NEWELL — Net revenue at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort dropped by 17.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to the same period the year before, parent company Eldorado Resorts Inc. reported last week. The Reno, Nev.-based company attributed the continued slide in earnings to new competition in[Read More…]
Month: March 2016
WV Wildlife Center home to more than 25 species
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Outside of Buckhannon, on the way through French Creek, the road winds through plot after plot of farmland. Cows, horses and other animals graze along the fence lines. Crops create man-made patterns in the topography. Gravel paths veer off into the fields and up to quaint wooden[Read More…]
Newspapers spread sunshine all year long
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — “Open Government is Good Government” That’s the theme of this week — Sunshine Week. It’s not the literal sunshine, though we wish we could promise you that the big ball of fire in the sky would keep it bright and[Read More…]
WV Legislature passes ‘Brunch bill’ on final day
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After going back and forth between the House of Delegates and the Senate several times, the so-called “Brunch Bill” was completed by the West Virginia Legislature on Saturday during the last day of the 2016 session. Although proponents said they are not pleased with the amendments that[Read More…]
Partnership brings cats into Elkins businesses
ELKINS, W.Va. — A local animal shelter is collaborating with businesses in the region to provide temporary homes for resident cats, with hopes to increase adoption rates in the county. The Randolph County Humane Society is currently partnering with Fancy Paws, Shabby Avenue and Triangle Heating and Cooling to foster[Read More…]
Practicing hometown journalism
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Many people who work in “the media” don’t understand the real boots on the ground are worn by the folks who put out weekly newspapers in small towns throughout the country. The weeklies, often thought of by[Read More…]
Clarksburg state office complex nears completion
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on a new state office complex in Clarksburg, as state employees prepare to move into their new digs in June. Most of the work remaining is inside, with some landscaping and paving left to do outdoors, said Diane Holley-Brown, a[Read More…]
WV legislature’s budget conference starts Monday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For House and Senate budget conferees, putting together the 2016-17 state budget will be like assembling a jigsaw puzzle with many of the pieces missing. Conferees are set to begin meeting on the budget this morning, but, with gaping revenue holes in both the House and Senate versions[Read More…]
WV’s largest cicada brood ready to bug out in May
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In two months, millions of extremely loud, five-eyed, well-rested insects will burrow their way out of the ground across much of West Virginia, and for the next four to six weeks, party like it’s 1999. That’s the year members of the state’s largest periodical cicada population, known as[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, March 14
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, March 14, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TURKISH AIRSTRIKES HIT KURDISH REBELS AFTER SUICIDE BOMBING The death toll in the[Read More…]
