Water usage ban lifted PINE GROVE, W.Va. – While MarkWest Energy Partners continues to deliver water to the town, Pine Grove Tuesday evening reported the water usage ban for residents has been lifted following a oil spill into the North Fork of Fishing Creek in Wetzel County. Water Works’ manager Tim Flint, Pine Grove Mayor[Read More…]
Month: February 2016
WV Senate calls for US constitutional convention
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to request an Article V convention to amend the U.S. Constitution, an event that has never happened since the Constitution was adopted in 1787 and that critics fear could leave the Constitution vulnerable to wholesale changes. The resolution passed[Read More…]
Armed and dangerous
A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s government is drowning in the worst budget crisis within memory. So what are conservative legislators doing? Passing absurd right-wing bills to hurt gays, restrict women’s rights, and let everyone carry hidden pistols without licenses, background checks or safety training,[Read More…]
C-SPAN records Marshall lecture on girls baseball
HUNTINGTON – A video team for C-SPAN’s American History TV was on Marshall University’s campus Tuesday to film a lecture by professor Kat Williams. The lecture was filmed as a part of C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History” series, which airs at 8 p.m. each Saturday. Williams’ lecture dealt with a series[Read More…]
Cabell board OKs 61 school employee layoffs
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Cabell County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve 61 layoffs and 97 transfers for professional and service personnel during a meeting Tuesday night, though officials said they hope some of those positions can be recalled once the district’s financial situation is more clear. While those[Read More…]
Hopes high for cracker plant across river from WV
WHEELING, W.Va. — Most of the steel mills, glass factories and other plants that once employed tens of thousands along the Ohio River are closed, but officials believe landing the $5.7 billion ethane cracker complex in Belmont County would allow Ohio and West Virginia to become manufacturing powerhouses once again.[Read More…]
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WV distilleries react to passage of ‘Brunch Bill’
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — After the passage of a bill that would authorize distilleries to offer liquor for purchase and consumption on the premises as well as operation on Sundays, Rob Losey, co-owner and national sales and distribution manager of Bloomery Plantation Distillery in Charles Town, said it would positively affect[Read More…]
Wood County city finds C8 samples below EPA limits
VIENNA, W.Va. — The latest tests of the water in Vienna show C8 levels below the Environmental Protection Agency limits, city officials said at a press conference on Tuesday. But any concentration is a health hazard, an attorney in the C8 lawsuit and a doctor involved in the C8 health[Read More…]
Morgantown Islamic leader took unusual path
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kip Curnutt is a young, white male. He’s an expecting father from Montgomery, Alabama. He’s a former musician. He’s an advocate for humanity. Kip Curnutt is a Muslim. Although Curnutt’s physical appearance and background don’t reflect American stereotypes of a devout Muslim, he has managed to acquire[Read More…]
