Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CHINA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH WANES TO 25-YEAR LOW IN 2015 The world’s second-largest economy[Read More…]
Month: January 2016
Column: Del. Michel Moffatt, R-22 District
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Second Session of the 82nd Legislature has begun and as is customary the Governor was invited to give the State of the State address. With it being Governor Tomblin’s last address, it was even more packed than usual on the Floor of the House. The 45[Read More…]
CSX to close administrative operations at Huntington Division
Breaking news from The Herald-Dispatch Mark Webb The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — CSX it is consolidating its operations administration from 10 divisions to 9 divisions and closing administrative offices at Huntington, according to a press release posted on the company’s website this afternoon. The company announced today that it is consolidating[Read More…]
Talk about gun rights sparks hike in permits
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Over the past three years, those purchasing concealed weapons permits in Marion County has fluctuated. According to records from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, in 2013, 1,334 permits were purchased by residents. That number went down to 869 in 2014 and rose again in 2015 to 918. Already[Read More…]
WV gun store owner frustrated after foiling straw purchase
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Firearms dealer Travis Bishop knows gun laws, and is a self-proclaimed “stickler” about enforcing them in his shop, Tannerman’s Weapon Systems. It’s a good thing, too, especially since Curtessa Franklin, 21, of Canton, Massachusetts, attempted to use a straw purchaser twice last month – in a single[Read More…]
What about the state of our state roads?
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s State of the State address on Wednesday evening had a huge, gapping hole in it — or, in more appropriate terms, a gaping pothole — because he didn’t even mention addressing the State Road Fund. By the end[Read More…]
Morgantown bowler vies for PBA championship
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When pro bowler Brian Robinson threw his fifth strike in a row at Suburban Lanes recently, Larry Lichstein set them up and knocked them down. “Right there,” Lichstein said. “That’s what I’m talking about. This kid’s one tournament away from greatness. If I didn’t think that, I[Read More…]
Marshall journalism professor is WV History Hero
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Burnis Morris, Marshall University’s Dr. Carter G. Woodson Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, has been selected as a 2016 History Hero, for which he will be honored during West Virginia History Day at the Legislature on Friday, Jan. 29. The program will be[Read More…]
WV oil, gas production numbers called ‘shocking’
WHEELING, W.Va. — A single Ohio County Marcellus Shale well yielded enough natural gas in 2014 to provide electricity for 24,315 homes, according to new numbers released by the West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey. There’s also plenty of what industry leaders term “light crude” oil being produced right[Read More…]
Make tax hikes the last resort
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — During normal times – whatever that is in West Virginia – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s call for nearly $131.5 million a year in higher taxes would have provoked a fiery, no-way reaction from Republicans. But times are very tough in the state[Read More…]
