From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: You would be hard pressed to think of a product invented just because an innovative thinker or a company with big research laboratories wanted to do something nice for humankind. It there isn’t any money in it, it probably is not going to be developed.[Read More…]
Month: August 2017
Editorial: Charleston should follow WVU-P lead
From The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: It seems as though the folks in Charleston could learn a thing or two from officials at West Virginia University–Parkersburg, particularly chief financial officer Alice Harris. Despite a 4.6 percent budget cut from the state, WVU-P is rolling, with solid enrollment, a 2 percent[Read More…]
West Virginia asking voters to update home address
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERS BURG, W.Va. — More than 130,000 voters in West Virginia in the next few days will receive post cards from the secretary of state asking them to update their address. The request is to enable the office of the Secretary of[Read More…]
Editorial: Much work ahead for Cannabis board
The Journal of Martinsburg: Here in West Virginia, it takes something like a devastating flood for us to declare an official state of emergency. In Nevada, a shortage of marijuana qualifies. Talk about reefer madness. It probably helps to be over, oh, 50 years of age to see the irony[Read More…]
WVU stakes out major presence at State Fair
By Tina Alvey The REGISTER-HERALD of Beckley FAIRLEA, W.Va. — If it’s raining, most old-timers will comment, it must be State Fair week. But an intermittent drizzle on opening day failed to dampen spirits as the West Virginia State Fairgrounds bustled Thursday with throngs of people checking out the latest[Read More…]
Editorial: U.S. deaths from drug overdoses ‘equal to Sept. 11 every three weeks’
From The Times West Virginian of Fairmont: The numbers are frightful. Nowhere in the United States are they worse than in West Virginia. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid overdose deaths in 2015 killed West Virginians at the rate of 41.5 per 100,000 residents. 2016 numbers[Read More…]
Editorial: Cybersecurity could be state’s next high tech job growth field
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: First there was the FBI CJIS facility that brought 3,000 jobs to North Central West Virginia, which has forever changed and diversified the region’s economy. Then came the development at the High-Tech park in Fairmont with 1,500 jobs, including such names as: Electronic Warfare[Read More…]
Huntington foots $20K bill for President Trump’s visit
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Last week’s visit by President Donald Trump left Huntington with an extra $20,700 in personnel costs, though city officials hope to recuperate the money one way or another. The Aug. 3 rally brought out thousands of Trump supporters, filling the[Read More…]
Editorial: Vets in rural areas need help with health
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: Getting the health care you need is not always easy in rural areas. But it is even more challenging for many of our veterans, who are often older and more likely to be disabled and in need of medical care. Nationally about 25 percent of[Read More…]
Murray Energy gets initial favorable rulings in cases against Oliver, NY Times
By Ken Ward Jr. The Charleston Gazette Mail A federal judge in Wheeling on Thursday issued initial rulings that were favorable to Murray Energy and its outspoken CEO, Bob Murray, in defamation cases the coal operator brought against The New York Times and against HBO and its late-night personality, John Oliver.[Read More…]
