An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Navigating the West Virginia Open Meetings Act is not rocket science, yet some local governing bodies seem to have trouble with it. To be fair, there likely are issues in small communities across the state. Unfortunately, people get used to the status quo,[Read More…]
Month: April 2016
Campaign for LGBT ordinance starts in Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — With the help of a statewide organization, a group of citizens on Monday launched a campaign to pass a city ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Nineteen residents gathered in the executive conference room at the Parkersburg Municipal Building with representatives of Fairness[Read More…]
WV needs big plan, big money for economic ills
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — When Brookings Institution’s Adele Morris spoke at the energy conference at West Virginia University last Friday, she grabbed our attention. Why, she asked, isn’t the federal government doing more to save the coalfields of southern West Virginia? As reported by The Register-Herald’s Daniel Tyson,[Read More…]
Logan gets first regional jail drug treatment unit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Intent on breaking the cycle of drug addiction and crime, West Virginia is launching its first inpatient treatment program in a regional jail. The 28-bed Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) unit opened Monday, April 11, at the Southwestern Regional Jail in Logan County, for male inmates who[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, April 12
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW DIVIDED ELECTORATE FEELS ABOUT CANDIDATES People in the United States seem to[Read More…]
Former NNA president Hawkins died April 8
OSAWATOMIE, Kan., — Allen Webster “Web” Hawkins died Friday, April 8, in Osawatomie. Funeral services for Hawkins, former president of both the Kansas Press Association and the National Newspaper Association, have been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the First United Methodist Church in Osawatomie. The church is at[Read More…]
Ritchie County teen running bakery in camper
PENNSBORO, W.Va. — Alayna Moyer of Ritchie County has proved it is never too early to start a company. At 14, Moyer started her own bakery, Alayna’s Sweet Treats, and makes a wide range of cupcakes and cakes. “I just randomly decided I wanted to do it. So I called[Read More…]
Rockefeller coal comments are out of touch
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — When former U.S. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV walked away from public service in West Virginia in early 2015, he knew the political tide had turned in the Mountain State. The lifelong Democrat was replaced by Republican Sen. Shelley Moore[Read More…]
WV regional jail populations on the decline
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Eastern Regional Jail saw an approximately 7 percent decrease in its average daily incarceration of inmates during fiscal year 2015, continuing a two-year drop from a 17-year high in 2013, according to the Regional Jail Authority annual report. The annual report focuses on the performance and[Read More…]
Canadian company buys Columbia Pipeline Group
WHEELING, W.Va. — In a deal worth $13 billion, the company developing two large pipelines to ship Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas southward from Marshall County will sell its assets to Calgary, Alberta-based TransCanada. Columbia Pipeline Group is building the Leach XPress pipeline to move 1.5 billion cubic feet[Read More…]
