BECKLEY, W.Va. — With the support of City Council, Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber is slated to publicly rescind a letter that condemned the town’s middle and high schools today on the steps of the State Capitol. Baber said City Council, not the state or federal government, has all legal[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Nov. 22
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW TRUMP’S PICK FOR AG COULD INFLUENCE BORDERS Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions has[Read More…]
PNRC accepting public notice journalism entries
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Public Notice Resource Center is now accepting entries for the 2017 Public Notice Journalism Contest. “Getting editors and reporters to realize that the public notices in their own newspapers are a fertile source of good stories is a priority for PNRC. In addition to leading to[Read More…]
Wards of the State: Foster Care strains a family
Editor’s note: This ongoing ‘Wards of the State’ series explores West Virginia’s challenges in caring for its foster children as their numbers rise during the drug crisis. Names have been changed to protect the privacy of the children. Part 2: By M.K. McFarland For the West Virginia Press Association Fairmont,[Read More…]
Wards of the State: Foster Care — West Virginia’s growing concern
Editor’s note: This ongoing “Wards of the State” series explores West Virginia’s challenges in caring for its foster children as their numbers rise during the drug crisis. Names have been changed to protect the privacy of the children. Part 1: By M.K. McFarland For the West Virginia Press Association FAIRMONT,[Read More…]
Hope Village rises in White Sulphur Springs
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Attending a recent open house in the offices of Homes for White Sulphur Springs Inc. — the nonprofit corporation that is guiding the Hope Valley development on Big Draft Road — a future resident of a one-bedroom villa said she longs for the day she can[Read More…]
Greenbrier tourism officials tackle post-flood mission
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — “Everything changed on June 23.” Because of the flood that surged through Greenbrier County on that summer day, the work of the county’s Convention and Visitors Bureau took on a new urgency. Kara Dense, the agency’s executive director, noted to city council this past week that not[Read More…]
WV woman piling up strongman milestones
WHITE HALL, W.Va. — Meg Ayers’ day job is as a dispatcher for Antero Resources in Bridgeport, but when she’s not working one of her 12-hour shifts, she’s competing in something that very few women in the country, let alone West Virginia, are. Ayers competes as a super heavyweight in[Read More…]
Service held for ’68 Farmington mine disaster
FARMINGTON, W.Va. — “One miner’s death is too many in this industry,” said Joe Main, director of the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA), and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III echoed in a letter Sunday at the service to honor and remember the lives lost after explosions occurred at the Farmington[Read More…]
Elkins paper prepares for ‘Wild Wednesday’ edition
ELKINS, W.Va. — A staff of Santa’s elves will be on hand Wednesday at The Inter-Mountain, checking lists twice for the chief jolly old elf, bringing holiday joy and distributing some early Christmas gifts. Sales of The Inter-Mountain’s Wild Wednesday edition — priced at $1.25 — will begin at 6:30[Read More…]
