By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian RIVESVILLE — It all started for want of a baseball field. In 1981, Jim Hershman decided to run for Rivesville Town Council. A ballfield bloc had formed, with the intent of winning office so they could build a little league field. However, the pro-baseball[Read More…]
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Pendleton County Christmas on the White House Lawn
By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times FRANKLIN, W.Va. — The nation’s capitol cannot seem to get enough of Pendleton County. Last year, the United States Capitol Christmas Tree made a visit to Seneca Rocks. This year, West Virginia’s entry for the state tree on the White House lawn will feature[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail editorial: Fixing PEIA will require investment from state
Charleston Gazette-Mail Most of the major problems in any category in West Virginia can be addressed in three steps: finding enough money, properly spending it and maintaining that revenue. All too often, the state doesn’t even get to step two. Yet, this is what it is going to take to[Read More…]
WVU Heart and Vascular Institute surgical team performs another world-first robotic heart surgery
Patient successfully receives coronary bypass and valve replacement in single, less invasive procedure The Weston Democrat MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The multidisciplinary team at WVU Medicine’s WVU Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI) has performed another world-first robotic heart operation. Utilizing the latest advances in the robotic cardiac platform developed and led[Read More…]
Winter is upon us, home heating safety tips
By Lydia Crawley, The Parsons Advocate PARSONS, W.Va. — The first few inches of winter have fallen upon the mountain in Tucker County and the mercury has begun to fall. Which means that residents of Tucker County will begin bundling up, cranking their thermostats and stoking those wood stoves and[Read More…]
Christmas flowers have a lasting beauty & a special history
By Kate Evans, The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Flowering plants that have long been associated with the Christmas season can brighten your home at the holidays with their brilliant colors. Some flowers have special symbolism while others derive their Christmas significance from legends or myths. Poinsettia The most[Read More…]
Manchin delivers final speech on Senate floor
West Virginia Press Association WASHINGTON, DC – On Dec. 3, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) delivered his final speech as a United States Senator on the U.S. Senate floor. A video of Senator Manchin’s floor speech can be found here. Senator Manchin’s remarks as prepared are available below: My friends and colleagues,[Read More…]
117 years later, the Monongah Mining Disaster is still the deadliest in American history
By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram MONONGAH, W.Va. — On Dec. 6, 1907, a massive explosion ripped through the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, killing more than 360 men, as well as many unrecovered and unidentified children of miners who went underground. This was the[Read More…]
WVU coaching legend Don Nehlen said Brown’s firing ‘hit him hard’
By Bob Hertzel for the Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a month Don Nehlen will celebrate his 89th birthday, spending almost half that life in the football coaching business. He authored a Hall of Fame career and retired in 2000 as the winningest coach in West Virginia history.[Read More…]
EPA releases guidance for input on WV authority over wells key to carbon capture
By Mike Tony, HD Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. Federal regulators have released new information on how they’ll take input on a significant responsibility they’ve proposed delegating to the state of West Virginia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a public hearing on the proposal to approve West Virginia’s request for[Read More…]
