An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Of all the books in all the world, the one we are most surprised to see on the 2015 Top 10 List of Most Frequently Challenged books was the sixth one mentioned. In case you missed the list in our Tuesday edition,[Read More…]
Month: September 2016
WV has second-highest student loan default rate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Of the more than 57,000 West Virginians who started to repay their federal student loans in the 2012-13 fiscal year, 8,035 have since fallen into default, according to data released this week by the U.S. Department of Education. West Virginia’s 16.2 percent rate of students defaulting is the[Read More…]
Spill report shows the need for due diligence
A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The final report by federal investigators on the Freedom Industries chemical spill that fouled the area’s drinking water for weeks confirmed what many observers already knew: Laws and regulations to assure public safety don’t work when the operators don’t follow[Read More…]
See-through poncho a must-have parade accessory
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Despite the rain, people lined the streets to watch this year’s Firemen’s Parade on Aug. 29. Benches, chairs, strollers for the children, and folded blankets for two made a colorful display of seating for those who waited eagerly for the 75th year’s “Gigantic Edition of the Famous[Read More…]
New emergency app built to spread across WV
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A new smartphone app is making it easier for residents across West Virginia to receive alerts in the event of an emergency or disaster. Representatives with SynTech Creative, a full-service IT and marketing company in Huntington, unveiled the app, Heads Up! Emergency, during a press conference Thursday[Read More…]
Conviction overturned in ’87 Cabell County murder
HUNTINGTON – The murder conviction of a man serving life in prison for a 1987 killing at a fast-food restaurant was overturned after Cabell Circuit Judge Alfred E. Ferguson found testimony from former State Police serologist Fred Zain gave him an unfair trial. Phillip Anthony Ward, 51, will be entitled[Read More…]
The Journal of Martinsburg launches new website
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Faster. A cleaner design that’s easier to navigate. Mobile-friendly. That’s the premise behind The Journal’s redesigned website, which launched Thursday. The site can be accessed online at www.journal-news.net. One of the new website’s key features is what’s known as “responsive design,” meaning it provides the same look,[Read More…]
WWII vets in their 90s get Parkersburg diplomas
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Two more World War II veterans have become graduates of Parkersburg High School. The Wood County Board of Education and PHS officials honored Eugene William McPherson and Clement Donald Dowler Tuesday and presented them with PHS diplomas during the board meeting. Both men are in their early[Read More…]
Fairmont team featured in homecoming parade
See a slideshow from the Fairmont State University homecoming parade.
CVS to offer naloxone without prescription in WV
BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia and four other states will now have access at CVS Health to the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone without a prescription. The company announced Thursday its naloxone expansion to the Mountain State, along with Alabama, Alaska, Illinois and Missouri, bringing the total to 36 states with[Read More…]
