By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three years ago, a group of residents in West Virginia’s northern panhandle formed a new group, the Ohio Valley Jobs Alliance, and declared themselves a “voice for local[Read More…]
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Police: Expect ‘chaotic’ conditions Saturday for Trump visit to Wheeling
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Parking, protesters and planning all play a role as Wheeling prepares for a visit by President Donald Trump. Trump is scheduled to stump for West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, when he speaks at[Read More…]
WVU professor gives insight on Kavanaugh hearings
BY DR. R. SCOTT CRICHLOW Associate Professor of Political Science The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Why should students watch the hearings and what should they look for? Sexual assault and sexual abuse are rampant in the United States. The hearing tomorrow will give viewers a chance to see how seriously[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns invited to White House to discuss response to drug crisis
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns will meet with White House officials today in Washington, D.C., to discuss what the state is doing to combat the state’s high rate of opioid addiction. Trump administration officials have invited Ferns,[Read More…]
Traveling Vietnam Wall makes stop in West Virginia
By MADELINE MURPHY The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A little rain did not stop the Traveling Vietnam Wall from being opened to the public on Thursday in City Park. Dedication ceremonies began at 6 p.m. inside the pavilion with Larry “Mad Max” Maxwell as master of ceremonies[Read More…]
Education remains hot topic among Southern West Virginia Democratic candidates
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Campaign signs plastered with the names of 2018 local Democratic candidates were pinned alongside a building on Eisenhower Drive in Beckley Wednesday evening in celebration of the grand opening of the Raleigh County Democratic Party headquarters. While the evening was meant for[Read More…]
FERC OKs Potomac pipeline rehearing
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Plans to build a natural gas pipeline to run underneath the Potomac River from Maryland to West Virginia have again been placed on pause. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 17 issued an “order granting rehearing for further consideration” to extend[Read More…]
Changes in printing for TimesWV
Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — As of Oct. 1, the Times West Virginian’s print publications will be printed at the press facility operated by its sister newspaper, the Register-Herald, in Beckley, W.Va. The printing press located at the TimesWV building in Fairmont will no longer be in use, as[Read More…]
WVU bans dissociating fraternities for 10 years
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Five social fraternities which have announced their intent to dissociate from West Virginia Universityhave been banned from the campus for at least 10 years, President Gordon Gee announced Thursday. “As president of West Virginia University, my first priority is always our students,” Gee said in[Read More…]
INSP Network’s State Plate episode features Fairmont pepperoni rolls
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The first thing Taylor Hicks noticed when he came to West Virginian was its similarity to his home state. The American Idol winner hails from Alabama and saw every corner of the country while on his promotional tour. He remembers West Virginia because[Read More…]