– As Open Enrollment Approaches, New WV NaviCare Program Ready to Help West Virginians Enroll in Health Insurance – CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginians interested in information and free, in- person help in learning how they might obtain health insurance under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will[Read More…]
Month: October 2015
Editorial: State needs rigorous school standards
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va.: There was good news and bad news in the 2015 Nation’s Report Card results released this week. West Virginia was one of the few states to show some progress in reading on the national assessment that looks at how 4th-graders and 8th-graders are doing[Read More…]
Huntington’s Elder-Beerman store closure ends long retail story
By James E. Casto For The State Journal HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., parent company of Elder-Beerman, has announced it plans to close its department store at the Huntington Mall Jan. 21, 2016. When Elder-Beerman closes its doors at the mall it will write an end to what’s[Read More…]
Giles Snyder Column: Dealing with ‘Hangry’ spirits
NOTE: Columns by Giles Snyder of The Journal of Martinsburg are available for other WVPA Newspaper by purchase and agreement with the author. Contact Snyder @GilesSnyder on Twitter: I don’t know how I’ve managed to make it this far without knowing there is an actual word for what I’ve spent years[Read More…]
Remember: Turn your clock back this weekend
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginians should set their clocks back one hour Saturday night as the state falls back into standard time. The change officially occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, allowing an extra hour of sleep Sunday morning. The change provides an hour of daylight in the morning and darkness sooner each evening. Public safety officials advise everyone to[Read More…]
Editorial: Isn’t it time to fall away from daylight saving time?
From The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Daily Mail editorial: “Instituted permanently in the United States in 1966, daylight saving time, the act of moving the clock back one hour in the fall and one hour forward in the spring, reduces energy use in the United States. Or does it? There is surprisingly little[Read More…]
Editorial: Children’s advocacy centers helping youngest victims
From the Wheeling News-Register — As other woes mount in West Virginia – jobs lost, severance taxes down, statewide budget cut, drugs flooding our state at a crippling rate – many of our youngest Mountaineers are suffering. West Virginia Children’s Advocacy Centers are providing services at an alarmingly increasing rate.[Read More…]
New president at West Liberty University
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — For Weirton native Stephen Greiner, the opportunity to come home and serve as West Liberty University’s next president was “too good to pass up.” WLU’s board of governors named Greiner president Thursday afternoon after convening in private throughout the day at Oglebay[Read More…]
3,000 pumpkins later, the Pumpkin House comes to life
KENOVA, W.Va. — It all started innocently enough. Ric Griffith carved five pumpkins — one each for his three daughters and one for himself and his wife. He set them out on the porch of another house where the family used to live in this small town at the eastern[Read More…]
The Herald Dispatch: Guide to weekend activities
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Chalk up a win for the home team ’cause Halloween is on a Saturday, Donald Trump masks are a plenty, and concerts are more plentiful than lies in a political speech. Here’s a look at some concerts and shows going down in the clubs and beyond. A[Read More…]
