By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission admonished two former Pleasants County magistrates Monday for their part in an effort to dismiss serious criminal charges in exchange for donations to a Christmas gift program. Former Pleasants County magistrates Randy Nutter and Lisa[Read More…]
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There was a code of silence: Re-release of oral histories as book marks centennial of pivotal Battle of Blair Mountain
BY ASHTON MARRA 100 Days in Appalachia Fifty years ago, Anne Lawrence found herself travelling from her college classrooms on the campus of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania south to the coalfields of Central Appalachia. Then a junior studying history and sociology, the Massachusetts native was hired by Miners for Democracy[Read More…]
Flood control: WVU experts seek community-driven answers to living with flooding
WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Researchers at West Virginia University have used a localized flooding event to envision how human beings can live with the threat of water invading their living and working spaces. In understanding those tragic lived experiences, Nicolas Zegre and Jamie Shinn have developed a model for solving more far-reaching problems. Zegre and Shinn, experts[Read More…]
Design tips: Two useful websites
By Kevin Slimp [email protected] My experience as a professional designer goes back quite a while. … Skip ahead a few decades to 2021, and quite surprisingly, I find myself doing more design work than ever. Between book covers, marketing materials, and even the occasional newspaper redesign, I generally sit in[Read More…]
Flash flood watch issued by the National Weather Service as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida track toward West Virginia
By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida could bring heavy rainfall to the region Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Blacksburg, Va., has issued a flash flood watch for the Daily Telegraph’s entire readership area, including Mercer, McDowell, Monroe,[Read More…]
West Virginia awards $17.9 million to rehabilitate the Wheeling Suspension Bridge
By Eric Ayres, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling city officials were thrilled to hear word from the state Monday that a bid had been awarded to repair and rehabilitate the city’s historic Suspension Bridge. The West Virginia Division of Highways and the office of W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice announced[Read More…]
UMWA retiree benefit plan trustees allege West Virginia Governor Justice coal companies failed to pay plan premiums
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The trustees of a miner union’s retiree benefit plan have sued three of Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies in federal court over what they say was a failure to pay monthly premiums for four years. Four trustees of a United Mine Workers[Read More…]
West Virginia Governor urges grandfamilies to get shots
By J. Damon Cain, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — After grim duty of counting another 20 West Virginia victims to Covid-19 and running through statistics from over the weekend that showed the highly contagious disease slicing its way through the population, Gov. Jim Justice announced during a pandemic press briefing[Read More…]
Media Advisory: ARC Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin to visit Appalachian Headwaters in Hinton, W.Va., on Tuesday
Location is home of Appalachian Beekeeping Collective and ABCHoney.org WV Press Release Sharing HINTON, W.Va. – Leaders of the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective (ABC) and ABCHoney.org will host Gayle Manchin, Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Members of the media are invited to attend the[Read More…]
New River, new park, new era for West Virginia
By Greg Stone, Charleston Gazette-Mail FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — John and Linda Stimpson of Norfolk, Virginia, arrived Tuesday at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, completing a trip from Asheville, North Carolina. They took a few moments to relax at the Canyon Rim Visitors’ Center. The gorge in all its splendor[Read More…]
