Mountain Messenger LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Jill Upson, executive director of the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs, spearheaded the process in February 2017. Upson, a state delegate at that time, co-sponsored bill HCR 26 which encouraged Congress to rename the NASA IV & V facility to recognize Katherine Johnson, whose[Read More…]
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WVPA ‘Legislative Lookahead’ panels set for Friday; Registration continues
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Registration continues for the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead on Friday, Jan. 4, at the West Virginia Cultural Center at the Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston, WV 25317 The annual series of panel discussions preview issues the state Legislature will address during the session. AGENDA: Panel 1. –[Read More…]
For Register-Herald managing editor Dawn Dayton it wasn’t all “moonbeams and unicorns”
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — She saw the Women’s Revolution and the advent of the newsroom Mac, the death of the darkroom and the rise of the internet. When the Ghent gas station exploded, and when the 29 local miners died at Upper Big Branch mine, she helped provide[Read More…]
2018 Gazette-Mail West Virginians of the Year: Teachers and school workers
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Early this year, West Virginia’s public school employees — despite legal threats and union leaders’ calls, later recanted, to return to work — held their first statewide strike. It was also the first such walkout to include teachers and service personnel, like[Read More…]
Lawrence County, Ohio, officials sell planned marijuana grow site
By DAVID E. MALLOY The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington IRONTON, Ohio — The Lawrence Economic Development Corp. has sold 8.43 acres to Harvest Grow Properties for a state-licensed marijuana grow operation off County Road 1A in Hamilton Township for $150,000, according to property transfer records at the Lawrence County Courthouse. Harvest[Read More…]
WVPA ‘Legislative Lookahead’ panels set; Registration continues
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Registration continues for the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead on Friday, Jan. 4, at the West Virginia Cultural Center at the Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston, WV 25317 The annual series of panel discussions preview issues the state Legislature will address during the session. AGENDA: Panel 1. –[Read More…]
Bars, restaurants prepare for WVU bowl game
By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While West Virginia University fans anxiously wait to see how the Mountaineers will fare against Syracuse in Friday’s Camping World Bowl game, local restaurants and bars are preparing to serve them, win or lose. “We’re doubling up on staff, it’s a real[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley businesses report strong Christmas sales
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Many local businesses reported having a good Christmas sales season. Many reported sales were up over previous years and that sales remained steady right up to Christmas. “Our Christmas season was very brisk and very good,” said Tina Salmans,[Read More…]
West Virginia’s flu season peak is around the corner, but not too late for a vaccination
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The historic sudden peak of flu season in West Virginia is likely a few weeks away — and while preliminary surveillance has tracked its activity marginally lower than recent years, health officials noted the virus’s unpredictability and strongly advised getting vaccinated. Flu[Read More…]
