By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal WHEELING, W.Va. — Sam Amberg says it’s never too late to learn good food habits. Amberg is part of Grow Ohio Valley, a non-profit focused on improving food security in the Ohio Valley. That means making sure even the poorest residents “know where their[Read More…]
Month: October 2017
New U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia William Powell to tackle drug issue
By JESSICA BROVERMAN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Now that William Powell has taken the oath of office as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, he is prepared to take on drug-related obstacles facing the state. “I represent all of the district. I[Read More…]
Official: Decision on hydroelectric pump storage facility expected in 2018
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph HOT SPRINGS, VA. — If Tazewell County gets a $2 billion hydroelectric pump storage facility, it will be very much like the one in Bath County, Va. Dominion Energy, which owns the Bath County facility, is proposing a similar pump station in Tazewell County[Read More…]
Pumpk-erations underway at Kenova Pumpkin House
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch KENOVA, W.Va. — For a few weeks out of the year, Ric Griffith’s backyard can best be described as organized chaos. While his home on Beech Street in Kenova may be better known as the site of the now famous Pumpkin House, Griffith said it takes[Read More…]
Tamarack to host pumpkin painting contest
Staff report The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — As part of its Spooktacular festival, Tamarack is hosting a pumpkin painting contest. Members of the public are invited to enter the contest, and the first 100 people to register will receive a free t-shirt. Pumpkins are now available for purchase at Tamarack for[Read More…]
The sky’s the limit: Charleston’s Yeager Airport marks 70 years of service
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Like many young boys growing up in the Charleston area, Nick Keller was fascinated by airplanes. He loved to go to Yeager Airport to watch the planes take off and land. “When I was 12 years old, I came up here[Read More…]
Harvest Time at the Mill is all about celebration of the farmstead, fall
By VICTORIA L. CANN The Weston News WESTON, W.Va. — Harvest Time at the Mill will be back for the second year at WVU Jackson’s Mill farmstead to bring the community together and celebrate the end of the year. Dean Hardman, farmstead program specialist, said they began the event last year[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, October 18
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HE ‘KNEW WHAT HE SIGNED UP FOR’ That’s what Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson says[Read More…]
West Virginia Legislature starts special session in Charleston
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Bills to exempt military pensions from state taxation and increase the tax credit for rehabilitation of historic structures were among the first introduced during a special session of the West Virginia Legislature that convened Monday. Lawmakers on Monday[Read More…]
State lawmakers discuss start of special session
By BRETT DUNLAP and EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Local state lawmakers weighed in on the start of a special legislative session that got under way Monday in Charleston. Legislators will be working on seven different bills during the session called by Gov. Jim Justice[Read More…]