MILTON, W.Va. — Blenko Glass Company has started making its 2016 West Virginia Day piece, “Patience’s Prize,” which will go on sale at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 18, in celebration of West Virginia’s 153rd birthday. In his 10th year of designing the celebration piece, Arlon Bayliss described the vase as[Read More…]
Month: May 2016
WV lawmaker would shift greyhound funds to roads
WHEELING, W.Va. — A bill introduced during the West Virginia Legislature’s special session would redirect money that supports greyhound racing to fix the state’s roads, but two Northern Panhandle delegates do not believe this would fill the pothole in the State Road Fund. Delegate Patrick Lane, R-Kanawha, introduced the legislation[Read More…]
Rein in WV PEIA spending
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — This could be labeled the Year of Unfinished Business for West Virginia legislators. They have been unable to agree on a budget for the fiscal year that begins in only about five weeks, so it should not be surprising they have[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley airport gets five bids for service
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Five airlines have submitted bids to provide service to the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport this fall. Airport Manager Jeff McDougle said Wednesday the airport board has until June 20 to submit its recommendation to the U.S. Department of Transportation. In most cases, McDougle said, the department goes[Read More…]
Vienna residents must aid plastic bottle effort
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Vienna residents faced with one potential environmental concern are quickly building up another, as tens of thousands of plastic water bottles pile up every day. In fact, according to estimates from Mayor Randy Rapp, 52,000 bottles of water were distributed[Read More…]
WV House leaders have ‘good meeting’ on impasse
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While the legislature remains in a holding pattern in trying to fix a $271 million budget hole that must be filled by June 30, a glimmer of teamwork appeared in the House of Delegates Wednesday. House Minority Leader Tim Miley, D-Harrison, said he “had a good meeting” with[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, May 26
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 26, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NUCLEAR REALITIES HOVER OVER OBAMA’S TRIP TO HIROSHIMA The visit, coinciding with the[Read More…]
Water crisis spurs Wood County cities to connect
VIENNA, W.Va. — Work began Tuesday to connect the water lines between Vienna and Parkersburg, a project prompted by the C8 situation in Vienna. “This is a wonderful thing,” Vienna Mayor Randy Rapp said. The project has been discussed for years and was brought to the forefront after the U.S.[Read More…]
Martinsburg airport board balks at company’s offer
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — After members of the Eastern Regional Airport Authority accepted a $250,000 offer from Inter-Modal Holding LLC of Steubenville, Ohio, in May, the chairman of the Airport Authority said he rejected another offer of $18,000 from the company. Inter-Modal Holding and Drakon Technologies presented members of the Airport[Read More…]
Utilities to cut coal-fired power by 45 gigawatts
WHEELING, W.Va. — This year, utility providers are expected to extinguish as much as 45 gigawatts of coal-fired electricity – enough to power as many as 45 million homes. Furthermore, U.S. electricity generators consumed 29 percent less coal in 2015 than in 2007. If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean[Read More…]
