By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald GRANDVIEW, W.Va. — Armed with a makeshift viewing box constructed from a diaper box, a shoe box and an old camera lens, Ray Parent and his family gathered on a picnic blanket in a grassy area at the New River Gorge National River at Grandview.[Read More…]
Month: August 2017
Crowds flock to Grand Vue Park in Moundsville to see solar eclipse
By ALAN OLSEN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Dozens of visitors joined hundreds of local students Monday afternoon to see the first solar eclipse in the U.S. for nearly 40 years, joined by Wheeling’s SMART Centre to maximize the value of the rare occasion. Marshall County middle[Read More…]
Two people dead at WV jails Monday
Staff reports Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two people died in separate incidents at state jails Monday, including a Putnam County man sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman with whom he allegedly had an affair. Authorities found Philip Casto, 35, unresponsive in his cell at Mount Olive[Read More…]
WV OMEGA appoints Nelson president
Staff report The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Traci Nelson has been appointed president of the West Virginia Oil Marketers & Grocers Association (OMEGA), the trade association which represents the state’s convenience stores, independent grocers and petroleum marketers, officials said. “Given her more than 20 years of experience working with[Read More…]
A Fair amount of bull
KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. — Alex Jenks gets bucked off as he competes in the International Bullriding Tour event Monday evening at the 65th Annual Jefferson County Fair. jefferson county fair west virginia 2015 (Photo by Ron Agnir) See more from The Journal
10 things to know: Tuesday, Aug. 22
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘FIGHT TO WIN’ Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, Trump recommits the U.S.[Read More…]
‘Rosie the Riveter’ Labor Day movement launches from W.Va.
State leads Americans on Labor Day to “Ring a Bell for Rosies!” CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thanks! Plain and Simple, Inc., a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization, is coordinating a nationwide bell ringing on Labor Day to launch the American Rosie the Riveter Movement. Bells will ring at 1 p.m. EDT across America and in some Allied[Read More…]
Screening set for Bottom Dollars,” film on exploitation of people with disabilities
A release from Disability Rights of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bottom Dollars, a Rooted in Rights original documentary, will be screening in Charleston, W.Va., presented by Disability Rights of West Virginia. Bottom Dollars exposes the exploitation of nearly 250,000 people with disabilities in the U.S. that are legally[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter rally at WV Capitol promotes equality
By CARLEE LAMMERS Charleston Gazette-Mail Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer said she wants one thing to be clear about the Black Lives Matter movement: It doesn’t mean just black lives matter. “The phrase Black Lives Matter means we matter also,” she told a crowd of 400 people on the West Virginia Capitol[Read More…]
Group participates in Free Speech Rally at Capitol
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the Kanawha River side of the Capitol, a group gathered around the Stonewall Jackson statue for the Free Speech Rally. Two rallies took place Sunday at the Capitol. More than 400 people attended what Capitol Police said proved to be a[Read More…]