By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald HINTON, W.Va. — A Pullman train car was once a symbol of luxury, and for four days this October that luxury was returned to Hinton. On a cold, gray Sunday afternoon, as the Hinton Railroad Days neared completion for 2017 and passengers disembarked to explore the old C&O[Read More…]
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Putnam teacher gets $25,000 Millken Award
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail WINFIELD, W.Va. — A Winfield Middle School teacher was surprised with a $25,000 award at a school assembly this morning. Erika Klose, a science teacher at the school, received the Milken Educator Award. The award “not only aims to reward great teachers, but to celebrate, elevate[Read More…]
Meteorologists predict colder, snowier winter
By CARTER WALKER Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Winter in Fairmont this year is shaping up to be colder with more snow than recent years. Meteorologists at AccuWeather said temperatures are expected to be below average by a degree, and snowfall is expected to be above average. Average yearly[Read More…]
Team from Greater Beckley Christian School wins 30th annual WVU Pumpkin Drop
By WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While nearly 400 pumpkins flew off the roof of West Virginia University’s Engineering Sciences Building one—from team no. 102A from the Greater Beckley Christian School in Prosperity —not only survived the 11-story drop but landed closest to the target. The winning pumpkin landed[Read More…]
‘American Pickers’ to feature Elkins on History Channel tonight
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Locals may recognize the scenery in today’s latest episode of the nationally recognized television series “American Pickers.” Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz from the History Channel’s “American Pickers”series traveled to Elkins earlier this year to rummage through antiques at the home of[Read More…]
News and Sentinel seeks photos for Hometown Spirit section
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Two, four, six, eight. Who do we appreciate? The Parkersburg News and Sentinel will again publish Hometown Spirit, a collection of reader-submitted photographs featuring local cheerleaders, bands, twirlers and competition dance teams from local schools, cheerleading squads, groups and organizations in the[Read More…]
10 things to know today: Monday, October 30
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SENATORS TO PRESS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM ON NEW WAR AUTHORITY Lawmakers argue that battlefield dynamics[Read More…]
Author Seaton visiting Byrd Center Nov. 1 to discuss new book on Ken Hechler
Book signing and talk on life and career of W.Va. politician Ken Hechler set for Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The public is invited to a book talk and signing on Wednesday Nov. 1 by author Carter Taylor Seaton on her most recent publication: The Rebel in the Red Jeep: Ken[Read More…]
WV’s presence felt at opioid abuse emergency declaration
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In the state of West Virginia, as President Donald Trump told the nation on Thursday, there is a hospital where nearly 1 in 5 babies is born suffering from addiction, alluding to Cabell Huntington Hospital. First lady Melania Trump spoke of her[Read More…]
W.Va. lawmakers, U.S. attorney, police react to president’s opioid emergency declaration
By CHARLES YOUNG The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers, officials, members of law enforcement and others in the Mountain State applauded President Donald Trump’s efforts Thursday toward tackling the deadly opioid epidemic. The president earlier in the day had directed the Department of Health and Human Services[Read More…]
