By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tom Thiltgen wanted to be a farmer. While living in Virginia Beach, Virginia, he longed for a slower pace of life in the countryside where he could live off of the land with his wife and four children. So, they moved; but[Read More…]
Month: September 2017
PSC starts hearing on Pleasants power plant transfer
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission began to hear testimony Tuesday in a hotly contested and controversial case over FirstEnergy’s effort to transfer one of its coal-fired power plants to a West Virginia subsidiary, a move that consumer advocates and environmental groups[Read More…]
Proposed new center to boost aerospace industry
By FRED PACE HD Media LOGAN, W.Va. — Officials see the establishment of a manufacturing “proof of concept” and training center for Cabell and Wayne counties as a vital step toward getting aerospace manufacturing industry off the ground in the region. Making such a center possible is a $500,000 grant[Read More…]
New occupant for Coldwater Creek? Development Authority, Hino Trucks USA schedule press events
Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A new occupant for the former Coldwater Creek facility is expected to be announced this evening. A press conference has been scheduled for 7 p.m. today by the Wood County Development Authority at the Parkersburg Country Club in Vienna. The[Read More…]
Officials chime in on M&G Polymers news
By BETH SERGENT Point Pleasant Register APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — As news about the reported, impending cessation of production activities at the M&G Polymers Plant began to spread across the community Tuesday, more elected officials chimed in. “I am disappointed to hear of this closure,” U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D)[Read More…]
There’s no place like Appalachia: Q&A with Bob Henry Baber
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Dr. Bob Henry Baber is the mayor of Richwood and supported the town during the June 23, 2016, 1,000-year flood and its fight with the Nicholas County School Board over school consolidation. He has long supported the Appalachian area, and believes there[Read More…]
Brooke Schools Superintendent doubles down on apology over sign
Staff report The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Brooke County Schools Superintendent Toni Paesano Shute on Tuesday doubled down on her apology to Pittsburgh Perry High School for a sign at Friday’s football game in Wellsburg that read “Trump Perry,” this time noting that the “administration” failed for[Read More…]
Teams prepare for 25th annual Roadkill Cook-off in Marlinton
By BETH HENRY-VANCE The Inter-Mountain MARLINTON, W.Va. — When the 25th West Virginia Roadkill Cook-off brings live music, crafts, exhibits and more than 100 vendors to Marlinton this weekend, the main attraction will of course be the unique food. Teams will cook up everything from bear, deer, squirrel, turtle and rabbit[Read More…]
Secretary of State hub office opens in Martinsburg
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Secretary of State’s new Eastern Panhandle business hub is now open for business. Located at Caperton Station at 229 East Martin Street, the hub opened earlier this month. It will serve as a satellite location for the WVSOS’s Business[Read More…]
Gazette editorial: The president’s dangerous mental state
Charleston Gazette-Mail editorial Several of America’s top psychologists have written a disturbing book: “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President.” It’s to be released Oct. 3 by St. Martin’s Press. The publisher declares: “The consensus view of two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists[Read More…]
