By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As a wave of anti-vaccine billboards are cropping up in cities across West Virginia, lawmakers are considering proposing new legislation to weaken vaccine requirements for school children. A group of lawmakers plans to propose a bill next session which would cut the[Read More…]
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Parkersburg News and Sentinel sports reporter Steve Hemmelgarn retires after 46 years
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — One of the most recognizable sportswriters in the Mid-Ohio Valley retired Friday from The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Steve Hemmelgarn started with the newspaper in 1972, back in the day when Jim Snyder was sports editor and Jim Young[Read More…]
Canaan refuge drops plan to use commercial logging for habitat management
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — A plan to commercially log more than 1,600 acres of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge to achieve plant and wildlife habitat improvement goals has been dropped. The plan — announced to the public in August — was initially scheduled to[Read More…]
WV students experiencing ‘College Application and Exploration Week’
Press Release from the West Virginia’s Higher Education Policy Commission: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) is helping more than 100,000 students from 420 schools across the state learn about education after they graduate from high school during College Application and Exploration Week, Nov. 5-9. Today kicks[Read More…]
Spotted in Pocahontas: Insect fashion show
The Pocahontas Times MARLINTON, W.Va. — Last week The Pocahontas Times asked about a spotted bug found on Thistlewood Farm. This September, one of those orange and black bugs showed up in the company of a cloud of migrating butterflies. Now called the “Ailanthus Webworm Moth,” it looks like a[Read More…]
Richard Ojeda talks coal, environment, and health care. For Carol Miller, the closest we got was her son.
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Aides said Lara Trump and Carol Miller were blocked by inclement weather in Washington, D.C. Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, and Carol Miller, Republican candidate for Congress in the Third District, were scheduled to appear at the Miller family’s South Charleston auto dealership, Dutch Miller[Read More…]
West Virginia early vote ends with strong turnout
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Early voting season ended Saturday in West Virginia, with Northern Panhandle counties posting strong turnout numbers. Five counties had at least double the number of early ballots submitted for the May 6 primary election, while one — Hancock County[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, November 5
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘EVERYTHING’S AT STAKE’ There are indications Democrats may seize control of at least one chamber[Read More…]
Manchin, Morrisey debate in Morgantown
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With just five days before the Nov. 6 general election, the Democratic and Republican candidates for U.S. Senate had their first face-to-face debate on the issues of the day Thursday. The West Virginia Broadcasters Association sponsored a debate[Read More…]
