Month: February 2014

Ohio Valley in path of drug-fueled storm

  Prescription pills and heroin have become common recently By Fred Connors Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register WHEELING, W.Va. – Just as the Ohio Valley is emerging from a stretch of bitterly cold weather, it finds itself in the eye of another storm that is sweeping across the country – prescription pills[Read More…]

French Creek Freddie makes his prediction

Prognosticator fails to see shadow, believes spring is on its way By Chad Clem The Inter-Mountain FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. – Dozens of groundhog enthusiasts ventured out to Upshur County’s West Virginia Wildlife Center Sunday to see what the area’s favorite furry prognosticator had to say about a change in seasons.[Read More…]

Beckley native seen as hero in southern storm

  By Charlotte Ferrell Smith Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The recent icy weather that caused chaos in southern states was no match for self-described mountain man Bill Slavey. Slavey, 49, originally from Beckley, garnered a lot of attention on social media last week when a Florida television news[Read More…]

Student exercise: Move with caution

An editorial from the Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Lawmakers in Charleston are considering legislation that would mandate an extra 30 minutes a day of exercise for public school students. Rightly concerned by the state’s obesity problem among young and old, experts told members of the House Education Committee that body[Read More…]

Student exercise: Good idea, wrong approach

An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Concern about childhood obesity is well placed. One in every seven high schoolers in West Virginia is listed as obese by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an effort to curb obesity, Senate Majority Leader John Unger, D-Berkeley,[Read More…]

More testing finds no MCHM at 5 W.Va. schools

By David Gutman Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The coal-cleaning chemical Crude MCHM can no longer be detected in water samples taken at five of the six schools that had shown evidence of the chemical last week. After the chemical was detected at the six schools, three weeks after the[Read More…]

OSHA probes Harrison County cell towers collapse

  By Ashlie Walter and John Miller The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration is investigating the collapse of two cell phone towers that killed three men Saturday morning near Summit Park. Nutter Fort Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Michael Garrett and[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Feb. 3

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO’S BUILT FOR MORE TITLE RUNS The Super[Read More…]

WVPA Sharing: Column from Sen. Mike Hall, State Senate Minority Leader

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The third week of the legislative session is still dominated by the water situation in the region. In spite of the best efforts of the administration, the public remains nervous. Trial lawyers continue to petition for clients. And it was reported in a legislative committee that at[Read More…]

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