An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., has lost touch with his constituents – even with many of the Democrats who traditionally have supported him. That was made clear Tuesday when Rockefeller voted against allowing the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline to proceed. President[Read More…]
Month: November 2014
At two Martinsburg schools, new shoes for all
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It was hard to tell who was more excited Wednesday morning when Centerpointe Church members visited Winchester Avenue Elementary with a special delivery for the school’s approximately 200 students. Even before teachers led their bright-eyed students into the gym, church members were more than ready because they[Read More…]
W.Va. GOP to boost status of energy committees
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican leaders in West Virginia plan to elevate the Legislature’s energy committees to major-committee status, giving them more time to meet and more resources to use. Though legislative leaders are hesitant to release many details on the upcoming session’s Republican agenda, officials said a focus on energy[Read More…]
911 worker awarded for helping save choking boy
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — As 10-month-old Waylon played with his family in Mannington on a Monday afternoon in November, his mother and grandmother realized that he began choking on something. With the situation getting worse and adrenaline running high, Waylon’s grandmother Betty Jo Wright called 911. In a frantic voice, Wright[Read More…]
W.Va. officials getting warmer on building tourism
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Tourism has been one of the major themes of discussion this week in southern West Virginia. And, despite what you might be thinking, it wasn’t caused by overnight lows of 10 degrees making us wish we were somewhere warmer. Talk of tourism[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, Nov. 20
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. OBAMA TO USE EXECUTIVE POWERS TO SHIELD AS MANY[Read More…]
NWVCIL will use grant to fight housing discrimination
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living (NWVCIL) has been awarded almost $975,000 through a competitive HUD grant program to continue to combat discrimination in housing across West Virginia for the next three years.The competitive grants are funded through HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) to help enforce the Fair Housing Act through investigations[Read More…]
Doc Holliday reported candidate for Florida job
BECKLEY, W.VA. — Marshall head coach Doc Holliday holds up a helmet with the No. 75 decal that the players began wearing during their game Nov. 14 at Tulsa in honor of the 75 victims of the 1970 plane crash. Holliday presented the helmet to tournament director Jim Justice. The[Read More…]
Brazil trip has officials confident about cracker
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia officials are more confident the proposed multibillion-dollar ethane cracker facility being planned for Wood County will become a reality following a trip to South America to meet with project officials, the state’s commerce secretary said Tuesday. West Virginia Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette, in a telephone[Read More…]
Ex-DMV clerk, others sentenced in license scheme
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former employee of the Martinsburg office of the Division of Motor Vehicles and two other men were sentenced Tuesday in federal court for their role in a scheme to produce and sell forged West Virginia driver’s licenses. Kermit Miller, 61, of Martinsburg, was sentenced to three[Read More…]
