By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It wasn’t as if he hadn’t tried to warn them. For weeks, House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, had been telling anyone who would listen that the Republican majority in the House of Delegates would not go along with any state revenue[Read More…]
Month: May 2017
Planned Parenthood paid Morrisey’s wife’s firm $460K for lobbying
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Washington, D.C., firm partly owned by the wife of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey lobbies on Capitol Hill for Planned Parenthood, a group Morrisey and other Republicans have routinely used as a political punching bag. Denise Henry Morrisey holds the[Read More…]
Tactical paintball adventures await players at Splat Happens
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — Southern West Virginia’s mountainous terrain is a good environment for ATV and off-road cycling enthusiasts, hikers, hunters and other tourists that love the outdoors, but one area entrepreneur had added paintball matches to local tourists venues. Splat Happens, located on Black[Read More…]
Beyond the stars Green Bank telescopes search for signs of life
By MICHELLE JAMES The Register-Herald GREEN BANK, W.Va. — It’s a chilly December morning 450 feet above ground on the Green Bank Telescope. The weather forecast calls for a crisp, sunny day, yet thick fog and clouds linger in the mountain air well past the 10 o’clock hour. “They’ve usually[Read More…]
Hemp Picks offers education, retail at Point Park Marketplace
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Point Park Marketplace, 113 Ann St., has a new business involving industrial hemp that set up shop on April 20 in downtown Parkersburg. Robby Kerr and J. Morgan Leach describe themselves as passionate entrepreneurs who launched Hemp Picks to[Read More…]
Teacher of the Year keeps her roots top of mind
By CATHY BONNSTETTER The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Every time West Virginia Teacher of the Year Andrea Santosteaches a lesson or organizes an event at Logan High School, her alma mater, she has an ulterior motive. “It’s been a quest of mine to excavate my students’ voices,” she said.[Read More…]
End of an era as WVU Tech holds final commencement in Montgomery
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — Rob Leibel couldn’t sleep. He woke up at 6 a.m. Saturday, his stomach churning with anxiety. Even a warm breakfast from Tudor’s Biscuit World couldn’t calm him down. A few hours later, he’d deliver a speech to his fellow classmates at West[Read More…]
Industrial hemp offers economic opportunities for farmers
By KRISTEN RENEAU The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — In a state where flat land is at a premium, farmers have to focus on maximum productivity per acre, and that often requires innovative thinking. Now that Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill legalizing the industrialization of hemp, some farmers[Read More…]
Examining West Virginia’s medical marijuana law
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Medical marijuana is on its way to West Virginia, although it will be more than two years before it arrives and doctors may start prescribing it for patients. A bill legalizing the use of medical cannibis has been signed[Read More…]
Health officials explain what to do if you find a syringe
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Whether it’s accidentally dropped or hidden for safe keeping, a hypodermic syringe not properly disposed of is a hazard. “What we’ve learned from talking to people is when dirty syringes are found hidden in the public, they might be discarded but they[Read More…]