THOMAS – The Brew Skies Festival was so good, it’s coming back for an encore. The event, dedicated to great music and West Virginia craft beers, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10, at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. Last year’s inaugural Brew Skies Festival attracted good crowds from[Read More…]
Month: July 2013
Clay, Hollendonner honored by newspaper industry
CHARLESTON — Newspaper publishers Lyell Clay and Fran Hollendonner, both prominent figures in the West Virginia newspaper industry through the 1980s, have been elected to the West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame. The two men, both deceased, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the WVPA’s annual[Read More…]
Legislative Interim Hearings
The Legislative Oversight Committee for the state’s Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority met Monday as part of the West Virginia legislature’s July interim hearings in Charleston. Among those attending the meeting were, on the left, Joe Delong, executive director of the West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority,[Read More…]
High-Speed Internet Access In West Virginia is Essential to Competing in a Global Economy
By Senator Jay Rockefeller In 1996, I met a 16-year-old high school sophomore named Jessica Lambert from McDowell County, West Virginia. She had been using a computer in her classroom to learn to speak Japanese through satellite classes offered by the University of Nebraska. She told me that without these[Read More…]
‘Honor Flight: One Last Mission’ screenings set
ELKINS — Two free showings of documentary “Honor Flight: One Last Mission” are scheduled for the July 29 and 30 at Cinema 8 Elkins in the Tygart Valley Mall. The film about four veterans visiting the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., set the Guinness World Record for[Read More…]
Power Use Big Fourth to Defeat Sand Gnats
The West Virginia Power returned home for a six-game homestand on July 17 and started the series with a bang. The Power scored four runs in the fourth inning off of four hits and got a good performance from South Atlantic League all-star pitcher Tyler Glasnow in defeating the Savannah[Read More…]
State must attract top students to teaching
By Charles McElwee Charleston, WV The Education Audit says it not once but twice: “Having effective teachers rises to the top of every study as the most important factor in determining student success” and “National research and best practice clearly shows [sic] that the best predictor of student achievement is[Read More…]
Corridor H Authority Hosts Ground-breaking for One of Highway’s Final Sections
Contact: July 15, 2013 Curtis Wilkerson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ph: 304.741.5980 [email protected] Randy Coleman Ph: 304.546.1386 DAVIS, W.Va. – The Corridor H Authority today hosted a ground-breaking ceremony, officially signifying the start of construction for a close to 20-mile section of highway linking Davis with Scherr. The ceremony took place[Read More…]
Study: 1 in 3 W.Va. homes does not have a computer
By Eric Eyre The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s push to expand high-speed Internet might be more complicated than making broadband service available by stringing copper wire or fiber on poles to people’s homes. A new federal study shows slightly more than 35 percent of West Virginia households don’t own a computer[Read More…]
Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad announces 2013 schedule
ROMNEY — The historic Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad has announced its 2013 schedule. The 23-year-old operation is one of America’s most scenic train rides. The regular three-hour trips travel along the South Branch of The Potomac River. Day trips depart at 1 p.m. from Romney’s Wappocomo station on Saturdays in[Read More…]