Registration is now open SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — With an election on the calendar and budget, education and technology issues expected to arise during the West Virginia legislative session, 2016 promises to be an interesting news year. The state’s journalists will not want to miss the The AP Virginia Legislative Lookahead on[Read More…]
Month: December 2015
Eight is enough for Bluefield trash pickup
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Bluefield’s trash bag limit per pickup has been set at eight bags per week unless residents wish to pay for a special trash pickup. A second reading of the revised trash bag ordinance was unanimously approved by the city board of directors on Tuesday afternoon. Rideout said[Read More…]
WVDNR preparing three-acre holding pen for elk
HOLDEN, W.Va. — When West Virginia acquires its first batch of wild elk for re-establishing its own herd in the state’s Southern coalfields, the Division of Natural Resources will be ready to prepare them for release. On Tuesday, a DNR crew began laying out the site of a three-acre elk[Read More…]
WV firearms buck kill doubles over last year
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — More than 84,000 deer were harvested with firearms over the past two weeks during the state’s annual buck gun season, according to West Virginia Division of Natural Resources reports. Chris Ryan, DNR supervisor of game management services, said that number includes 66,374 antlered deer and 18,304 antlerless.[Read More…]
WV, nation benefit from action on highway funding
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — After 10 years of stalemate, the U.S. Congress took the appropriate action in passing a $305 billion federal highway bill, paving the way for states to fix and repair miles and miles of inter- and intra-state roadways. The bill, named the Fixing[Read More…]
Huntington infant center draws national attention
HUNTINGTON — West Virginia typically leads the nation in a lot of negative categories, like obesity and more recently in the news, drug overdoses. However, West Virginia also leads the country in the fight against the drug epidemic, which was highlighted by President Barack Obama’s visit in October and again[Read More…]
Wheeling complex lands another big box store
WHEELING, W.Va. — The Ohio County Development Authority has sealed the deal on a new big-box building materials store at The Highlands. Authority President Randy Wharton said Tuesday the authority has signed a purchase agreement with Menards, a Wisconsin-based home improvement store, for a 200,000-square-foot facility. “This will be a[Read More…]
Blankenship seeking reduced bond, travel OK
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who will be sentenced in March for his misdemeanor conviction, is seeking loosened bond restrictions and permission to travel home for the holidays. Currently, Blankenship’s bond conditions remain the same as before his trial began — a $5 million cash bond,[Read More…]
WV school chief says Fayette schools in worst repair
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michael Martirano has visited all 55 counties in West Virginia, but in none of them has seen the number of schools as badly in need of repair or replacement as those in Fayette County. After the West Virginia Board of Education’s 6-2[Read More…]
Dismissing bad health study makes problems worse
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — When we reported on Tuesday’s front page that Beckley was named the laziest city in West Virginia, we heard some snickering and laughter. And some folks flat out weren’t buying it. “I just think that’s a bunch of crap,” said one caller. According[Read More…]