Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, April 2, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UNIVERSITY IN KENYA ATTACKED Witnesses say at least[Read More…]
Month: April 2015
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad opens season Saturday with Cottontail Express
ELKINS, W.Va. – The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad announces the opening of the 2015 Mountain Rail Adventure season with two departures from the Elkins Depot of the Cottontail Express on Saturday, April 4. “Families, dressed in their Easter finery, will travel to Elkins for a hour and half hop down the rails with Peter Cottontail,”[Read More…]
Lewisburg gets 8-screen theater with bells, whistles
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — A long-anticipated multiplex movie theater in the Gateway Commons shopping development is slated to open its doors to the public just in time for Easter weekend. A full 31 months after plans for the new theater were publicly unveiled, Lewisburg Cinema 8 will open Friday, according to[Read More…]
Whitesville 2.0: A coal town’s reboot
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The nation’s economic recovery and the state’s coal decline haves not been kind to small towns dotting the rough, mountainous landscape of southern West Virginia — this town is no exception. Along the main drag, stores are abandoned and people are missing. The stop light blinks green, yellow,[Read More…]
Parkersburg revises its police shooting policy
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A pair of officer-involved shootings last year led to changes in policy at the Parkersburg Police Department. More than 30 amended rules and regulations were unanimously approved by Parkersburg City Council last week, although the policies had been in effect from four-and-a-half years to a couple of[Read More…]
Shale drilling helps boost U.S. oil output to record
WHEELING, W.Va. — Partially due to the condensate drillers are pumping from Marcellus and Utica shale wells, U.S. oil output grew at a faster rate in 2014 than in any year since officials began keeping records in 1900, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. “Now, you know why the[Read More…]
Church fire closes adjoining school for weeks
BENWOOD, W.Va. — Students at SS. James and John School in Benwood are without classrooms for at least two weeks – and maybe longer – after Monday’s fire at St. John Catholic Church adjacent to the school. Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston officials said Tuesday it will be a slow process for[Read More…]
Focus on security at mental health facilities needed
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The recent escape of a murder suspect from the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston has raised an alarm about the security in place at mental health facilities that provide evaluations for those awaiting criminal trials. Labeled as forensic cases,[Read More…]
Lack of flat land means Volvo not coming to W.Va.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials with Volvo Cars announced Monday that they will locate a $500 million manufacturing plant in the United States — but it won’t be coming to West Virginia. State Department of Commerce spokeswoman Chelsea Ruby said Tuesday that West Virginia was knocked out of consideration early, because it[Read More…]
Suddenlink investing $40 million in W.Va. network
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Suddenlink plans to spend nearly $40 million in West Virginia this year, investing in improvements to its network and Internet speeds across the state. The company, the largest cable provider in the state, said once the improvements are complete, it will have invested nearly $375 million in network[Read More…]
