Month: October 2017

WVU’s Amateur Radio Club offers communications services to Puerto Rico

By WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s Amateur Radio Club will provide communication services for members of the WVU community looking to reach relatives in disaster-stricken Puerto Rico. On September 20, Hurricane Maria made direct land fall on Puerto Rico as a category four storm with sustained winds of[Read More…]

Manchin to talk tax reform in Berkeley Springs this Friday

The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) will hold a Town Hall meeting in Berkeley Springs on Friday, October 27 at 11:30 a.m. at the Country Inn in downtown Berkeley Springs to talk about federal tax reform and take questions about proposed legislation on tax[Read More…]

Support for new power plant evident at EPA hearing in Monroe County, Ohio

By JANELL HUNTER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register HANNIBAL, Ohio — Since the closing of Ormet Aluminum Corp., Monroe County has been struggling with one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, but the natural gas industry has given the county hope for real economic development. The latest reason[Read More…]

10 things to know: Thursday, October 26

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOUSE GOP MOVES TO PASS BUDGET, START TAX DEBATE House Republicans focus squarely on tax[Read More…]

ACA health insurance is still available in West Virginia

Enrollment period very limited this year Release from WV NaviCare CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Affordable Care Act is still in place and open enrollment begins soon. West Virginians who  need to enroll, re-enroll or switch health insurance plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace should note that the annual open enrollment[Read More…]

Officials: MSDS not accurate at IEI warehouse

Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — Officials say a material safety data sheet for the Intercontinental Export-Import Plastics warehouse on Camden Avenue, the former Ames shovel plant, is likely out of date and does not give an accurate view of what was stored in the building[Read More…]

Gov. Justice tours site of fire at former Ames plant

By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Before officials can investigate the cause of the fire at the former Ames plant in Parkersburg and before people can pick apart what was on the site and determine possible health impacts, the fire has to first be put[Read More…]

Firefighters warned of ‘extreme concerns’ about Parkersburg warehouse

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Two volunteer fire chiefs in Wood County warned nearly a decade ago that they had “extreme concerns” about the potential for a major fire at one of the local warehouses being used to store large amounts of plastics and unknown other products[Read More…]

Class action lawsuit filed in former Ames plant fire

By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Two days after a fire erupted at the former Ames plant, a class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the office of the Wood County Circuit Court clerk. Kathy A. Brown, an attorney with Brown-Houston PLLC in Charleston, filed[Read More…]

Fiber optic ring almost ready for deployment in Charleston area

  By JIM ROSS The State Journal SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Some areas of Charleston and South Charleston should see higher speeds in their internet and other data-processing services in the next year. Some could see them as soon as next month. Alpha Technologies, a Hurricane-based business technology company, is[Read More…]

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