ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — Donald Shearer doesn’t complain much. Having spent several months as a prisoner of war during World War II, the 92-year-old from St. Albans knows that life is pretty good. “I was cold, I was hungry and I was nearly scared to death,” he recalled last week[Read More…]
Month: November 2014
Violent crime down in West Virginia, FBI says
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Violent crime fell by 8 to 12 percent in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky in 2013, a greater decline than the national trend, according to an annual report released Monday by the FBI. The same report showed a similar drop in number of property crimes for each[Read More…]
Tuskegee Airman inspires Martinsburg students
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Col. Charles McGee didn’t let his humble beginnings stand in the way of his dreams, a decorated military career that began when he heard the Army was recruiting to train “colored” soldiers as mechanics – and possibly pilots. Speaking at Spring Mills High School on Monday morning,[Read More…]
PEIA hearing on benefit cuts draws worried crowd
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The first of six Public Employees Insurance Agency public hearings across the state sounded more like a vibrant union meeting at times as the agency plans on cutting health care benefits by $40 million next year. Monday night in Beckley more than 150 active state employees and[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Nov. 11
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. SOUTH KOREAN FERRY CAPTAIN GETS 36 YEARS IN PRISONThe[Read More…]
Opportunity there for Democrats
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — At last, the ghost of Franklin D. Roosevelt has been banished from many West Virginia homes where he resided for three-quarters of a century. Does that mean Mountain State Democrats should emulate state Sen. Daniel Hall[Read More…]
W.Va. hospitals overloading nurses, union rep says
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Although local hospitals reported shortages of registered nurses in September, a representative with National Nurses United said there is no such shortage. “There is no shortage of RNs in the U.S.,” Michelle Mahon said. “There is a shortage of nurses willing to work in the deplorable conditions[Read More…]
WVU chief says Rockefeller archives ‘priceless’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A retiring U.S. senator visited the state in an official capacity Saturday for the last time while still in office. During a presentation at the Charles C. Wise Library at West Virginia University, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., formally presented a gift to the university. WVU President Gordon[Read More…]
Morgantown hospital opens $500,000 Ebola unit
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Healthcare continues to prepare for a possible Ebola outbreak as the threat of the disease still looms around the nation. In a matter of three weeks time, a construction team renovated a section of the Emergency Department at Ruby Memorial Hospital and turned it[Read More…]
Manchin still weighing run for governor in 2016
PARKERSBURG, W.Va.– U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says the next two years will determine if he seeks re-election to the U.S. Senate or returns to West Virginia to run for governor. Manchin, D-W.Va., will be the only Democrat in the West Virginia congressional delegation because the Republican landslide on Tuesday and[Read More…]
