Staff reports The Preston County News & Journal KINGWOOD, W.Va. — Delegate Tony Lewis, R-Preston, has died at the age of 59 following a battle with lymphoma. House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, said Lewis died at around 4 p.m. Sunday. “I am so very sad to learn of Tony’s passing,” Speaker Armstead said.[Read More…]
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MVB applies to be listed on Nasdaq; move will help expand investor base
By JOHN G. MILLER NCWV Media FAIRMONT, W.Va. — MVB Financial Corp., the holding company of MVB Bank, has filed an application to list its common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market, bank officials said Wednesday. The application was filed following Tuesday’s board meeting, MVB CEO and President Larry Mazza[Read More…]
Weirton resident seeking Senate seat
By CRAIG HOWELL The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — While admitting he probably has a long shot of getting elected, Jack Newbrough said he still will make sure his concerns, and the concerns of West Virginians, are heard during the 2018 election. “I’m not a politician, but I’m not afraid[Read More…]
Raycom Media, CNHI announce merger
Times West Virginian MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Raycom Media Inc. and Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. announced today they have agreed to merge, forming one of the nation’s largest privately owned media groups. Raycom Media owns or operates 65 television and two radio stations covering 44 markets in 20 states. CNHI owns[Read More…]
State-run farms lose almost $3 million
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers should consider whether the state should continue to operate state-owned farms after the institutions lost about $2.6 million over the past three years, lawmakers were told during a legislative interim meeting on Sept. 17. Justin Robinson, a legislative[Read More…]
Purple cat’s paw muscles way back from brink
Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WILLIAMSTOWN , W.Va.— The little mussel with a funny yet colorful name, the purple cat’s paw, once lived in many of the big rivers in the Ohio River Basin. Over 130 species of freshwater mussels lived in the watershed, burrowed in the bottom[Read More…]
Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney’s fortune turns 100
By DOUGLAS IMBROGNO Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Betty Schoenbaum is having a birthday party. And not a small one, either. “I’m having 250 people for lunch at Michael’s on East,” she said. She is not bragging about the Oct. 7 event at a posh restaurant in Sarasota, Florida. She[Read More…]
Mount Hope celebrates native son
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — Jean Evansmore ran around the tight spaces of DuBois on Main on Sunday afternoon. The president of the local museum was readying the space for some cherished guests, both old friends and new. “Absolutely wonderful. Just wonderful,” Evansmore said of the number of[Read More…]
Yeager Airport, Air Guard to celebrate 70th anniversary with air show
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Aerobatic shows by three stunt pilots, flight demonstrations of military aircraft dating from World War II to the present, precision parachute performances by the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights exhibition team and static displays of nearly 30 aircraft will be among attractions at[Read More…]
Parkersburg High School named ‘most beautiful high school’ by magazine
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Architectural Digest Magazine has named Parkersburg High School one of the 50 most beautiful high schools in the nation. The school was included in a list of buildings in all 50 states featured on Architectural Digest’s web page. “The[Read More…]
