Month: December 2015

Downtown Wheeling complex offers job, residence

WHEELING, W.Va. — If you are a recent college graduate looking to start your career, the Stone Center in downtown Wheeling may provide you a place of employment at the Williams Lea document processing firm – and a place to live in the loft apartments now occupying the structure’s top[Read More…]

First dean of Marshall Medical School dies

  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Robert W. Coon, the first dean of the Marshall Medical School has passed away. He was 96. Coon, who passed away Saturday, retired in 1989 to Burlington, Vermont, where he has family. Marshall University president emeritus Robert B. Hayes, who served as Marshall University president from[Read More…]

Internet service settlement will benefit West Virginians

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram  CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — On Thursday, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a record $160 million settlement with Frontier Communications to resolve complaints about the company’s high-speed Internet service. At the root of the problem were Frontier’s claims that its service would have speeds up[Read More…]

Frontier must lease fiber to rival Citynet, PSC rules

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over its strong objections, Frontier Communications must lease part of its fiber-optic cable network to rival Citynet, according to a state Public Service Commission ruling that could boost competition for high-speed Internet service in West Virginia. Last week, the commission upheld most of an administrative law judge’s[Read More…]

Don’t blame Legislature for PEIA woes

A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board voted Thursday to implement $120 million in cuts to workers’ health insurance plans. Those cuts could result in higher premiums, increased deductibles and copays and more in prescription drug costs, the Gazette-Mail’s[Read More…]

Bluefield Christmas parade draws big crowd

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. —  Temperatures in the high 60s, no rain, snow or sleet and a line-up of more than 65 units had the streets packed with spectators throughout the parade route Saturday afternoon. “The old Bluefield is coming back to life,” Dennis Smith said. Smith said he had dropped his[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Dec. 14

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. DARK STORY BEHIND SEAFOOD SOLD IN AMERICA Poor migrant workers and children are[Read More…]

Greenbrier County VA Clinic set for Ronceverte

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today welcomed the announcement of a new permanent location for the Greenbrier County VA Clinic. According to the Beckley Department of Veterans Affairs, the new clinic will be located at 228 Shamrock Lane in Ronceverte. Renovations of the[Read More…]

Stonewall Resort’s ‘Appalachian Homestead’ featured Sunday

DIY Network featuring cabin at 9 p.m. Sunday on nationally televised ‘Barnwood Builders’ WESTON W.Va. – Fox Cabin, a locally historic log cabin located in Roanoke, W.Va., and dating back to the mid-1800s, will be the star of an episode of the nationally televised show Barnwood Builders this Sunday –[Read More…]

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