Month: January 2015

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Jan. 9

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. FRENCH FUGITIVES HOLED UP NORTHEAST OF PARISThe two brothers[Read More…]

President obviously missed message sent by voters

An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Threat to veto pipeline shows he has no interest in collaboration Well that didn’t take long. The U.S. Congress started its 114th term on Tuesday. Following the pageantry and fun of swearing in new members, the U.S. Senate, with a[Read More…]

Judge won’t drop gag order in Blankenship case

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to lift a gag order that restricts access to most court records in former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship’s criminal case. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger did agree to again make the indictment charging Blankenship public through the court’s computer[Read More…]

Moore called friend of Huntington, Marshall

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Gov. Arch Alfred Moore Jr., whose guilty pleas to federal corruption charges overshadowed his record as his era’s most successful Republican in Democrat-dominated West Virginia, died Wednesday. He was 91. The three-term governor, congressman, state legislator, and father of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., died[Read More…]

‘Charlie Hebdo’ far from dead

An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register  WHEELING, W.Va. — We Americans are a cynical, irreverent people. Except for a few of us who have succumbed to political correctness, we tolerate – even encourage – severe verbal attacks on our political leaders. We laugh at and often are prompted to think[Read More…]

Watchdog group to monitor Wood County C8 case

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A watchdog group launched a website Wednesday it says is aimed at making sure DuPont honors its obligations over exposure to the chemical known as C8. The website KeepYourPromisesDuPont.com contains information about C8, an invitation for people to share how the chemical has affected them and their[Read More…]

Brad Paisley will kick off tour in Morgantown

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — They always say, “Once a Mountaineer, always a Mountaineer,” and for one artist, country roads have led him home. Brad Paisley will be coming back to the Mountain State on Jan. 16 and 17 to kick off his Country Nation World Tour. Paisley is a Glen Dale[Read More…]

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