By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Finding additional revenue to cover Berkeley County’s ever growing demand on its municipal services — specifically fire fighting and EMS — served as the main theme of the Eastern Panhandle Legislative Summit held at the Eastern Regional Airport Thursday. Berkeley County officials[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Friday, October 27
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP DELAYS RELEASE OF SOME JFK FILES The president cites “potentially irreversible harm” to national[Read More…]
Officials: Significant pollutants not found
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Air quality tests are not finding significant pollutants in the air following the fire at the Intercontinental Export-Import Plastics warehouse on Old Camden Avenue. Officials still do not know what was stored at the Wood County facility. Officials with[Read More…]
Concerns raised about fire site in 2008
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Nine years ago, a trio of fire departments fought an electrical fire at a warehouse at the former Ames plant off Camden and Broadway avenues. Among them was the Lubeck Volunteer Fire Department, whose chief, Mark Stewart, is the[Read More…]
WV Election Commission OKs voter IDs for voters without IDs
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Election Commissioners voted Wednesday to put up $4,000 — or 80 percent of the commission’s annual budget — to help promote a new voter identification program the Secretary of State’s Office is launching. The money will go to buy fliers to[Read More…]
Broadcast takes Huntington’s recovery nationwide
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For as many times as Huntington has been pushed into the national spotlight, Wednesday was one of the first and few times those on the local front lines have heard their stories told in a positive light on a grand scale. Broadcasting[Read More…]
DEA to hold Take Back Day for prescription medications
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 14th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at more than 5,000 locations nationwide, including several in the Tri-State area. The day offers the public a chance to[Read More…]
Baber moves to sue Richwood council and state auditor
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald RICHWOOD, W.Va. — Embattled Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber filed suit Monday against Richwood City Council members, the acting interim mayor and the state Auditor John McCuskey. The situation between Baber and council has spiraled since Baber was asked at the Sept. 21 Richwood City Council[Read More…]
State Auditor fires back at Baber lawsuit
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Days after being sued by Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber, State Auditor John McCuskey has responded in a press release. “On Monday, October 23, Bob Henry Baber, mayor of Richwood, filled a baseless and frivolous lawsuit against our office seeking to stop[Read More…]
Author Joe Hill brings ‘Strange Weather’ to WV Book Festival
By BILL LYNCH Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Joe Hill never mentioned his father when he talked about publishing his latest book, “Strange Weather,” a collection of four novellas. The horror and fantasy writer’s father, the prolific novelist Stephen King, has published three collections of short novels — “Different Seasons,”[Read More…]
