Month: September 2016

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Sept. 13

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHY CLINTON DIDN’T REVEAL ILLNESS The Democratic presidential nominee says she pressed on[Read More…]

The Inter-Mountain of Elkins seeking circulation director

Dynamic, sales-oriented circulation director needed ELKINS, W.Va. — The Inter-Mountain, an award-winning daily newspaper in the heart of the state’s tourism district, seeks a circulation director to manage operations within the newspaper’s diverse and vast eight-county delivery territory in north central West Virginia. This is an executive position at the department-head[Read More…]

Charleston Gazette-Mail Column: WV211 links people to services

Submitted by Sam Cipoletti Cipoletti Public Affairs LLC   Just what is WV 211? Unlike 911, the number you call for emergencies, or 511, the number you call for current traffic information, 211 is the number you call for community service information. In West Virginia, the 211 information line is[Read More…]

A solution for tax-ducking corporations?

 A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For years, large American corporations like West Virginia-born Mylan Pharmaceuticals have eluded U.S. taxes by pretending to be foreign firms and stashing profits abroad. As long as they kept billions overseas — enriching those foreign lands — they avoided America’s steep[Read More…]

Think big, act practical on WV broadband

A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The chairman of a new state panel wants to set a lofty goal for broadband speeds in West Virginia: Make 1 gigabit internet service available statewide, reported the Gazette-Mail’s Eric Eyre last week. “Our focus, our achievement level should be 1 gig,”[Read More…]

WV’s first hispanic congress draws large crowd

INWOOD, W.Va. — People from across the country gathered in Inwood on Sunday to celebrate West Virginia’s first hispanic family congress. Misionevos Seruidores de la Palabra, or MSP, is a global and national service organization that organized the event which drew about 900 from around the country to the Randy[Read More…]

New fall date nears for Ripley’s art, craft fair

RIPLEY, W.Va. — With the 2016 Mountain State Art and Craft Fair, organizers decided to make a big change with this year’s event and move it from the heat of mid-summer to the cooler temperatures of early fall. This year’s fair, subtitled “An Appalachian Experience” will be Sept. 16-18 at[Read More…]

WV couple has patent for ‘Deck in a Drawer’

MANNINGTON, W.Va. — Craig and Sue Raber, longtime residents of Marion County, are avid campers who were looking for a camping solution. “After camping since 1970 at Holly River, Amish country at Berlin, Ohio, and banks of the Ohio River, we decided there had to be something better than putting[Read More…]

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