A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sitting on Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s desk in the state Capitol building are two bills passed by the Legislature he would probably rather not have to deal with. Senate Bill 1, establishing the Workplace Freedom Act, makes it illegal[Read More…]
Month: February 2016
Mercer, McDowell counties to cut school staffs
PRINCETON, W.Va. — Faced with declining student enrollment and a decrease in state funding, McDowell County and Mercer County schools systems are being forced to lay-off professional and service staff positions. In McDowell County, 30 positions are being impacted by layoffs. This includes 15 professional positions and 15 service positions,[Read More…]
WV State Police honor retired Bluefield journalist
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WV House OKs concealed carry without permit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the second year in a row, lawmakers in the West Virginia House of Delegates have approved a bill to allow adults to carry concealed handguns without obtaining a permit. The bill (HB 4145) passed the House on an 68-31 vote on Monday, over the objections of opponents[Read More…]
Modernize the Turnpike toll booths
A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A daunting question currently faces West Virginia lawmakers: What should be done about tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike? Or as Gazette-Mail reporter Phil Kabler wrote last week, “Should they stay or should they go?” Under current law, the tolling[Read More…]
Bridgeport airport seeks city money to draw carrier
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Rural communities have to pay to land a quality airline service, the head of the North Central West Virginia Airport told Bridgeport City Council Monday night. Airport Director Rick Rock asked city council to contribute to an incentive package aimed at attracting a large air carrier that[Read More…]
A little temptation for Valentine’s Day
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Jan. 3 is unofficially considered National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day in the United States, but one Barboursville woman would be OK with every day having that distinction. Michelle Hill, owner of Tibbenham Chocolates, makes and sells her chocolate-covered cherries out of her other business, WV Quilt, 642 Main[Read More…]
Former president of Blenko Glass dies at age 94
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Former president of Blenko Glass Company, William Henry Blenko Jr., died Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at his residence. He was 94 years old. Blenko was the third generation to work at Blenko Glass Company. His grandfather, William J. Blenko, founded the company in Milton in 1930. Blenko[Read More…]
Ohio County board sticks with superintendent ouster
WHEELING, W.Va. — Ohio County Board of Education President Shane Mallett told a hostile crowd at Monday night’s board meeting that low standardized test scores at some schools are the reason he believes the school system needs to move in a “new direction” with a new superintendent. Mallett and board[Read More…]
Wheeling basketball bus incident details emerge
WHEELING, W.Va. — Two Wheeling Park High School basketball players are facing expulsion from school after they allegedly admitted to school administrators to holding down a third basketball player, pulling down his pants and touching his genitals on a return school bus trip from Morgantown. The incident that played out[Read More…]