Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. RUSSIAN WARPLANES TAKE OFF FROM IRAN TO TARGET IS MILITANTS In a major[Read More…]
Month: August 2016
At 50 years, Summersville Dam to be rededicated
SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. – On a September day in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood before a crowd of people and said the dam here is a sign of West Virginia’s destiny. “We come here today to consummate an act of faith in the future of the great State of West[Read More…]
Parkersburg museum gets Blennerhassett telescope
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A long-sought artifact of Blennerhassett history has found its way back home to Parkersburg, over 200 years after leaving the Mid-Ohio Valley. Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park officials and the Friends of Blennerhassett volunteer support group held a special reception Saturday at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional[Read More…]
3D models at WV State Fair created in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As 3D models blow up microorganisms to 3,000 times their original size, they look a bit like movie monsters and are sure to catch the attention of visitors to the West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg. Capturing the attention of children and adults was the intention of[Read More…]
WVU fans join players for meet-and-greets
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mountaineers fans crowded the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility on Aug. 14 for the annual WVU Fan Day. Fans started lining up hours early for the two-hour-long meet-and-greet with players. Glenda Crest came from Baltimore to support her nephew William Crest, who is the back up quarterback. “This is[Read More…]
Plans ongoing for three WV power plants worth $2B
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Work is continuing to bring three natural-gas-fired power plants to West Virginia, with an estimated $2 billion investment in the three projects, an official with Energy Solutions Consortium said. Energy Solutions is planning to build the power plants in Harrison, Marshall and Brooke counties, spokesman Curtis Wilkerson[Read More…]
New Harrison sheriff should prioritize diversity
A column by Matt Harvey, assistant managing editor of The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The law enforcement division of the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department is overwhelmingly white and male. There are no female deputies, no black deputies and just a minuscule fraction (perhaps just one) classifying as a minority. That’s[Read More…]
Lab equipment pours in for flooded WV schools
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Piles of cardboard boxes fill the former research lab on West Virginia State University’s campus, where the school has collected a smorgasbord of science donations for flood-damaged Mountain State schools. Standing amid the cache Friday, chemistry professor Micheal Fultz said he didn’t know exactly how much all[Read More…]
Kanawha football teams meet New Orleans Saints
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — What does it take to get about a hundred high-school and middle-school boys up and awake before 6 a.m. on the weekend? Nothing short of a miracle. But a chance to meet Drew Brees and the rest of the New Orleans Saints might do the trick.[Read More…]
Judge, unions use convoluted logic on right to work
A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It appears the logic used by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey to place West Virginia’s right-to-work law on hold is about as convoluted as the unions’ arguments as to why the law should be overturned. “I don’t see the[Read More…]
