By Joel Ebert The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For his first visit to West Virginia in five years, President Barack Obama will head to Charleston’s East End for a discussion on the country’s prescription drug and heroin epidemic. The East End Family Resource Center will host the president in the[Read More…]
Month: October 2015
Some stunning views of Bridge Day 2015
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Pocahontas County’s three senior centers may close
MARLINTON, W.Va. — Pocahontas County Senior Citizens Inc. is facing possible closure following another round of budget cuts in Charleston. The nonprofit organization is at a crossroads, the result of several consecutive years of state budget cuts, a loss of federal funding and the impending raise of the state’s minimum[Read More…]
Cost of producing power from gas way down
WHEELING, W.Va. — Largely due to fracking in shale formations such as the Marcellus and Utica, the cost of producing electricity from natural gas fell from being 5.5 times more than coal in 2008 to only about 1.4 times as much as coal this year. According to the New York[Read More…]
Clarksburg paper promotes veteran staff member
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Veteran newspaper journalist Tim Langer has been promoted to news editor of The Exponent Telegram. Langer, who has been with the newspaper for 27 years, most recently served as assistant news editor. “Tim has been a loyal, dedicated employee with strong journalistic skills and integrity,” Executive Editor[Read More…]
Freedom of speech cornerstone of all other freedoms
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Many is the time a reader will take issue with something he or she reads on this page, be it an editorial by our editorial board or one of the syndicated columns. Sometimes he or she even complains about the editorial cartoon.[Read More…]
W.Va. justice, husband seek $17M for Charleston home
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis and Charleston lawyer Scott Segal officially put their 19,000-square-foot mansion on the market Saturday. Asking price: $17 million. Davis and Segal announced their intentions to put their mountaintop home up for sale back in July – and hired a real estate[Read More…]
Closure of Hatfield-McCoy trail loops causes turmoil
JULIAN, W.Va. — The recent sale of a tract of land along the Boone-Lincoln county line that contains two loops of the Hatfield-McCoy Trails system has left trail users looking for other places to ride, business owners thinking about closing and trail system officials scrambling to come up with a[Read More…]
Audit cites misuse of Shepherd University credit cards
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Misuse of state P-Card credit cards by staff for inappropriate purchases — in one case, including condoms and sexual enhancement aids — continues to be a problem at Shepherd University, legislative auditors said Sunday. Inappropriate transactions cited in Sunday’s audit include $1,271 for non-work-related dress clothes purchased[Read More…]
Morrisey puts GOP political operative on state payroll
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has hired a veteran political strategist from Walla Walla, Washington, and put him on the state payroll. Lance James Henderson, 51, who last worked for Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s re-election campaign in 2014, was hired last month as Morrisey’s deputy chief[Read More…]
