Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. GUNMAN TAKES HOSTAGES IN SYDNEY CAFEFive people have managed[Read More…]
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Mercer residents sound off to economic panel
PRINCETON, W.Va. — Sen. President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, Sen. Art Kirkendoll, D-Logan, and Sen. Ron Miller, D-Greenbrier, represented the Southern Coalfields Organizing and Revitalizing the Economy, SCORE, task force in Princeton Thursday night. Area residents used SCORE as a sounding board for local issues and ideas. Some of the ideas[Read More…]
W.Va. House to seat first black Republican woman
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jefferson County Delegate-elect Jill Upson knows all too well we’re not promised tomorrow. After her teenage daughter died in a car crash in 2010, Upson looked back on her life and realized something. “She didn’t waste a single minute,” Upson said. “Our time here is limited. Losing[Read More…]
Outhouse featuring state’s best view upgraded
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thanks to an army of volunteers, the mountaintop privy said to provide users with the state’s “best view from an outhouse” according to Jeanne Mozier’s guidebook “Way Out in West Virginia” has been replaced with a larger and more durable model. The old comfort station at Hanging[Read More…]
Judge sets hearing on Blankenship case gag order
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for next week on an effort by The Charleston Gazette and other news outlets who challenged a gag order she issued in former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s criminal case. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger set the hearing for 10[Read More…]
WVU students protest police actions
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In response to the shootings of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Tamir Rice and the choking of Eric Garner, WVU students protested near the Mountainlair steps Thursday, Dec.11. Students, most with the university’s Center for Black Culture and Research, endured the cold for the cause, holding[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Dec. 12
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. HOUSE APPROVES BILL FINANCING GOVERNMENTThe $1.1 trillion measure passed[Read More…]
Fayette County town feeling effects of flood buyout
MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — Residents of southern West Virginia remember well the aftermath of the 2001 flood along the Dunloup Creek watershed. Elderly residents were carried from their homes through waist-deep water, and many had no option but to return to sediment filled, molding homes when water receded. The first[Read More…]
New president named for WVU-Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The new president for West Virginia University at Parkersburg was approved by the college’s Board of Governors Wednesday evening. Fletcher Lamkin of Lane Osage Beach, Mo., was selected during the board’s monthly meeting at the college. The board voted unanimously to offer the job to him. Gerard[Read More…]
Ohio Valley officials unveil heroin strategy
WHEELING, W.Va. — Amid all the talk of smoking bans and Ebola preparedness, Dr. Angelo Georges believes health officials need to focus on a much more acute threat to the public’s well-being: The heroin epidemic that is ruining – and too often ending – lives throughout the Ohio Valley. Georges,[Read More…]