By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Over 600 buses filled with approximately 27,450 Boy Scouts and leaders will be arriving at the Hazel and J&W Ruby Welcome Center near Mount Hope today to kick-start their adventure into the 2017 National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR) in[Read More…]
Month: July 2017
Local Scouts headed to Jamboree
By BRETT DUNLAP and JEFF BAUGHAN The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Local Boy Scouts from Allohak Council will be leaving today and heading south to the National Boy Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve near Beckley, W.Va. For the next 10 days, Boy Scouts[Read More…]
Texans scout the Mothman’s Trail
By MORGAN McKINNESS Point Pleasant Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The West Virginia State Farm Museum hosted a contingent of boy scouts from West Texas on their way to this year’s National Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope. Troop 4103, formed from other troops in the West[Read More…]
Huntington mayor Williams announces bid for U.S. House seat
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington Mayor Steve Williams announced Tuesday night his intention to file as a candidate for the U.S. House representing West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District. Williams, a Democrat, said he intended to file Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission for the district that encompasses[Read More…]
Out-of-state donations fuel Mooney’s campaign
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail A vast majority of the individuals fueling Rep. Alex Mooney’s re-election campaign hail from well outside West Virginia’s borders. According to disclosures his campaign made to the Federal Election Commission, released this week, 14 West Virginians donated a total of $8,200 to his re-election bid[Read More…]
Program allows second chances to bloom for homeless
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Each member of the Green Team comes with his or her own unique story. For one reason or another, each has fallen on hard times and ended up homeless. While there is no easy fix for what they’ve been through, they are thankful[Read More…]
$45 billion in federal funding announced for West Virginia’s infrastructure
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several sources of revenue for infrastructure in the state may mean extending the King Coal Highway from the “bridge to nowhere” in Bluefield to Airport Road sooner than later. Mike Mitchem, executive director of the King Coal Highway Authority, said Tuesday that[Read More…]
Appalachian Power planning $90 million upgrade in Lincoln, Logan counties
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power is planning to invest $90 million in a 24-mile higher voltage transmission line and two new substations in Logan and Lincoln counties. Spokesman Philip Moye said the upgrade will allow Appalachian Power and its affiliate, West Virginia Transmission Company,[Read More…]
Annual Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival kicks off in Wheeling
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Whether they are seeking pasta, sausage, meatballs, wine, a bocce game, hours of free entertainment, a petting zoo or pony rides, visitors will find all this and much more at the 35th annual Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival,[Read More…]
Coal export growth will slow as year goes on, EIA says
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal exports in the first quarter were 58 percent higher than a year ago, but growth for the remainder of the year should slow, the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, July 18. That is in line with comments made previously by[Read More…]
