Month: March 2015

West Virginia Railroad Museum to open 2015 season with unique railway exhibit 

‘Virginian Railway Exhibit – The Best Coal Railroad Money Could Buy’ on display ELKINS, W.Va. — The West Virginia Railroad Museum will open its 2015 season with the “Virginian Railway Exhibit – The Best Coal Railroad Money Could Buy.”       “This new and exciting exhibit has never before been displayed in West Virginia, said WVRM spokesperson Wayne Sheets. “The exhibit[Read More…]

WVHub seeking nominees for Champions of Community award

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Now is the time to recognize those people who are working to improve their community and state. The West Virginia Community Development Hub is now
 accepting nominations for the 2015 Jean Ambrose Award, which will recognize a West Virginian who has had a significant impact on the wellbeing of the state’s[Read More…]

Abandoned buildings: Help arriving for communities

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nine communities in West Virginia will receive expert help addressing the issue of abandoned and dilapidated buildings in their main streets, business districts and neighborhoods courtesy of the Northern WV Brownfields Assistance Center at West Virginia University. The communities of Moundsville, Parsons, Hamlin, Thomas, Whitesville, Terra Alta, Glenville, Charleston (West Side Main Street) and Morgantown[Read More…]

WVU-Tech still recruiting as Beckley rumors swirl

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite rumors that West Virginia University may close its Institute of Technology in Montgomery, a freshman class will be enrolled next year, school officials said Monday. The school’s future in Montgomery has been a topic of concern since WVU announced last year it had entered an exclusive[Read More…]

Bayer sells Institute plant back to Dow

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bayer CropScience has “divested” itself of the Institute chemical plant site by selling the facility back to Union Carbide, the site’s former owner and now a part of Dow Chemical Co., the companies said Monday. In a prepared statement, Bayer said there will be a “phased turnover” of[Read More…]

Coal declines no matter who is in the White House

An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Politicians in West Virginia and Kentucky shout themselves hoarse claiming that the Obama administration’s enforcement of pollution laws is a “war on coal.” But here’s an irony: Mine jobs in the Central Appalachian Basin fell more under presidents Ronald Reagan, George[Read More…]

Spill safety law update must be monitored

An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — It’s been well-documented that laws made in the heat of the moment aren’t always good laws. It’s natural when people are affected by a situation that they want spontaneous action. But that often leads to overreach and potentially harmful regulation.  That’s[Read More…]

Not the best way to start the week

  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A parking mishap on North High Street Monday morning, March 30, left a car with its front two wheels dangling over a drop-off, and a tow truck driver with a challenge…

As economy revs, community colleges see declines

WHEELING, W.Va. — The economy is improving, and that’s not such a good thing for local two-year colleges that thrived during the recession of the 2000s. Enrollment numbers at West Virginia Northern Community College in Wheeling and Belmont College in St. Clairsville have been plummeting since peaking from 2005 to[Read More…]

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