By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice recently appointed two people to West Virginia University’s Board of Governors, according to a news release from the school. Justice appointed Elmer F. Coppoolse, the chief operating officer of The Greenbrier resort and a managing partner of the Glade[Read More…]
Month: July 2017
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to visit W.Va. today
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will make his first official visit to West Virginia today. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, joined by First District Rep. David McKinley will welcome Perry, who will tour Longview Power Plant in Maidsville[Read More…]
USDA approves broadband funding in central W.Va.
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Several area counties will see a benefit from a broadband project in the future. In 2016, the Randolph County Development Authority, with the Barbour County Development Authority and the Upshur County Development Authority, formed together as the Central West Virginia Development Association[Read More…]
Huntington-area organizations to discuss future of food access
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — An event to bring local organizations and partners in the food movement together to discuss the future of food access in West Virginia has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 11, in Huntington. The event is sponsored by Unlimited Future Inc., a not-for-profit microenterprise development[Read More…]
Berkeley County’s offbeat on hand this weekend at Oddfest 2017
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Have you seen anything odd lately? If not, would you like to? If the answer is “yes,” then you may want to attend “Oddfest 2017,” a two-day festival to take place at various locations in Martinsburg and Berkeley County on July 8-9.[Read More…]
Piglet from I-77 crash finds new home
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BRAMWELL,W.Va. — Last week, local volunteer firefighters were among the many who heard a call they don’t hear every day: Come and get some pigs. First responders were dispatched June 29 when a tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 77 between Bluefield and Princeton. The driver[Read More…]
Watoga State Park’s 80th anniversary — something to celebrate
By SUZANNE STEWART The Pocahontas Times It was a gorgeous day for a celebration Saturday as employees and guests gathered at Watoga State Park for the park’s 80th anniversary. The past mingled with the present through stories shared about the beginnings of the park and the good times had over[Read More…]
Chase Bank closing downtown Wheeling location
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — JPMorgan Chase & Co. will close its downtown Wheeling branch on Aug. 3. However, Jay Goodman of Harvey Goodman Realtor and Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott believe the 50,000-square-foot building in the 1100 block of Market Street has a lot[Read More…]
Delegate Steve Westfall donates special session pay to Jackson County Libraries
Staff report Jackson Newspapers RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — Delegate Steve Westfall (R-Jackson) has donated his pay from the WV Legislature’s recent special session to the Ravenswood and Ripley branches of the Jackson County Public Library. Westfall presented checks for the total amount of his special session pay to Jackson County Library Board[Read More…]
Sanders to host health care rally in Morgantown July 9
The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On July 9, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) will host a rally at the Morgantown Event Center, to urge Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) not to support the Republican legislation he says will do enormous harm to the people of her state and the nation. The[Read More…]
