By BILL LYNCH Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Ballet director Kim Pauley calls us “quite a cast of characters.” We’re the adult dancers who perform with the ballet and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra during their annual holiday production of “The Nutcracker,” which opens Friday night at the Clay[Read More…]
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New website reveals state spending
By TIM MacVEAN The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Randolph County Commissioners heard from the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office Wednesday regarding the implementation of a new website aimed at making government more transparent. J.B. McCuskey, West Virginia state auditor, made the presentation during the commission’s bi-monthly meeting and talked about[Read More…]
JSW Steel official: 1,000 will work at Mingo Junction Plant
By MARK LAW The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — A recently refired steel mill in Mingo Junction will employ 1,000 people as the company that purchased it earlier this years pumps $500 million into the plant, its corporate vice president said Wednesday. Pete Vojvodich, vice president of human[Read More…]
Democrats in West Virginia Senate announce legislative priorities
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With Republican leaders in the West Virginia Senate talking about their plans for the next legislative session starting Jan. 9, Senate Democrats unveiled their priorities for the new year. Senate Minority Leader Roman Prezioso, D-Marion, issued a press[Read More…]
Register now for 2019 WVPA Legislative Lookahead — Jan 4 at W.Va. Culture Center
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Media from across West Virginia will visit the West Virginia Culture Center at the Capitol Complex on Friday, Jan. 4, for the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead, a series of seminars that preview the top issues in the state. “We encourage all media in West Virginia to register[Read More…]
Launch of first WV-built satellite expected late Wednesday in New Zealand
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first space satellite designed and built in West Virginia was to begin a five-year, 310-mile high orbit of Earth starting at 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Wednesday from a launch site near Mahia, New Zealand, according to NASA’s Fairmont-based Independent Verification[Read More…]
WVU Libraries lead effort to create online, print Morgantown Public Art Guide
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Do you know about the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Star City? Did you know the large Coca-Cola mural on a High Street building is a restoration originally painted in 1953? These sites are just two of the 44 local attractions detailed in the new[Read More…]
NewForce, a tuition-free software school, draws interest
By TRAVIS CRUM The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Stakeholders on Wednesday toured the future classrooms where 18 men and women will spend the first six months of 2019 becoming full-fledged software and web developers. Already the competition was keen for those slots, with about 180 people applying for the training positions,[Read More…]
Three found battered but alive in Rock House Powelton Mine
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald WHITESVILLE, W.Va. — The three Raleigh County residents trapped inside Rock House Powelton Mine since Friday night were found alive inside the mine, just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, a West Virginia State Police spokesman reported. Erica Treadway, 31, Kayla Williams, 25, and Cody Beverly 21, were still[Read More…]
