CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 15-year-old boy playing with friends Saturday was fatally struck by an arrow, according to West Virginia State Police. Trooper R.D. Holden II, of the Madison detachment, said three 15-year-old boys were taking turns running across the yard and shooting arrows at each other. They were at one[Read More…]
Month: March 2016
Urban beavers gnaw on Charleston riverbank trees
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While legislators may not have been busy as beavers when it came to balancing West Virginia’s budget during the recently ended regular session, beavers have been sinking their teeth into the task of balancing their diets by downing trees along the Kanawha River a few hundred yards downstream[Read More…]
Pro-business move would end Sabbath law
A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “Blue laws” originated in Puritan times to prevent pleasure or commerce on the Sabbath. The name apparently came from the moral rigidity implied by “blue-nose” or “blue-stocking.” (Claims that they were written on blue paper are a myth.) Although America’s freedom[Read More…]
Removal of three Harrison County dams begins
WEST MILFORD — Officials kicked off the first day of a three-month undertaking Monday to remove three dams along the West Fork River in Harrison County. The West Milford Dam is the first set to be removed, and that phase of the project is underway, according to the U.S. Fish[Read More…]
Man living in secret at WVU arrested
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A man wanted by police for living in WVU buildings in secret was arrested during the weekend. Dong Xu, 38, was arrested by the WVU Police on Sunday, March 20, and charged with two counts of entering without breaking. He was arraigned in Monongalia County Magistrate Court[Read More…]
Charleston Newspapers to print Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Herald-Dispatch will close its press operation in Huntington next month and contract with Charleston Newspapers to print Huntington’s daily newspaper and the company’s weekly newspapers. All news gathering, page layout, advertising sales and production, distribution and delivery operations will continue from The Herald-Dispatch’s Huntington office on[Read More…]
WV budget cuts cause West Liberty to drop band
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — The music of the West Liberty University Marching Hilltoppers has been silenced as the school seeks to reduce spending and get in step with state budget cuts. The band, which has between 50 and 55 members, has been eliminated at WLU to cut costs. “It was[Read More…]
As WV primary approaches, some switching parties
WHEELING, W.Va. — The primary election in West Virginia is less than two months away, and county elections officials report they are already seeing a steady stream of voters registering for the first time – with others wanting to change their political affiliations before Election Day. The first absentee ballots[Read More…]
WV tornado drill encourages preparedness
ELKINS, W.Va. — The tornado preparedness and readiness of businesses and households were put to the test statewide Monday. The National Weather Service in Charleston issued a Special Weather Statement at 10:30 a.m. Monday conveying test tornado warning information, which activated the tornado drill throughout West Virginia for approximately 20[Read More…]
New WV substance abuse line logs 1,600 calls
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s first 24-hour substance abuse and mental health call line – 1-844-HELP4WV – has already received more than 1,600 calls since being launched last fall by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. And there’s more good news because addicts – as well as family members – are using[Read More…]