ELKINS, W.Va. — Around 330,000 hunters will take to the woods of the Mountain State starting today for buck firearms season, which runs until Dec. 3. The season is open in all counties except Logan, Mingo, McDowell and Wyoming. According to Southwick Associates, hunting contributes $500 million each year to[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
Book highlights 50 years of Wheeling photojournalism
WHEELING, W.Va. — Any fan of the history, beauty and life of the Ohio Valley will enjoy the walk down memory lane offered in our new, hard-bound book, “Through the Lens.” The 128-page book, which has been shipped and is now available for pick-up at The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register,[Read More…]
Let the chips fall where they may
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Take a look at the chart on page five of this section of the paper. Have you ever seen that level of detail on evaluations of public schools in West Virginia? Chances are that you have not. That is one reason why[Read More…]
Public opinion vital to Green Bank Observatory
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The future of a facility that has been at the heart of dozens of important discoveries about space and also is the economic foundation of a sparsely populated West Virginia region is at risk. If we West Virginians care about the future[Read More…]
WVU women’s soccer team advances to Elite 8
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Michelle Newhouse gave every appearance of being the calmest player on the snow-covered grass pitch, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, on Nov. 20. It mattered not that the WVU junior goalkeeper was stepping into the postseason pressure cooker known as the penalty kick shootout after her top-seeded[Read More…]
WV governor-elect excited about Trump phone chat
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Gov.-elect Jim Justice spoke with President-elect Donald Trump Saturday about the future of West Virginia. “I’ve known the Trump family forever,” Justice said. “Eric (one of Trump’s sons) and I hunt together. It was actually Eric who called me. He said he was calling to congratulate me,[Read More…]
DNR officer says Fairmont has ‘serial deer killer’
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — More than a dozen illegal deer killings have occurred in Fairmont over the last three months, and authorizers are unsure who is doing it and why. The killings started in August. Since then, dead deer have been found all over Fairmont — from the Fairmont Regional Medical[Read More…]
Former WV secretary of state dies of cancer at 76
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Edgar F. “Hike” Heiskell III, a former West Virginia Secretary of State, died Sunday at the age of 76 after a brief battle with cancer. Heiskell served as West Virginia’s Secretary of State from 1973 to 1975. He was the first Republican to hold that office since[Read More…]
Months after flood, Elkview strip mall still cut off
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Twice a week for the past five months, Khoi Le has made the trek up the steep hill behind 84 Lumber in Elkview to access his salon Le Nail, at Crossings Mall, to feed his two koi fish that still live in a large tank. Summer is[Read More…]
Pop-ups set for Bluefield’s Small Business Saturday
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Three “pop-up” businesses will be in the City of Bluefield for Small Business Saturday, the day after the traditional Black Friday. Jim Spencer, the city’s community and economic development director, said the pop-up program is designed to bring in new businesses that may not yet have a[Read More…]