Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NO MORE BILLY GOAT, NO MORE BARTMAN, NO MORE BLACK-CAT CURSES Ending more[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
West Virginia October revenue collections $6.3 million behind estimate
News release from West Virginia Department of Revenue: General Fund revenue lagging $87.4 million behind since July CHARLESTON, W.VA. – The West Virginia Department of Revenue today released General Revenue Fund collection numbers for October of $322.3 million were nearly $6.3 million below estimate. Three months into Fiscal Year 2016,[Read More…]
Endorsement: Elect Bill Cole As governor
An editorial from the Tyler Star News SISTERSVILLE, W.Va. — Tyler County voters have a tradition of backing Republicans for governor. It will be more important for them to do so in the Nov. 8 election than for many years, by voting for Bill Cole. It happens that in some[Read More…]
Coalfields Expressway back on track to completion
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Crews are starting to work on the Coalfields Expressway again after running into some work-stopping, but helpful, troubles. How can trouble be helpful? When it’s to the tune of a $30 million savings, it’s very helpful, officials said Tuesday morning. “Our contractor redid the alignment of the[Read More…]
Giant guitar a ‘must-see’ at Fairmont’s Sagebrush Round-Up
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Sagebrush Round-Up, a Fairmont staple since starting as a radio show in the 1930s, has recently received a 14-foot, 3-inch guitar as a donation. Sagebrush Round-Up is currently trying to confirm that it is the largest guitar in West Virginia. It took Sharon Wright, of Fairmont, along[Read More…]
‘Family Values’ PAC seeks Democratic control of WV Senate
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia Family Values, a group that just emerged during this election cycle, has been making waves across the state with political radio advertisements targeting particular Senate races, including the 16th Senatorial District. The Political Action Committee has stirred controversy, with Sen. Chris Walters, R-Putnam, even filing[Read More…]
Elkins paper boosts NIE with Freezer Fill-up contest
ELKINS, W.Va. — An area woman is living high on the hog Tuesday after winning The Inter-Mountain Freezer Fill-up Contest. Rose Booth, of Montrose, and her husband, John, were the lucky winners of the contest, which nets her a 7-cubic-foot chest freezer filled with half a hog — 130 to[Read More…]
Elkins kids watch a big pumpkin go splat
ELKINS, W.Va. — Pumpkins were falling from the sky Tuesday as students from Highland Adventist School securely wrapped up pumpkins that were dropped from the Elkins Volunteer Fire Department aerial truck. “Every fall we take the students and do a pumpkin drop,” Stacy Blanzy, an instructor at HAS, said. “They[Read More…]
Decision in water case on the mark
An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Too often, companies that hurt people through incompetence or intent slip through legal loopholes to escape justice. Thanks to U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver, it didn’t happen this week in West Virginia. Hundreds of thousands of people and businesses were without water service[Read More…]
Assistant US defense secretary visits Camp Dawson
KINGWOOD, W.Va. — The Mountaineer Challenge Academy showed off their high tunnels to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Todd Weiler on Tuesday at Camp Dawson in Kingwood. Weiler was visiting the site to talk about the academy’s agriculture program, and the importance of their cooperation.[Read More…]