By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Officials announced Sunday a fire that has burned for more than a week at the former Ames shovel plant in south Parkersburg has been extinguished. Lubeck Volunteer Fire Chief Mark Stewart said officials stopped spraying water at the site[Read More…]
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Rader discusses opioid crisis on NBC
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than one-quarter of the Huntington Fire Department’s time is spent on overdose calls, but during NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd on Sunday, Fire Chief Jan Rader said she sees hope in the countless number of citizens battling a substance[Read More…]
With $2 million renovation done, Bidell Gas Compression’s focus on building business
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal WEIRTON, W.Va. — Turning an old machine shop in Weirton that had been empty for more than a decade ago into a manufacturing center wasn’t easy. Or cheap, according to Bidell Gas Compression’s Dan Martin. Martin said they’ve spent more than $2 million getting[Read More…]
Appalachia panel at shale expo promote opportunities for savings, partnerships
By CONOR GRIFFITH The State Journal PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A panel comprised of representatives from a variety of backgrounds shared their views regarding the potential of Appalachia’s natural gas reserves during the Shale Insight conference last month. Steve Hedrick, president and CEO of South Charleston-based Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation[Read More…]
Advocate says hacking, social media the new forms of voter suppression
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — During her 15 years as executive director of the League of Women Voters from 2000 to 2015, Nancy Tate focused on fighting voter suppression through gerrymandering or overly restrictive voter ID laws — only to see entirely new ways to manipulate elections[Read More…]
Area seniors try new touch screen voting machine
By VANESSA McGUIGAN The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Shepherdstown Area Independent Living (SAIL) welcomed Chris Kinsella from the Jefferson County League of Women Voters and Nikki Painter, Chief Deputy Clerk, Voter and Elections of Jefferson County to their monthly brown bag lunch event to discuss voting and demonstrate a[Read More…]
Morgantown CVB hard at work marketing
By RACHEL HAWKINS The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After more than a year of work, the Greater Morgantown Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is ready to roll out new endeavors to bring more tourism to the area. Greater Morgantown CVB Executive Director Susan Riddle spent the last few months speaking at council meetings for local municipalities in[Read More…]
Greenbrier County CVB wins international award for website
Mountain Messenger LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The Greenbrier County Convention and Visitors Bureau has been recognized with an international Gold MarCom award for its website. The site was developed in partnership with its Agency of Record, Fahlgren Mortine, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and with offices in Charleston, WV. “Our GreenbrierWV.com website[Read More…]
Manchin talks budget, opioids in Berkeley Springs
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The scariest threat facing America right now? Is it nuclear war, or illegal immigration, or global warming, or possible election tampering by a foreign power? No, according to U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who held a “community town hall” meeting at[Read More…]
W.Va. Jobs Investment Trust put $11 million into 20 companies, Zulauf: ‘Of the 20, at least half are at or beyond profitability’
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There are those who think the state-sanctioned West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust (WVJIT) venture capital fund is all one big boondoggle. Pat Bond, longtime state businessman and a member of the Investment Trust’s board of directors, is not one of them.[Read More…]
