SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The Shepherdstown Really Really Free Market can be a magical place, according to Robert Glenn, one of the founders of the seasonal marketplace. “I work at a restaurant and one day at the market, a chef’s hat blew in front of me – it may have been[Read More…]
Month: April 2015
New law promotes more open government
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Following this year’s regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, there was plenty of debate about what lawmakers in Charleston did and did not do. Some saw legislation coming out of the newly Republican-controlled legislature as steps backward, while others argued that[Read More…]
WVU Police Department now has five dogs
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU has added two new “officers.” The WVU Police Department has two new dogs, bringing its total to five. Lt. Josh Cook oversees the K-9 unit and said the department has added Sierra, a Czech German shepherd who is a narcotics dog, and Ally, a chocolate lab[Read More…]
Bridgeport aerospace center stretches tight budget
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Speaking inside the hangar of the Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center in Bridgeport, aviation instructor Cindy Rodina said the school does a lot for its students with the resources it has. “It’s amazing what we do with what we have,” Rodina said. “Every one of[Read More…]
Former Mingo senator gets $30,000 parting gift
A column by Phil Kabler of The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It had to be shock for Truman Chafin last November when he lost the state Senate seat he had held for 30 consecutive years to used car dealer Mark Maynard, a Republican who essentially ran an unfunded campaign. However,[Read More…]
Charleston Newspapers to offer digital seminars
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Working to help local businesses, Charleston Newspapers is launching a series of seminars to teach small business owners about how “migrating into the digital space” will help them. Getting better access to the Internet helps businesses promote their products, and can let them see how people are[Read More…]
‘Refusal to fill’ spreads in W.Va. pharmacies
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The call from the pain clinic came just hours after federal agents raided Trivillian’s pharmacy in Kanawha City and confiscated boxes of records about prescription pill sales. The woman on the phone asked Daniel Hemmings, a pharmacist at Advance Pharmacy Services, if he would fill prescriptions for[Read More…]
Displaced Charleston church finds spot for Easter
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of Keystone Apostolic Church packed into the West Virginia National Guard Armory near Charleston for Easter service Sunday morning. The congregation lost its church building last month when the man-made hillside supporting Yeager Airport’s runway extension collapsed causing a landslide that destroyed a house and the church.[Read More…]
Governor’s veto a raw deal for raw milk supporters
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — To hear opponents of the bill passed by the Legislature legalizing the sale of raw milk, you’d think grocery store shelves would be full of the unpasteurized product, and hurried consumers might unwittingly pick up a bottle of raw milk when[Read More…]
New W.Va. State Fair chief says she grew up there
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Kelly Collins has some big shoes to fill as she takes over as chief executive officer of the West Virginia State Fair, and she’s hoping some big wheels will help get her in the swing of things. “We will have the super farm tractors at the fairgrounds[Read More…]
