By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — The body of a Marshall University student has been recovered three-and-a-half days after he fell from a bridge on Interstate 64 nearly 100 feet into the Guyandotte River, Barboursville Police Chief Mike Coffey confirmed Tuesday. Mitchell Higgins, 22, of Sistersville, West Virginia, left[Read More…]
Month: February 2017
10 things to know: Wednesday, Feb. 8
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP TRAVEL BAN COURT DECISION EXPECTED THIS WEEK It is unclear which way the[Read More…]
Budget issues, education focus of W.Va. legislative preview
AARP WV hosts legislative preview By Lexi Browning For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Budget issues led the discussion Tuesday when members of AARP’s Capitol Advocacy Team met with members of the media to discuss the upcoming legislative session’s potential economic impact on West Virginia and residents across[Read More…]
Order expands required C8 testing area
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Testing of public and private water wells for C8 in an expanded geographic area got under way even before an amended order between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and DuPont and Chemours was finalized, EPA officials said. The expanded area[Read More…]
WV to hand out 8,000 OD-reversal kits
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Naloxone, the drug that can counteract overdoses of heroin and other opiates, is being used by some emergency responders and groups in parts of West Virginia. Now, the state Department of Health and Human Resources has received a federal grant to distribute[Read More…]
WVU gives Tech, Potomac State new logo designs
By JIM WORKMAN The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two longstanding West Virginia University campuses have new identities for 2017. The logos for WVU Tech and Potomac State College have undergone slight revisions in an effort to evolve the university’s brand, to align all campuses within the WVU system and[Read More…]
$4.3 billion Rover Pipeline approved
By CASEY JUNKINS The Weirton Daily Times WHEELING, W.Va. — The $4.3 billion Rover Pipeline system, portions of which will include 42-inch diameter conduit, will send Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas across Ohio because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the project. The system — portions of which will run[Read More…]
$250K grant to help refurbish Keith-Albee
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Restoration can officially begin on the seats of the historic Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center with the awarding of a grant from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. The $250,000 grant with matching funds from the Keith-Albee Foundation make the “Take a[Read More…]
West Virginia Northern Community College looks to train for future Belmont County ethane cracker
By ALEC BERRY The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A new program at West Virginia Northern Community College could help train local men and women to work at PTT Global Chemical’s ethane cracker near Dilles Bottom if the company ultimately decides to move forward with the plantIn July, WVNCC created[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court to mull final resting place for slain WWI Medal of Honor recipient
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A legal battle over whether the remains of a World War I Medal of Honor recipient murdered in Mason County in 1935 by the son of a Confederate general should be reburied in a place of honor at the new Donel C. Kinnard[Read More…]