Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. EXPLOSIONS ROCK BRUSSELS AIRPORT, SUBWAY; AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE KILLED Authorities tell everyone[Read More…]
Month: March 2016
Senate should follow Constitution, consider nominee
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — It has been a very unsettling year for national Republican Party leaders. The frontrunner for the GOP nomination for president is someone whom many in the party hierarchy detest. There could be a brokered convention. There could be “riots” by Trump[Read More…]
WV export business experiencing bright spots
BECKLEY, W.Va. — It’s a sign of how much business is changing in West Virginia. While coal is still the state’s biggest export, the international and domestic markets are reflective, both showing signs of weakening. In 2012, coal accounted for $7.4 billion in exports, but after a global financial slowdown[Read More…]
Parkersburg paper names new ad director
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Parkersburg News and Sentinel has named a new advertising director. Ann Troutman was the advertising director for the Escanaba (Mich.) Daily Press, an 8,000 circulation newspaper owned by Ogden Newspapers, the parent company of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Troutman worked for the Daily Press for[Read More…]
West Virginia must diversify jobs market
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose, again, to 6.5 percent in February. Compare that with the national average, which is holding steady at 4.9 percent. The number of unemployed residents here increased by 1,300 last month. Meanwhile, another study[Read More…]
West Virginia couple seeking state senate, house seats
By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner MATHIAS, W.Va. — It may be a first for West Virginia. A Mathias husband and wife team will both throw their hats into the ring for public office. Matthew and Tonya Persinger are seeking a seat in the West Virginia State Senate and West[Read More…]
Natural gas predicted top power generator in ’16
WHEELING, W.Va. — A 1,000 cubic-foot unit of natural gas sold for about $1.88 on the New York Mercantile Exchange last week, a dramatic drop from prices that were over $13 per unit in 2008. These collapsing prices associated with Marcellus and Utica shale production – along with increased scrutiny[Read More…]
Wheeling staff bonds with 42-year-old slow cooker
A column by Heather Ziegler, associate city editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — There is an important piece of equipment in our lunchroom at the newspaper office that is older than half the staff that uses it. It’s an original Crock-Pot made by the Rival company in the[Read More…]
Huntington manufacturer vows to keep jobs in US
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If founder J. Allen Mayo hadn’t been passed up for a national sales job at American National Rubber, one of Huntington’s most notable and successful businesses may not exist. “It’s one of those times in your life where you have to make a decision,” Mayo said. “The[Read More…]
No apparent collusion in right-to-work email review
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A review of emails sought by the Teamsters Union in a Freedom of Information Act suit against WVU doesn’t appear to show any smoking gun of collusion to tailor a study that supported right-to-work legislation. In unredacted versions of the emails in question, John Deskins, director of[Read More…]
