An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Jim Justice’s passion for success and his love of and commitment to West Virginia started receiving extensive attention across the state in 2009. At that time, The Greenbrier resort in White Sulfur Springs was facing bankruptcy. Justice, recognized as West[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
Ohio Valley Publishing names managing editor
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A familiar face in the tri-county region has been appointed managing editor of Ohio Valley Publishing (OVP). Beth Sergent has been with OVP since 2004, starting as a staff reporter with The Daily Sentinel where she worked until being transferred to the Point Pleasant Register in[Read More…]
Endorsement: The Daily Athenaeum endorses Clinton for president
An editorial from The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On Tuesday, the next president will be elected in an explicitly tumultuous time for America, as our ideologies are more polarizing than ever before. For this election, it is crucial to elect a candidate who is willing to look forward toward[Read More…]
Editorial: Regardless of whom you support, voting is a civic duty
Read other West Virginia newspaper statewide and national endorsements at https://wvpress.wpengine.com/?s=endorsement An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch: HUNTINGTON, W.VA. — Americans fed up with the 2016 election campaign’s acrimonious attack ads, name-calling and the like can take solace that the end is in sight. And while they may be eager for the[Read More…]
Parkersburg veterans museum gets detailed models
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A Parkersburg man has donated more than 40 detailed scale-model warships, planes and submarines to the Veterans Museum of the Mid-Ohio Valley. Mark Suek has been a modeler for more 50 years and assembled the models from kits, some from companies no longer in business. “I detail[Read More…]
Wood County beagle is a world champion
VIENNA, W.Va. — For several years Jarrod Waybright has been raising and training beagles for hunting competitions and this year one of his dogs was named world champion at a competition in Tennessee. That champion is World Ch LPCH Ch GRHBCh (world champion little pack champion — champion grand hunting[Read More…]
Wood County bond would let tech center expand
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Hundreds of students are turned away each year from Wood County Schools technical programs because there is simply no room. The Wood County Technical Center is located on the campus of Parkersburg South High School and serves students throughout Wood County through a variety of technical programs,[Read More…]
WVU link to mean updates for Glen Dale hospital
GLEN DALE, W.Va. — A month after officials announced Reynolds Memorial Hospital would join the West Virginia University Health System, staff members are preparing for job creation and more than $20 million in updates within the next few years. Leaders at the Marshall County facility announced their intentions to become[Read More…]
Getting Trump voters to back Cole
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Donald Trump’s supporters may be the key to deciding whether Republican Bill Cole or Democrat Jim Justice is West Virginia’s next governor. Cole needs to convince people planning to vote for Trump on Tuesday to vote for[Read More…]
Annual Civil War Days celebrated in Huntington
See a Herald-Dispatch photo gallery of this event.