Month: September 2016

Vigil held for Weston toddler missing five years

JACKSON’S MILL, W.Va. — More than two dozen community members gathered in a small Baptist Church off a winding country road on the outskirts of Weston Saturday night to pray for closure in the vanishing of little Aliayah Lunsford. The candlelight vigil and balloon release marked the fifth anniversary of[Read More…]

WV foresters suffer from budget ax

A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register  WHEELING, W.Va. — If you are a regular reader of this column, you may want to sit down for this. I am siding with the bureaucracy — a little bit. I will try not to let it happen again. But[Read More…]

‘Potato project’ splits WV ag candidates

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Under the backdrop of diversifying West Virginia’s economy beyond energy, Walt Helmick and Kent Leonhardt agree on the role agriculture could play in creating new markets, careers and revenue for the state. Aside from the potential of agriculture, Helmick, the Democratic incumbent Commissioner of Agriculture from Marlinton,[Read More…]

Martirano’s push for higher expectations still critical

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In just two years, West Virginia Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano has done much to set a new tone for public education in the Mountain State. There were few of the socio-economic excuses we often hear to explain the low achievement levels for[Read More…]

Mercer County church marks 100th anniversary

OAKVALE, W.Va. — As World War I was beginning in Europe and Albert Einstein was finishing his theory of relativity, a group of residents in Hatcher Hollow east of Princeton were celebrating the completion of a small country church. The year was 1916. On Sunday morning this year, the Hatcher[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Sept. 26

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. STAGE SET FOR CLINTON, TRUMP DEBATE SHOWDOWN Tonight’s presidential debate — the first[Read More…]

AARP WV providing 2016 Gubernatorial Video Voter Guide

AARP WV Release: Candidates go beyond sound bites on major issues facing older West Virginians & their families CHARLESTON, W.VA — AARP West Virginia has released its 2016 Video Voter Guide featuring exclusive one-on-one interviews with gubernatorial candidates Senate President Bill Cole (R) and Jim Justice (D), answering key questions on how they would improve the[Read More…]

Jordanian writer assassinated before trial over ISIS caricature

From the Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan –  A prominent Jordanian writer on Sunday was shot dead in front of the courthouse where he had been on trial for sharing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam. Nahed Hattar was shot dead outside a courthouse he was entering to be tried on contempt[Read More…]

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