CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Aug. 27, 1902: Mary McClain was born Mary Smith in Huntington. McClain was a blues legend who performed at Carnegie Hall, the White House, the[Read More…]
Month: August 2015
Value of a weekly newspaper clear in response of North Dakota community
Community friends help newspaper keep going after fire Rachel Maddow reports on a fire that consumed the headquarters of the New Rockford Transcript, a small town newspaper serving Eddy County in North Dakota since 1883, and emphasizes the importance of local newspapers to America’s good health. Below is the[Read More…]
State Fair reveals good side of big, bad wolves
FAIRLEA, W.Va. — With children learning popular stories like “The Three Little Pigs” and “Little Red Riding Hood” at an early age, it’s no wonder wolves have gotten a bad rep. In each story and in countless others, they are portrayed one way and one way only. They are “the[Read More…]
Changes to FOIA law will empower public
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Freedom of Information Act requests can be met with anything from ambivalence to downright contempt from public agencies. The stonewalls with which we are often met can be a turnoff from submitting further FOIA requests in the future – which, it can[Read More…]
Wheeling arena’s $6.3M upgrade well under way
WHEELING, W.Va. — The concourses at WesBanco Arena are lined with cardboard boxes full of seats waiting to be installed, a reminder of the work left to be done before those halls are lined once again with hockey fans cheering on their Wheeling Nailers. Arena staff will be ready when[Read More…]
Huntington-Marshall partnership solves cold case
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — It’s been 11 years since a tractor-trailer truck driver forced a 24-year-old Huntington woman into his cab at knifepoint, raped her and drove away leaving her alone just before midnight along a road leading to Huntington High School. Detectives worked the case for a week, but the[Read More…]
WVU sexual harassment settlements cost $1.3M
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The settlement amounts in three sexual harassment suits filed against WVU neurosurgery chairman Dr. Charles Rosen, WVU Hospitals (WVUH) and the WVU Board of Governors totaled $1,362,500, according to settlement documents provided to TheDPost.com. TheDPost.com obtained the documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request[Read More…]
Shale driller plans $275M wastewater complex
GREENWOOD, W.Va. — Antero Resources announced Wednesday that it plans to build a $275 million wastewater treatment complex in Doddridge County, helping both the environment and the company’s bottom line. The proposed complex off Gum Run Road would allow Antero to treat and reuse 60,000 barrels of flowback and produced[Read More…]
Public prayer should be protected speech
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia has joined 12 other states to contest a U.S. District Court ruling that said a North Carolina county commission violated the First Amendment by opening meetings with a prayer by a county commissioner. The judge believes that because the prayers[Read More…]
Charleston store displays historic Gazette, Daily Mail Extras
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Chuck Hamsher has always been a big fan of newspapers, collecting several papers through the years. Until recently, he’d wondered what he would do with them. He still has piles of old newspapers in the back of his store, the Purple Moon, in Charleston. “I think it is[Read More…]
