Month: December 2015

Wood County judge dismisses open meetings case

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A complaint accusing four City Council members of violating the state’s open meetings law was dismissed Thursday, but the councilwoman who filed plans to appeal the decision to the West Virginia Supreme Court. Wood County Circuit Judge J.D. Beane granted a motion to dismiss Councilman Roger Brown[Read More…]

WV natural gas reserves among highest in US

WHEELING, W.Va. — The Marcellus, Utica and Rogersville shales may just be the beginning of the prolific natural gas formations in the Appalachian Mountains, as West Virginia now boasts more proved reserves of the fuel than any other states except Texas, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Data from the U.S. Energy Information[Read More…]

Interim president named at Alderson Broaddus

PHILIPPI, W.Va. — The Alderson Broaddus University Board of Trustees has chosen James “Tim” Barry, Ed.D., to serve as interim president until a new president is selected. Barry will be on campus Monday to begin introducing and orienting himself to ABU and the community. He will officially take office Dec.[Read More…]

Clerical error delays vote on PEIA benefits cut

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A vote to cut health insurance benefits for more than 200,000 public employees and retirees by more than $120 million next year was postponed Thursday — not by a last-minute reprieve, but by a clerical error. Members of the Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board were poised[Read More…]

Blankenship found guilty on one of three counts

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Massey Energy Co. chief executive Don Blankenship, once one of the most powerful men in the region’s coal industry, was convicted Thursday by a federal jury of conspiring to violate mine safety and health standards at Massey’s Upper Big Branch Mine, where 29 miners died in an[Read More…]

Bluefield area volunteers seek cats after shelter fire

BRUSHFORK, W.Va. — Volunteers were out Thursday morning seeking frightened cats and assessing the damage after a late-night fire burned a local organization working to help homeless felines. The Second Chance for Cats facility on Littlesburg Road near Bluefield started burning at about midnight, Director Michelle Muncy of the Mercer[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Dec. 4

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CALIFORNIA SHOOTER SHOWED PIOUS, PEACEFUL SIDE IN PUBLIC PERSONA Friends are mystified how[Read More…]

Split verdict: Blankenship guilty of conspiracy, not security fraud

From The Register-Herald of Beckley: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jurors returned a split verdict in the trial of former Massey CEO Don Blankenship Thursday. Blankenship was found guilty of conspiracy to violate mine safety standards, not guilty of security fraud and not guilty of making false statements. Watch for more at http://www.register-herald.com[Read More…]

WV PBS officials pitch new channel to cable operators

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the launch of the West Virginia Channel less than a month away, officials with West Virginia Public Broadcasting are trying to convince a number of cable television operators in the state to carry the channel. Public Broadcasting General Manager Scott Finn told the state Educational Broadcasting[Read More…]

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