An editorial from The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — If you’re still shopping for the children on your Christmas list, we have a suggestion: Cross off pellet guns that look like real firearms. They are not toys. Pellet and BB guns can be good gifts for teenagers and[Read More…]
Month: December 2013
Woman drives eight hours to rescue W.Va. dogs
By Anne Elgin Bluefield Daily Telegraph WAR, W.Va. — The barking from multiple dogs could be heard up and down Warrior Mine Road as a dog rescuer from Indiana worked to save the canines. Jeannie Renninger of Whitley County, Ind., drove eight hours on Sunday to reach McDowell County after[Read More…]
University celebrates Eastern Panhandle investments
By Erika Elaine Wells The Jounal of Martinsburg CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia officials joined the American Public University System on Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate more than $100 million of revitalization in Charles Town and Ranson. Charles Town Mayor Peggy Smith, Ranson Mayor David Hamill, and[Read More…]
Marshall’s indoor athletic center takes shape
By John Gibb Charleston Daily Mail HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The city skyline is changing as a new state-of-the-art facility is being constructed on the campus of Marshall University. The final truss was being installed on a new indoor athletic facility late last month with construction directly behind Joan C. Edwards[Read More…]
Daily Mail website has new domain name
A blog post by Brad McElhinny, editor and publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail: If you have visited the Charleston Daily Mail’s website recently, you might have noticed a shift. Those who visit www.dailymail.com, which has been established as the newspaper’s domain name since 1996, are quickly and automatically[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Dec. 3
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. SPEEDING TRAIN CRASH RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY MEASURES[Read More…]
Hooked on the daily paper, humbled by readers
A column by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph’s Bill Archer: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — I was on kind of a tight leash a week ago on Wednesday when I drove down to Iaeger to cover a visit by Bill Thien, national commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Thien was visiting VFW[Read More…]
Marshall’s Herd will travel to Rice
By Grant Traylor Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — For the first time in 11 years, Marshall fans will get to see the Herd take part in a conference championship game. Seeing it live, though? Well, that will take a bit of work. It was announced on Sunday evening that Rice will serve[Read More…]
W.Va. counties brace for 180-day school mandate
By Roger Adkins Exponent-Telegram CLARKSBURG — Starting next year, West Virginia school systems will be required to provide a minimum of 180 instruction days, with no exceptions made for school cancellations due to inclement weather. According to Senate Bill 356, county boards of education must provide 200 employment days per[Read More…]
Herald-Dispatch chronicles a holiday tour
Photographer Sholten Singer of the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington offers a gallery of photos from the 7th Annual Holiday Candlelight House Tour on Sunday, Dec. 1.. Click here for more.