EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is part I of a two-part series on the heroin public health crisis in southern West Virginia. By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The deadly heroin cocktail killing scores of addicts in metro areas has made its way into the picturesque hills of southern[Read More…]
Month: September 2017
A recipe for disaster: Part 2 of 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is part II of a two-part series on the heroin public health crisis in southern West Virginia. By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The drug epidemic in southern West Virginia has morphed into a potential catastrophic health situation, with Mercer and surrounding counties now[Read More…]
West Virginia voter registration shows strength with Independents
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Shifts in voter registration across West Virginia over the last decade have political insiders pondering whether the Mountain State is truly a “red” state, or if the time is ripe for a third political party to organize in West[Read More…]
State women recognized for serving as ‘Rosie the Riveters’
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — America’s “Rosie the Riveter” got a belated 70 year-old thank you on Monday. Towns large and small across America yesterday offered up a formal commemoration for all the country’s “Rosie the Riveters,” the women who rolled up their collective sleeves during WWII[Read More…]
Union miners look to future with determination at annual picnic
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail RACINE, W.Va. — Even though their years in the coal mines of Southern West Virginia are well in the past, Jerry Bell and Curtis Akers said Monday they still worry about the future of miners who don’t have the advocacy of a union. Bell, of[Read More…]
Meeting with soldier’s sister helps local Vietnam veteran
By PAUL LAPANN The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Bob Goff of Parkersburg has carried for 50 years the guilt over Army Sgt. James Ralph Snyder’s death in Vietnam. After meeting with Snyder’s sister Cindy Dunbar of Roanoke, Va., at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., this[Read More…]
Why WV same-sex couple filed lawsuit instead of complaint with state
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Samantha Brookover and Amanda Abramovich wanted to prevent discrimination against other same-sex couples, so they filed a complaint with the West Virginia Human Rights Commission. But in the end, they filed a lawsuit in federal court instead, arguing that their constitutional rights[Read More…]
Huntington direct mail advertiser bought by industry giant
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After starting in a garage 24 years ago and moving operations six times, a Huntington direct mail advertising company is now under the wing of an industry giant with a reach of roughly 23 million households. Preferred Mail Advertising, founded by Huntington[Read More…]
National hunting-themed film tour comes to Charleston Friday
By JOHN McCOY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — If West Virginia isn’t the “hunting-est” state in the union, it’s certainly close. That’s why a group of Mountain State hunters decided to bring the National Hunting Film Tour to the Mountain State. The 2 1/2-hour film festival, which features hunting-themed short[Read More…]
DNR regulations available for fast-approaching hunting season
By DARLENE J. SWIGER The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The opening of the state’s archery deer season is Sept. 30, and buck firearms season is Nov. 20 to Dec. 2, with hunters busy making preparations. Several important changes in the state’s fall hunting seasons for deer, black bear and[Read More…]
