantha Perry, editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — How do you react when pulled over by police for a traffic violation? Do you get angry and rant? Become defensive? Plead innocence? Do you spill out a laundry list of excuses for speeding or running a[Read More…]
Month: November 2015
Fairmont facility makes use of frack brine
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Deep-well injection of used fracking fluid raises concerns of environmental pollution and pressure-stimulated earthquakes. Just north of Fairmont, overlooking the east side of the Monongahela River and Bellview across the water, a small plant is busy providing an alternative. Since 2013, Fairmont Brine Processing has been cleaning[Read More…]
WVU grad student takes Mountaineer Idol title
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derrick Ward, or better known on stage as Remy Black, won Mountaineer Idol on Sunday, Nov. 8, at WVU’s Creative Arts Center. The competition, which started in August, allows students to show off their talent. At the beginning of the semester, 60 students auditioned. The top 15 competed[Read More…]
Ogden Newspapers names regional ad director
WHEELING, W.Va. — Lori Figurski, the former publisher of The Times Leader, has assumed a new role with the Ogden Newspapers as regional advertising director. The announcement was made by Robert Nutting, the company’s president and CEO. Figurski began her career as an advertising sales representative and later the advertising[Read More…]
Pipeline rejection no service to U.S.
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — It was bad enough when President Barack Obama used the proposed Keystone XL pipeline for domestic political reasons, to placate his radical environmentalist base. But when he finally killed the project – at least for now – he admitted international politics was[Read More…]
Randolph County voters reject school levy renewal
ELKINS, W.Va. — Despite a strong showing of support in Elkins, the outlying areas carried the “no-vote” in the 2015 election, shooting down the effort to renew the standing education levy in Randolph County. According to unofficial final results provided by county officials at approximately 9 p.m. Saturday in the[Read More…]
WV doctor takes initiative with naloxone class
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Dr. John Aldis had no way of knowing when he graduated from medical school 44 years ago that something else from that same time – the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the naloxone, a medication that reverses opiate overdoses – would become an important part[Read More…]
Three WV papers publish book on state tragedies
BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginians are, by nature it seems, a resilient people. Tragedy has struck this state many times over its 152 years of statehood. But in each and every instance, no matter the damage or the loss of life, the state’s people have picked themselves up again and[Read More…]
New editor named for The Register-Herald
BECKLEY, W.Va. — J. Damon Cain, an accomplished news executive at the Denver Post for 13 years, has been appointed editor of The Register-Herald of Beckley and its sister publications, effective Nov. 16. Publisher Frank Wood said Cain was selected in a national search for an editor with proven print[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Nov. 9
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. SUU KYI’S PARTY PROJECTS LANDSLIDE IN HISTORIC MYANMAR VOTE The democracy icon urges[Read More…]