Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, May 16, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. A LANDSLIDE WIN FOR INDIA’S OPPOSITION LEADER The[Read More…]
Month: May 2014
Morgantown High School band honoree for West Virginia Strawberry Festival Grand Feature Parade
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — The 265-member Morgantown High School Marching “Mohigan” Band will serve as this year’s In-State Honor Band for the 73rd West Virginia Strawberry Festival Grand Feature Parade “The West Virginia Strawberry Festival is honored to have the Morgantown High School Marching Mohigans, under the direction of Mr. Keith Reed, as the 2014 In-State Honor[Read More…]
Permits sought for proposed W.Va. cracker plant
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The company working on plans to possibly build an ethane cracker facility in Wood County is applying to the state for environmental permits to move forward in the planning process. The Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise LLC (ASCENT), a subsidiary of Odebrecht, has submitted two environmental permitting documents[Read More…]
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Noah?
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — With the primary election now out of the way, the decisions made and the candidates whittled down in number, it’s time to focus on the really important issues that confront us. Yes, we’d like to talk baby names. Back the way it used[Read More…]
Iwo Jima vet says, ‘That’s all we were — just boys’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even the rain couldn’t stop Charles Holtz. As one of several U.S. Marine Corps veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C., last Saturday during the Clarksburg Honor Flight, Holtz was determined to see the Marine Corps War Memorial for the first time in his life. The memorial features[Read More…]
Remember sacrifices of law enforcement each day
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Of the 20,267 names included on the National Law Enforcement Memorial, 175 belong to those killed in the line of duty in West Virginia. That’s 175 men and women who have sacrificed their lives in order to keep the rest of us[Read More…]
Ex-Fairmont State official headed to prison
ELKINS, W.Va. — A judge sentenced a former Fairmont State University official to prison Wednesday for stealing FSU computer switches, selling them and then not reporting that income on his taxes. In sentencing David Tamm, 45, of Parkersburg and formerly of Bridgeport, U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley rejected defense[Read More…]
Fence to go up around Governor’s Mansion
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Capitol Building Commission members on Wednesday approved a Capitol Complex perimeter security plan — featuring a fence around the Governor’s Mansion — that architects say will improve security while preserving the park-like campus atmosphere of the Capitol grounds. “This is the people’s campus,” said Brian Kinzelman, architect[Read More…]
Five W.Va. counties vote to allow Sunday hunting
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hunters in five West Virginia counties will soon have the option to hunt on Sundays. Voters in Braxton, Webster, Wirt, Nicholas and Calhoun counties approved Sunday hunting, which is illegal in all but 14 of the state’s counties. The issue was on the ballots in Lewis and[Read More…]
