CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — After hearing various concerns and praise from the public, Charles Town City Council members voted 5-2 during Tuesday night’s meeting to pass its proposed nondiscrimination ordinance, joining other municipalities across the state. Council members Ann Paonessa, Sandra Slusher McDonald, Michael Tolbert, Jonathan Wertman and Nick Zaglifa[Read More…]
Month: June 2016
Jefferson County commissioner steps down
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Jefferson County Commissioner Eric Bell has announced his intention to step down from his position in the wake of charges of an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy. “After much consideration, I will be resigning from my position as Jefferson County Commissioner,” Bell said in a[Read More…]
Fair week underway in Mineral County
FORT ASHBY, W.Va. — Animals were getting settled into their new home for a week, and the exhibit hall was slowly filling up with flowers, canned vegetables and more as volunteers worked all day Monday to get ready for today’s opening of the 2016 Mineral County Fair. It was a[Read More…]
Wood County closes gun range due to high costs
VOLCANO, W.Va. — The gun range at Mountwood Park will be closing for good. The Wood County Parks and Recreation Commission voted Monday evening to close the park’s gun range permanently. With just one vote against closing, issued by Board President Bob Buchanan, the board could not come to an[Read More…]
Parkersburg woman’s ‘Fisherman’s Tale’ a winner
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A photograph taken by a Parkersburg woman at Point Park has won a photo contest sponsored by Daytripper magazine and ViaAir in their “Come Home to WV” Contest. Sharon Kay Carper’s photograph of three people at Point Park in Parkersburg, titled “Fisherman’s Tale,” was selected as the[Read More…]
Fayetteville event building makes national register
BECKLEY, W.Va. — During World War II, Fayette County lost more than 200 soldiers. Those men were either killed in action, declared dead while missing in action or died while a prisoner of war, said Elmer Pritt, a past commander of the American Legion Lafayette Post 149 in Fayetteville. With 5,830 killed[Read More…]
We need to find common ground on gun control
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — We are not coming for your guns. But we do need to put politics aside along with the defeatist attitude we’ve seemed to have adopted as a nation and have a serious discussion about gun safety and gun control. A week ago Sunday,[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, June 22
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW TRUMP IS AIMING TO PORTRAY CLINTON The likely Republican presidential nominee will[Read More…]
WV boy helps deaf, blind kids and inspires others
BARDANE, W.Va. — Nine-year-old Landon Dunham has found a soft spot in his heart for the students of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Romney. Three years ago, Landon came up with the idea to help the students at the school after hearing some of the[Read More…]
Trump to appear at Wheeling arena next week
WHEELNG, W.Va. — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is coming to Wheeling next week. Robert E. Murray, chairman, president and CEO of Murray Energy, will host a private fundraising event for Trump slated for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at WesBanco Arena, according to Murray Energy spokesman Gary Broadbent. Like other[Read More…]
