Staff and wire reports Williamson Daily News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Tourism Office in partnership with the West Virginia Division of Forestry today released this season’s final fall foliage report and featured #AlmostHeaven fall road trip. Fall Foliage update Most opportunities to view fall foliage in the mountains have[Read More…]
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End of daylight saving time serves as safety reminder
By LEAH NESTOR The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — As the end of daylight saving time approaches — it officially ends at 2 a.m. Sunday — area residents should be ready to turn back clocks an hour and replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. While going through the[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, November 3
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about[Read More…]
WV DEP waives water review authority, paving way for Mountain Valley Pipeline
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Justice administration on Thursday moved to pave the way for the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, reissuing a permit covering the pipeline construction’s stormwater pollution and also giving up the state’s broad legal authority to determine if the $3.7 billion project[Read More…]
Firefighters answer smoke call at IEI facility
By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — At about 7 p.m. Wednesday calls came into the Wood County 911 Center saying smoke was coming from the IEI Plastics site on Old Camden Avenue, said Wood County 911 Director Rick Woodyard. Woodyard said the Lubeck Volunteer Fire[Read More…]
WV bishop asks Episcopal churches to carry naloxone
By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail It wasn’t a particular incident that led the bishop of the state’s Episcopal churches to encourage its congregations to stock the overdose-reversing drug naloxone; Rev. W. Michie Klusmeyer just hates what the opioid epidemic is doing to West Virginia. “I hate seeing young people and[Read More…]
Student-centered learning model could come to W.Va.
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A change is coming to how students in West Virginia’s K-12 public education system learn, an expert said Wednesday. It may take a while, but the evolutionary change is part of a nationwide trend. The change is called personalized education. It[Read More…]
St. Clairsville-based Murray Energy moves on western coal in Utah
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Miners across the nation produced about 26 million tons more coal from April through June compared to the same period in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Hoping to capitalize on that growth, Murray Energy officials[Read More…]
State and local officials consider meals tax bill
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When the 2018 session of the West Virginia Legislature opens, one bill Del. John Shott (R-Mercer County) may once again try to push through is the local meals tax option. But it will depend on support from municipal organizations. “If the[Read More…]
Fayette mother allegedly finds heroin in daughter’s trick-or-treat bag
By GUISEPPE SABELLA Charleston Gazette-Mail OAK HILL, W.Va. — Oak Hill police are wondering how a chunk of heroin found its way into a young girl’s candy bag Tuesday night. Police Chief Mike Whisman said the girl’s mother called police at about 7:30 p.m., shortly after she returned from an[Read More…]
