CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The jury in the Don Blankenship case was sent home early Wednesday because a juror was too ill to participate in deliberations. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger released the jurors for the day — the ninth day of deliberations for the eight women and four men — at[Read More…]
Month: December 2015
Marshall holds welcoming event for new president
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — There are many things the Marshall University community has yet to learn about the university’s next president, Dr. Jerome Gilbert, but the outgoing Mississippi State University Provost was welcomed to campus with open arms Wednesday. A city- and county-sourced welcome wagon of more than 200 people were[Read More…]
Low-cost path to new workforce skills needed
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For almost a century, free public education has stopped when students walk across the auditorium stage and picked up their high school diplomas. For years that was fine, because a high school graduate was well prepared for the workplace. As recently as 1973,[Read More…]
Wheeling fired up for title game versus Capital
WHEELING, W.Va. — If the atmosphere inside Wheeling Island Stadium Wednesday night was any indication, the stands should be absolute pandemonium when Wheeling Park High School’s football team takes the field for Saturday’s Class AAA state championship bout against Capital. Hundreds of students, parents and other Patriots faithful turned out[Read More…]
Health firm to build headquarters in Wheeling
WHEELING, W.Va. — The Health Plan’s anticipated spring groundbreaking on its new corporate headquarters represents something that hasn’t happened in about 30 years – new construction by a private company in downtown Wheeling. On Wednesday, the non-profit health insurance company announced plans to build a $16 million, four-story building on[Read More…]
Wheeling must proceed with redevelopment
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Wednesday’s announcement The Health Plan will construct a new headquarters building in Wheeling settles the future of the city’s downtown business district, or at least a large portion of it. Now, instead of attempting to devise a workable strategy for redevelopment of[Read More…]
WV residents told of skills Proctor & Gamble needs
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It will be more than a year until Procter & Gamble’s Tabler Station plant opens, but local residents are already working to find out what skills will be needed for a position and how to obtain those skills. Procter & Gamble and its local training partner, Blue[Read More…]
Church buying shoes for kids at three WV schools
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — CenterPointe Church kicked off the second year of its New Shoes Initiative on Tuesday morning at Burke Street Elementary School. This year the New Shoes Initiative is putting over 500 new pairs of socks and shoes on every boy and girl at three elementary schools in Berkeley[Read More…]
Property sale to yield new brewery for Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia University at Parkersburg Board of Governors approved the sale Wednesday of two properties that make up part of the school’s former Downtown Center on Market Street. The board approved the sale of 707 Market St. and 709 Market St. to the Parkersburg Brewing Company[Read More…]
WVU students hold Free Hug Day to build respect
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Students at West Virginia University were greeted on Wednesday with calls of “Free hugs!” as they passed in front of the Mountainlair. “It’s a cold day,” volunteers chanted, “warm up with a free hug!” WVU’s Hugs for Humanity event was an idea from WVU student Mustafa Rfat,[Read More…]