WILLIAMSON, W.Va. – Although no relics are left from the business district known as “Deep Third,” a monument sits on the corner of Third Avenue and Pike Street in downtown Williamson that honors the businesses that thrived there during the 1940s. During the 1940s, “Deep Third” housed more than thirty[Read More…]
Month: February 2016
More WV officials tour decrepit Fayette schools
ANSTED, W.Va. — Fayette County’s facility crises is the symptom of an unfair one-size-fits-all funding formula, said State Board of Education and School Building Authority member Tom Campbell Monday while standing in Ansted Middle School gym. Campbell toured Collins Middle, Ansted Middle and Meadow Bridge High schools Monday alongside U.S. Congressman[Read More…]
More Sunday liquor sales would be economic boost
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Finally, opportunity presents itself for the West Virginia legislature to have a positive effect on jobs and the economy in our fair state in a very real way. And our lawmakers can do it in a bipartisan manner — over brunch. While too[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Feb. 9
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP, SANDERS LOOK TO EMERGE FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH WINS Their victories would[Read More…]
Photos from Tourism Day at the Legislature 2016
Capitol filled with tourism displays as industry seeks legislative help
View photos of displays CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia legislators couldn’t help but think about the state’s tourism industry today as the state Capitol’s hallways and rotunda were filled with informational tables and displays. Tourism industry officials are seeking legislative support for their “brunch bills” — SB 21, SB 298 and[Read More…]
Weirton man in Super Bowl spot, music video
WEIRTON, W.Va. — Area residents watching the Super Bowl tonight might see a familiar face on their television screens. Eli Pievach, of Weirton, is part of a music video produced by the NFL, titled “Super Bowl Babies.” Portions of that video will be used as a 60-second commercial set to[Read More…]
Common ground lacking in Common Core debate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When the issue of Common Core education standards is discussed at the State Capitol, there’s no common ground for opponents and proponents to work from and compromise. It’s all or nothing, and that causes turbulence for everyone. Some lawmakers, who want to rewrite the standards, say they are[Read More…]
Fairmont boy state winner with 15-pound cabbage
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Landen Barkley, of Rivesville Elementary School, is the 2014 -2015 West Virginia State winner of the National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program. Barkley grew a 15.2 pound cabbage according to a press release from Bonnie Plants, the national plant wholesaler who sponsors the cabbage program. The[Read More…]
It’s going to take teamwork to find key
A column by Misty Poe, editor and general manager of The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Last week I got locked in a room with nine other people and somehow we managed to escape. And it was wildly fun. If you haven’t been to the Escape Room in Westover, I[Read More…]
