Staff report The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Traci Nelson has been appointed president of the West Virginia Oil Marketers & Grocers Association (OMEGA), the trade association which represents the state’s convenience stores, independent grocers and petroleum marketers, officials said. “Given her more than 20 years of experience working with[Read More…]
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A Fair amount of bull
KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. — Alex Jenks gets bucked off as he competes in the International Bullriding Tour event Monday evening at the 65th Annual Jefferson County Fair. jefferson county fair west virginia 2015 (Photo by Ron Agnir) See more from The Journal
10 things to know: Tuesday, Aug. 22
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘FIGHT TO WIN’ Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, Trump recommits the U.S.[Read More…]
‘Rosie the Riveter’ Labor Day movement launches from W.Va.
State leads Americans on Labor Day to “Ring a Bell for Rosies!” CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thanks! Plain and Simple, Inc., a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization, is coordinating a nationwide bell ringing on Labor Day to launch the American Rosie the Riveter Movement. Bells will ring at 1 p.m. EDT across America and in some Allied[Read More…]
Screening set for Bottom Dollars,” film on exploitation of people with disabilities
A release from Disability Rights of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bottom Dollars, a Rooted in Rights original documentary, will be screening in Charleston, W.Va., presented by Disability Rights of West Virginia. Bottom Dollars exposes the exploitation of nearly 250,000 people with disabilities in the U.S. that are legally[Read More…]
Black Lives Matter rally at WV Capitol promotes equality
By CARLEE LAMMERS Charleston Gazette-Mail Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer said she wants one thing to be clear about the Black Lives Matter movement: It doesn’t mean just black lives matter. “The phrase Black Lives Matter means we matter also,” she told a crowd of 400 people on the West Virginia Capitol[Read More…]
Group participates in Free Speech Rally at Capitol
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the Kanawha River side of the Capitol, a group gathered around the Stonewall Jackson statue for the Free Speech Rally. Two rallies took place Sunday at the Capitol. More than 400 people attended what Capitol Police said proved to be a[Read More…]
MU professor: Consider the fate of monuments case by case
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the country debates what to do with Confederate, white supremacist and other statues and monuments, historian and Marshall University professor David Trowbridge suggests we analyze the history of each on an individual basis. Trowbridge, associate professor of history and director of African[Read More…]
Legislative sub-committee: DOH still working with contractor despite kickback scheme conviction
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. —Officials with the West Virginia Division of Highways continued to enter into contracts with an electrical contractor even after the company’s president pleaded guilty to taking part in a highway construction kickback scheme that cost the state $1.5 million, state lawmakers were[Read More…]
West Virginia Senator Ryan Weld’s bills to focus on addiction treatment
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Recent efforts by the West Virginia Legislature to curb drug addiction have focused on punishment for offenders, and Sen. Ryan Weld says the next move by lawmakers should be to start looking at improving drug treatment policies in the[Read More…]
