Month: September 2016

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Sept. 20

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHY NYC BOMBING SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED QUICKLY Law enforcement officials tell AP that[Read More…]

Cuts halt WV logging inspections, enforcement

BECKLEY, W.Va. — When the Division of Forestry’s budget was slashed $1.7 million for the current fiscal year, all logging enforcement and inspections ceased. What that means, said one forestry official, is no more safety inspections, logger training or environmental oversights. Daniel P. Cooley, who heads the Division of Forestry’s[Read More…]

Point Pleasant Register names managing editor

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A familiar face has a new title at the Point Pleasant Register. Beth Sergent, of Point Pleasant, has officially been named managing editor of the Register, where she will continue to oversee the day-to-day editorial content selection and reporting duties. Sergent began her career with Ohio Valley[Read More…]

WV Farm Bureau pushes against government

An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel  PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia Farm Bureau members spoke out last week about what they believe are misspending and overreach by the state Department of Agriculture that use taxpayer money to put the government agency in competition with the farmers they are supposed[Read More…]

WV priest to be on ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire’

WHEELING, W.Va.—Father William Matheny, a priest of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and former pastor at Keyser’s Church of the Assumption, was recently a contestant on the game show “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.” The show was taped earlier this summer and will air on Wednesday, Sept. 28, and Thursday,[Read More…]

Wheeling Island wine cellars offer step back in time

WHEELING, W.Va. — North Front Street property owners Paula and Chuck Foster are proud of their little slice of Wheeling’s subterranean history. The Fosters are owners of an apartment building near the Ohio River on Wheeling Island. In the basement is an old wine cellar, built in 1873, similar to[Read More…]

Huntington synagogue celebrates 90 years

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The doors of the B’nai Sholom synagogue at 10th Avenue and 10th Street in Huntington and the arms of its members are always open to those who might want to come in and see what goes on inside of it. But it seems to the members of[Read More…]

WV raptor center releases eagle at Tygart Lake

GRAFTON, W.Va. — A rehabilitated bald eagle was released back into the wild Sept. 17 on the shores of Tygart Lake State Park. More than 200 people gathered by the lake to see the release of Liberty, a young bald eagle nursed back to health by the West Virginia Raptor[Read More…]

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