WHEELING, W.Va. — If you listen to Ohio County Schools administrators, the district performed exceptionally well on the 2014-15 West Virginia General Summative Assessment, as it finished first in the state in the percentage of students proficient in English/language arts and second in those proficient in math. But if you[Read More…]
Month: January 2016
Randolph County Scout honored for friend’s rescue
BEVERLY, W.Va. — While it is scientifically unknown whether adrenaline can give a person superhuman strength, something compelled Chase Wildman to lift a wrecked go-kart off of his friend. Twelve-year-old Wildman is a Boy Scout First Class from Troop 66 in Beverly. He was riding his dirt bike one June[Read More…]
Small WV town garners attention for its 42 inches
GLENGARY, W.Va. — It wasn’t quite like winning Powerball, yet the small West Virginia town of Glengary is getting a lot of attention for receiving the most snow from the recent storm: 42 inches. “Yeah, it’s cool. That’s about it,” said Robert Bragg, who owns a heating and cooling business[Read More…]
WV snow-clearing crews move to secondary roads
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The primary roads in the Eastern Panhandle are in good shape, and crews are moving onto secondary roads, according to Brent Walker, communications director for the West Virginia Department Department of Transportation. “We still urge drivers to use extreme caution,” Walker said Monday afternoon in a telephone[Read More…]
Other nations not on board with anti-coal agenda
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — During a visit to Parkersburg last week, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., spent a few moments discussing his trips to China and India, to view for himself the miracles those two countries are allegedly performing in reducing carbon emissions and[Read More…]
New Wyoming County senator takes her seat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Being a state senator wasn’t on her radar, but when Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin called her Friday, Sue Cline stepped up. Senator Cline took her spot in the Senate’s second row Monday. Cline was appointed Friday to fill the 9th District vacancy left by Daniel Hall, who[Read More…]
Nearly 900 miners in two WV counties face layoff
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources announced Monday it will shutter eight mines in two West Virginia counties as the demand and price for coal continues to slip amid a changing financial landscape. An Alpha official said a total of 871 employees received Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) at[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Jan. 26
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TIGHT DEMOCRAT RACE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERING VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT ROLE Clinton and Sanders often[Read More…]
Samantha Smith joins Charleston Newspapers
CHARLESTON, W.Va — West Virginia Press Association Advertising Director Samantha Smith, who headed up the WVPA’s Press Services advertising agency operation for the last two years, has returned to the newspaper industry. Smith left the WVPA at the end of 2015 to assume an advertising sale director position with the Charleston Gazette-Mail,[Read More…]
Rising temperatures help snow removal crews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As temperatures crept above freezing on Sunday following the weekend’s torrential snowfall, those who live in Charleston’s flats might have been better off waiting for Mother Nature to help melt the snow off their roads. More than two days after snow began to fall on Friday, Charleston Public[Read More…]
