Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. IRAN BEGINS LANDMARK NUCLEAR DEAL The U.N. nuclear[Read More…]
Month: January 2014
WVPA Sharing: Thinking of MLK, W.Va., water and a thirst for justice:
Editor’s Note: This article and photo are provided by The Spirit of Jefferson and made available to all WVPA member newspapers through the WVPA Sharing Network. BY CHRISTINE SNYDER The Spirit of Jefferson CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – I hope the water crisis in and around Charleston is over by the time[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: New plant president sees bright future for Toyota
Expansion at Toyota plant in Buffalo generating 80 new job Editor’s Note: This article and photo are provided by The Putnam Standard and made available to all WVPA member newspapers through the WVPA Sharing Network. By Justin Waybright [email protected] BUFFALO, W.VA. — As the first female president of Toyota’s Buffalo plant,[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Davis & Elkins College freezes tuition for current students, guarantees 4-year tuition for new students
Editor’s Note: This article is made available through the WVPA Sharing Network and has been distributed to editors through the WVPA Editor’s Email list. ELKINS, W.Va. – The Davis & Elkins College has frozen tuition current levels for all returning students and guaranteed that tuition level for four years for new students When making the announcement[Read More…]
Rockfeller seeking more information on decision to lift water ban
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jay Rockefeller Friday asked the head of West Virginia American Water, Jeff McIntyre, for more information about the testing used to issue a lift on the water ban his company issued in the aftermath of last week’s chemical spill at Freedom Industries. Rockefeller sent the letter after[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Tom Miller’s Legislative Column – Week 2
By Tom Miller West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature reacted quickly to a chemical spill that left some 300,000 state residents without usable water for most of a week with Senate Majority Leader John Unger, D-Berkeley, Jan. 15 introducing a bill to require all liquid holding[Read More…]
The Legislature Today featuring WVPA newspaper reporters during the session
Friday program brings print and broadcast together for Legislative spotlight CHARLESTON, W.Va. — News from the West Virginia Legislature takes a new form today when Charleston Daily Mail reporter Dave Boucher and the State Journal’s Ann Ali join West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Ashton Marra for a special segment of WVPB’s[Read More…]
Fifty years later, war on poverty needs new focus
An editorial from the Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As television shows and anniversaries will remind us through the coming months, 1964 was quite a momentous year. From landmark civil rights legislation to The Beatles landing in New York and the publication of Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique,” the events of[Read More…]
Triplet calves born in Randolph County
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Could a water crisis happen here?
An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Many local residents have wondered, after last week’s shocking water contamination crisis in Charleston, if something similar could happen here. Elkins Operations Manager Bob Pingley has an answer for us, though it may not be one we want to hear. “Yes, it[Read More…]
