By CATHY BONNSTETTER The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monongalia County resident and farmer Pamela Yost was honored at the State Fair of West Virginia by the state Department of Agriculture as one of four Outstanding Women in Agriculture for 2017. Yost is the fourth generation to farm on her family’s[Read More…]
Month: September 2017
Verify charities before giving to disaster causes
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Secretary of State Mac Warner encourages all West Virginians to give to those in need after disasters, such as the recent flooding in southern Texas, but to use caution. Before contributions are made to a charity, Warner suggests that donors visit http://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/charities, then type[Read More…]
Goodbye, summer
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Sunlight shone on the goldenrod along the road to Lake Stephens and on the hillside at New River Park Monday. In Beckley, ceramic pumpkins and chrysanthemums dotted entrances to local stores. Labor Day 2017, the last day of “official” summer this year,[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, September 5
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. S KOREA RAMPS UP DEFENSES AMID N KOREA THREATS This shift right underscores deep unease[Read More…]
New Department of Energy report urges relaxation of regulations on all forms of energy generation
By CASEY JUNKINS with AP dispatches The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The nation has lost enough coal-fired electricity to power as many as 36 million homes since 2002, a new U.S. Department of Energy study confirms. Last week, the energy department released a report detailing electricity markets[Read More…]
WV State Parks build extensive car-charging network in green initiative
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As part of a green initiative that includes a switch from incandescent to LED lighting, less mowing and more recycling, West Virginia State Parks is on track to become the nation’s first state parks system to have electric vehicle recharging stations installed[Read More…]
Meet Wheeling’s David Zatezalo, President Trump’s nominee For MSHA Chief
By JOHN McCABE The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The list of jobs David Zatezalo has held over a 40-year career as a coal miner and coal mining executive is extensive: he’s been a laborer for the United Mine Workers of America; a mine foreman; a general mine[Read More…]
Tiered development would maximize opportunities, Marshall County officials say
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bob Miller figures there’s more than a little truth in the old maxim, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Miller, a Marshal County commissioner, is convinced West Virginia can maximize its development opportunities by locating shared resources on prime industrial[Read More…]
Civil War re-enactment proves peaceful in St. Marys
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel ST. MARYS, W.Va. — People who came out to the ninth annual Blue and Gray Days in St. Marys over the weekend got to see re-enactors with a love of history recreate the Civil War period from camps to dress to battle re-enactments[Read More…]
Beckley girl heads to national robotics competition
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Daniella Fragile, a 12-year-old seventh-grade girl from Beckley, is a dancer, a basketball player, a young scientist, a future Radford or Duke University graduate, and, most importantly, a future NASA robotics engineer. As Daniella sits in a St. Francis De Sales School[Read More…]
