KEYSER, W.Va. — The News Tribune, a 100-year-old hometown daily print and digital news service operating in picturesque Keyser, W.Va., has an immediate need for a hands-on experienced, creative, energetic Sports Editor who understands the importance of covering the hometown teams as if they were the “big leagues.” Editor Liz[Read More…]
Month: September 2016
WV Senate OK sends flood relief bill to governor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to provide $85 million to cover West Virginia’s share of an estimated $339 million in recovery costs from the June 23 floods in central and southeastern counties is on its way to the governor, after the Senate approved the measure (HB 201) on a 32-0 vote Monday.[Read More…]
State Farm says WV tops in deer claims for 10th year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia remains the state where residents are most likely to submit insurance claims over deer-vehicle collisions, according to an annual analysis by State Farm Insurance. The insurance company estimated that from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, one in 41 West Virginia drivers hit a deer[Read More…]
WV veteran’s remains laid to rest 73 years later
GRAFTON, W.Va. — Seventy-three years after Emmett Kines was cut down in the fighting in Japan in World War II, he finally got to come home. Kines was among 1,000 Marines who died in the fighting at Tarawa Atoll in 1943. An organization that uses airplane searches and DNA analysis[Read More…]
Drug industry’s influence must be countered
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If you think the battle to curb the nation’s opioid crisis is concentrated mostly on police hunting down drug traffickers and within treatment centers where addicts are struggling to recover, think again. Instead, much of it over the past decade has taken place[Read More…]
Constitution Party candidate for WV governor won’t be on ballot
ELKINS, W.Va. — A Huttonsville man running for West Virginia governor on the Constitution Party ticket will not appear on the upcoming General Election ballot after a decision by the state Supreme Court. Phillip Hudok said he learned of the ballot change only recently. He said the High Court rewrote[Read More…]
Calf hoofs it with Parkersburg cross country team
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A calf in Wood County spends its Wednesdays helping a local cross country team train by running with it on a homemade course. Parkersburg South High School’s cross country team trains every Wednesday at the Lemon family farm off Lost Pavement Road. Izabell, a calf, has been[Read More…]
Parkersburg paper launches redesigned website
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Faster. A cleaner design that’s easier to navigate. Mobile-friendly. That’s the premise behind The Parkersburg News and Sentinel’s redesigned website, which launched Monday. The site can be found online at NewsandSentinel.com. “For more than 140 years, our newspaper has been the leading source of information for the[Read More…]
Parkersburg middle school to use therapy dogs
PARKERSBURG — Van Devender Middle School students Monday morning welcomed the first of three new therapy dogs to the school. Counselor Christy Bixman introduced Amelia, a 7-year-old golden retriever, to the student body during an assembly. Amelia and two more dogs — Duncan, a 3-year-old golden retriever, and Winston, a[Read More…]
Medical marijuana a weapon against debt, opioid abuse
An editorial from The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia is the opioid overdose capital of the country. Just last month, there were 26 overdoses in a single four-hour span in Huntington. While all 26 people survived, it seems more to the credit of health professionals and state legislators who[Read More…]
