By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell County has set a single-year record for overdoses with 129 days left in 2017. As of Thursday, 1,250 overdoses had been reported in the county since Jan. 1, surpassing 2016’s full-year total of 1,217 overdoses, the record for a single year[Read More…]
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State School board will appeal decision in Nicholas County consolidation case
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Board of Education voted to reject a Kanawha circuit judge’s ruling in a case involving Nicholas County’s consolidation plan. After about a 30-45 minute executive session, members voted in their Thursday meeting in Charleston to reject the decision. Board member[Read More…]
SkyWest deal boosts region’s air-travel connections
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Beginning Nov. 1, flights will depart from North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) headed for O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. The Benedum Airport Authority has reached a deal with SkyWest Airlines, an aviation company partnered[Read More…]
Mineral County delegate to propose legislation making ‘spoofing’ illegal
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Mineral County delegate said he plans to draft legislation that would make using false caller ID information illegal. Delegate Gary Howell, R-Mineral, said he plans to introduce the bill in the next regular legislative session that would ban “spoofing,” according to[Read More…]
27th annual W.Va. Black Heritage Festival kicks off Saturday
Staff report The Exponent Telegram NUTTER FORT, W.Va. — The Youth King and Queen of the West Virginia Black Heritage Festival will be crowned at Saturday’s Kick-Off Luncheon that begins 11 a.m. on Saturday at Clarksburg City Park in Nutter Fort. Youth King Jarrod L. West and Youth Queen Myya[Read More…]
Pet cremation service opening in Preston County
By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News and Journal ARTHURDALE, W.Va. — “We love them just as much as you do” is the philosophy and motto behind a new pet crematory set to open at the end of September in Arthurdale. Owner/operator and Arthurdale resident Luke Massey has been working[Read More…]
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Kick-off event to be held at WVU Mountainlair
By CHRISTOPHER DOWELL The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter, will host a Mountaineer Style Kick-off to Walk for the 2017 Morgantown Walk to End Alzheimer’s Monday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the West Virginia University Mountainlair. The community is invited to come[Read More…]
Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta offers fun for whole family
By IAN HICKS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — They’re fast, they make a ton of noise and they’ve been thrilling Ohio Valley residents young and old at Wheeling’s Heritage Port every Labor Day weekend since 2006. The hydroplanes return to the river Sept. 2-3 for the 12th[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, Aug. 25
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OMINOUS STORM SPINS TOWARD US MAINLAND Harvey intensifies and steers for the Texas coast in[Read More…]
Constitution Day Lecture set for Robert C. Byrd Center at Shepherd University
Thirteenth Annual Constitution Day Lecture on Sept 14 SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education have announced that the 13th annual Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture on the U.S. Constitution will be given by Ganesh Sitaraman, author of The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic[Read More…]
