CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after attending President Obama’s community discussion in Charleston, West Virginia Wednesday about the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic in America: President Obama also announced new public and private sector efforts to address this epidemic. Michael Botticelli, Director of the White House[Read More…]
Month: October 2015
U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins: More needed to battle addiction
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the House floor this week, U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) said he hoped President Obama would use his visit to West Virginia to present plans to expand treatment opportunities and address the state’s jobs crisis. “These proposals, however, I’m afraid do not go far enough to really make[Read More…]
WV Coal Association: Does President Obama realize negative impact of his policies?
Thank you, President Obama, for coming to West Virginia to discuss the rampant drug problem faced by our state, our region and, indeed, our nation. Perhaps no place has been more affected by the scourge of drugs — both prescription and illegal — than West Virginia. And perhaps no place[Read More…]
Trace Adkins performing in Charleston Nov. 22
Tickets for Charleston Municipal Auditorium Show on sale Oct. 27 Charleston, W.Va. — Country Music superstar Trace Adkins had a hit song with the family-themed “You’re Gonna Miss This,” but fans in West Virginia won’t have to worry about missing Adkins, who is now scheduled to perform at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium on Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on[Read More…]
Ex-mine president testifies in Blankenship trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In some of the government’s most important testimony against former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship, the man who ran the Upper Big Branch Mine for Massey told a federal jury Thursday that Blankenship allowed regular safety violations because he believed paying government fines was cheaper than[Read More…]
Green Bank 140-foot telescope turns 50
MARLINTON, W.Va. — Last week, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank celebrated the 50th birthday of the 140-foot telescope. During the festivities, scientist Frank Ghigo and visiting scientist David Hogg gave a presentation on the “birth” of the telescope and the initial discoveries made with it in the[Read More…]
Mingo County Schools may cut up to 65 positions
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. – Mingo County Schools may be required to cut professional employment in the school system by 10 percent for the 2016 – 2017 school term because of the lack of state funding due to declining enrollment in area schools. The lack of funding could result in the loss[Read More…]
State schools chief shares ‘habits’ with Beckley kids
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Dr. Michael Martirano is on tour right now, rolling from county to county and school to school, to see how local educators are doing. When the state schools superintendent West Virginia walked into Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary, he found three fifth-graders waiting to take him around the school. As[Read More…]
WVU food bank serves students who would otherwise skip meals
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While in college, it’s not uncommon for students to skip meals to pay for other expenses like tuition and textbooks, according to Jaqueline Dooley, program coordinator in the Office of Student Engagement and Leadership. As a consequence, Dooley said grades often suffer. “The associated stigma (is) that[Read More…]
Visiting Irish dignitary notes West Virginia’s Scots-Irish ancestry
CEDAR LAKES, W.Va. — The first female consul general of Ireland paid the first visit in the New York City Consulant’s history to West Virginia this week. In her history-making trip, Barbara Jones was on a mission to spread the word about the Emerald Isle’s history and culture and meet[Read More…]
