Press Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer John Perdue’s office will begin on Sept. 22 distribution of its “Discover” publication, which twice a year lists about 13,000 names of people due unclaimed property. The distribution will run through Oct. 6 in newspapers across West Virginia. Unclaimed property is any financial[Read More…]
Month: September 2016
Reminder: Registration open for Sept. 24 Citizen Science Gathering
DEP Release: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – It’s not too late to sign up to attend the Sept. 24 Citizen Science Gathering in Morgantown. Registrations for the event will be taken through Sunday, Sept. 18. The event was organized by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Environmental Advocate’s Office, in[Read More…]
Lockout continues with United Gas Workers and Dominion Hope, Dominion Transmission
LAUREN MATTHEWS For The Intelligencer CLARKSBURG, W.Va (Sept. 10) — As the lockout of more than 900 Dominion Hope and Dominion Transmission employees across six states enters its fourth day, company officials insist their demands are fair while union workers say they’re holding out to protect retirees and future hires.[Read More…]
Dominion Hope, Dominion Transmission share message on labor contract, outlook
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dominion Hope and Dominion Transmission this month has been reaching out to customers in West Virginia to present its message about the current lockout of Local 69 of the Utility Workers Union of America, United Gas Workers. Dominion used community newspapers across West Virginia to deliver a two-page message to[Read More…]
ACES editing boot camp set for Nov. 5, Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you’re an editor or edit as part of your job, the American Copy Editors Society offers a daylong “Editing Boot Camp” that can help you polish your skills. THE ACES Editing Boot Camp, is Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will take place in George[Read More…]
Terra Alta weather legend keeps climate data honest
TERRA ALTA, W.Va. — Every morning, since the early 1970s, it’s been the same routine for Charlie Trembly. After breakfast and perhaps a kind word or two with Bertie, his beloved wife of 30 years, Charlie heads to his basement office where he records and submits rain and temperature data[Read More…]
Former Huntington ITT students consider options
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The sudden closings of ITT Technical Institute schools nationwide have left many of the more than 45,000 former students with debt and credits that may not transfer. One of those former students is James Preston, a medical student who was enrolled at the institute’s only West Virginia campus,[Read More…]
Weirton fires officer who wouldn’t shoot man with gun
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Stephen Mader was fired from the Weirton Police Department for not immediately shooting a man who had a gun, according to a lawyer for the family of the man, who was shot and killed by a different Weirton officer. Ronald “R.J.” Williams, of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, was[Read More…]
WV ranks high in reducing number of uninsured
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia ranks as one of the top states in the country when it comes to reducing the number of uninsured people in recent years, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. West Virginia saw the number of uninsured state residents drop from 255,000 to[Read More…]
WV governor to call flood relief session next week
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Tuesday he plans to call a special session of the Legislature next week to address the state’s share of funding for more than $300 million of recovery costs from the June 23 floods in central and southern West Virginia. “We should have everything[Read More…]
