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…]
Month: September 2016
WV state senator’s family tackles addiction problem
GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Jeff Kessler will never forget the day he saw his son, Jacob, in the grips of withdrawal symptoms. It happened in December 2014 when Jacob Kessler was lodged in the Northern Regional Jail on drug trafficking charges. During the holiday season of 2014, the lives 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…]
WV tax-lien loopholes cause vacant building woes
This is the second and final in a two-part series about the system of tax lien sales in West Virginia, how they’re connected to the growing problem of vacant and blighted properties in the capital city and what the local and state governments can do about it. CHARLESTON, W.Va. —[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…]