HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — One local man recently joined 19 other men and women to follow the Great Wildebeest Migration across 200 miles of the Serengeti. Jason Drevenak, owner of North American Bushcraft School in Hedgesville, will be featured in National Geographic’s newest survival series, ‘Mygrations,’ showing his primitive knowledge and[Read More…]
Month: May 2016
Shepherdstown first with Sunday morning alcohol
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Sunday morning brunch-goers were able to enjoy a mid-morning drink for the first time in the state’s history, thanks to an ordinance passed in Shepherdstown allowing alcohol sales in restaurants beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday. Shepherdstown is the first city in West Virginia to allow alcohol sales[Read More…]
WV’s Hare Krishna center ready for hungry tourists
NEW VRINDABAN, W.Va. – Govinda’s Restaurant, the Ohio Valley’s only all-vegan and vegetarian restaurant, recently opened for the summer tourist season to feed the nearly 30,000 visitors that will travel to the Palace of Gold this year. Communications Director Vrindavan Das and Vice President of Guest Services Vasudeva Das said[Read More…]
WV’s GOP convention delegates still in flux
WHEELING, W.Va. — The last vote in West Virginia’s primary election was cast almost two weeks ago, but the state Republican Party is still tabulating just who will be its delegates to the Republican National Convention this summer. While election night totals showed four delegates from the Northern Panhandle headed[Read More…]
Here’s a way to really help miners
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — If the federal government really wanted to help people in West Virginia’s southern coalfields, Washington would buy their homes. That’s all that is keeping some of the folks hurt by President Barack Obama’s war on coal from[Read More…]
Lumberjacks test their skills in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The roar of chainsaws and scent of freshly cut wood filled Mylan Park on Saturday, May 21, as hundreds turned out for the first day of the Stihl Timbersports Pro Lumberjack Competition and Festival. The Mid-Atlantic qualifier and Southern Regional qualifiers for the Stihl Timersports series were[Read More…]
Six WV agencies to occupy new Clarksburg complex
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Tenants of the new state office complex in downtown Clarksburg will be moving in next month, with the contractor hoping to complete all the remaining work by May 31. The four-story, 84,000-square-foot office complex is being built at the site of the former state office building in[Read More…]
Charleston officials worried about fireworks sales
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This summer, West Virginians will be able to legally buy consumer fireworks, such as bottle rockets and Roman candles. But some Charleston officials are worried about not only the public safety risks higher grade fireworks pose, but also the challenge of enforcing potential laws to prohibit their use[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, May 23
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, May 23, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OBAMA LIFTS ARMS BAN IN FIRST VISIT TO VIETNAM The move aims to[Read More…]
Non-Partisan organizations to host W.Va. gubernatorial debate Oct. 4
Effort underway to bring candidates to the voters CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three statewide non-partisan organizations hope to provide voters across the Mountain State an opportunity to learn where the state’s major gubernatorial candidates stand – in their own words – on the issues prior to the November 2016 general election. The[Read More…]