LERONA, W.Va. — Adventure in the mountains of southern West Virginia is growing tree-top tall and wall-to-wall, as the sport of zip lining is starting to get a toe-hold in Mercer County. Steve Redden, a Mercer County native who worked in the advertising and marketing industry in Florida, has returned[Read More…]
Month: September 2015
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Sept. 21
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. U.S. MULLS ABSTENTION ON CUBA EMBARGO VOTE AT UN In an unprecedented move,[Read More…]
Phil Kabler: September at the capitol
By Phil Kabler For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Returning to the Capitol after a three-month summer hiatus, legislators took their first public look at the recommendations of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Highways last week. While members of the Joint Committee on Finance agreed that increasing funding for[Read More…]
Tempers flare at Charleston stream rule hearing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 100 people filled the Charleston Civic Center’s Little Theater Thursday night to voice their opposition or support for the newly proposed Stream Protection Rule, created by the federal Office of Surface Mining. The public hearing was meant to provide an opportunity for citizens and local[Read More…]
Parade kicks off Barbourville Fall Fest
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Each year, the “best little village in the state” throws one of the best little festivals in West Virginia. No town can properly kick off a celebration without a parade down Main Street, and that’s how the village of Barboursville started its 2015 Fall Fest on Thursday[Read More…]
Officials should monitor needle exchange
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Has it come to this? That drug addicts are to be furnished with syringes, courtesy of taxpayers? In some places – now including Ohio County – it has. Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health members voted unanimously this week to establish a “needle[Read More…]
Proctor & Gamble to break ground in W.Va.
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Seven months after the official announcement was made, Procter & Gamble will be ceremonially breaking ground today on its new Tabler Station plant in Southern Berkeley County. Company representatives and state and local officials will be breaking ground on West Virginia’s largest manufacturing project and discussing what[Read More…]
Wood County GOP panel still in turmoil
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the Wood County Republican Executive Committee approved a resolution this week apologizing for actions by Chairman Rob Cornelius, who left the meeting before the vote was taken. The group also voted during its regular meeting Tuesday to revise its bylaws related to the removal of[Read More…]
New York Times offers WVU students free access
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Students are now able to take advantage of free access to NYTimes.com and all stories, editorials and extras that come with it through a partnership between West Virginia University and The New York Times. Laura Reino of The New York Times will present an informational workshop at[Read More…]
WVU journalism professor’s photos on display
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks shook the United States. In Iran and Afghanistan, families and everyday routines were fractured into unrecognizable pieces. Lois Raimondo, now the Reed College of Media’s Shott Chair of Journalism, traveled to the middle east two years after the attacks. She’s[Read More…]
