By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — As the Roads To Prosperity Constitutional Amendment passed statewide to address needed road issues, local officials are hopeful the measure will deliver on the promise of economic growth without burdening the state’s taxpayers. With all precincts counted statewide by the[Read More…]
Month: October 2017
Feds order WV to pay back $4.7M misspent on broadband project
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal agency is demanding the state of West Virginia return $4.7 million in misspent funds paid to Frontier Communications as part of a much-criticized project designed to expand high-speed internet across the state. The U.S. Commerce Department’s payment demand follows an[Read More…]
Budding entrepreneurs think lavender could be West Virginia’s next cash crop
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal HERNSHAW, W.Va. — Travis Troutman points to a fuzzy little lavender start planted next to a lump of coal, struggling to grow on an abandoned mine site near Kanawha State Forest. “That’s a finite resource,” he says, indicating the black lump sitting on a[Read More…]
New app brings history to life in the New River Gorge region
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — On a recent bright clear afternoon, officials, students and locals gathered on the corner of South Fayette and G streets outside Stratton Elementary School to celebrate the completion of the African American Heritage Driving Tour. “Today really is the first day that[Read More…]
Fall train excursion offers some of the best sites of southern W.Va.
By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — For the 51st year, passengers aboard the New River Train Excursion from Huntington to Hinton will glimpse breathtaking views of the New River Gorge during peak foliage. The trip offers passengers an intimate ride through the “Grand Canyon of the East” as[Read More…]
Advocates trying to find solutions for low breastfeeding rates in West Virginia
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — In a 2016 report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the national average for breastfeeding is 81.1 percent. In West Virginia, the rate is 64.6 percent. Rates at six months, however, drop dramatically — nationally to 51.8 percent, and in[Read More…]
‘Matewan’ director, producer attends regional screenings
By DAVE LAVENDER HD Media SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When he was a senior at Mount Pleasant High School in upstate New York in 1967, John Sayles helped his high school football team go undefeated. And this fall, Sayles, who earned letters in basketball, baseball, track, and football, went back[Read More…]
Quad State Legislative Conference an exchange of ideas and information
By MARIA HAISLIP The State Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Tourism, economic development and the opioid crisis were topics discussed at the 28th Quad State Legislative Conference held in Hagerstown, Maryland. Conference members came from Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Virginia. West Virginia Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, called it “one of[Read More…]
Downtown Parkersburg to host ArtOberfest
Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — ArtOberfest, a German-style arts fair, will be held from 4-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in the 700 block of Market Street. This first event for downtown Parkersburg is sponsored by the Parkersburg Art Center, Downtown PKB, Parkersburg Brewing Co., Artsbridge,[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: With the bond passed, now it’s time to get to work
The Exponent Telegram editorial West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Tom Smith had it right Saturday night after voters overwhelmingly supported Gov. Jim Justice’s $1.6 billion road bond amendment: “It’s time for us to roll up our sleeves and get to work. We’re ready to roll.” Smith and Justice were[Read More…]
