By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Parkways Authority members on Thursday approved the last items of paperwork necessary for $172 million in West Virginia Turnpike bonds to go to market Tuesday. While the authority had initially aimed for getting the bonds to market in April or May, Parkways[Read More…]
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WV’s mobile voting draws security concerns, criticism
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A groundbreaking move by West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner to allow overseas military members to vote using a mobile app is drawing criticism and concern from national security cybersecurity experts. West Virginia became the first state to allow mobile voting[Read More…]
Blankenship sues to get on November ballot in West Virginia
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va — Don Blankenship, the former Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate primary, filed paperwork with the state’s highest court to get on the November ballot as a Constitution Party member. Blankenship’s attorney, Robert Bastress of Morgantown, filed a writ[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Education ranks New River CTC on lowest net price list for two-year public colleges
Staff report The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — New River Community and Technical College announced Thursday it was recently added to the U.S. Department of Education’s lowest net price list for two-year public colleges. New River CTC staff reported the school’s calculated net price is $3,730 annually, with the national average[Read More…]
West Virginia’s two technology parks paving the way to the future
By JAMES E. CASTO Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly everyone has heard of California’s Silicon Valley and North Carolina’s famed Research Triangle Park. But other innovative research communities can be seen in virtually every region of the country. They may not be as big or well-known as Silicon Valley[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, August 10
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. FATHER RECALLS COMPOUND SUSPECT AS HIGH-STRUNG, NOT RADICAL A Muslim cleric who leads a well-known[Read More…]
WV Press convention opens tonight with reception honoring Parkersburg’s Jim Spanner
Educational seminars open to print and broadcast media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “Innovate” is the theme for this weekend’s West Virginia Press Association 2018 Convention, which starts tonight with a reception honoring WVPA President Jim Spanner, publisher of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel. “The theme this year — Innovate — focuses on[Read More…]
Hoyer: 17 houses now completed under RISE WV program
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Roughly 60 days into the West Virginia National Guard’s stewardship of a troubled, federally funded disaster recovery program, progress continues to inch forward, according to its new chief. Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, National Guard adjutant general, said at a news conference Wednesday[Read More…]
West Virginia is first stop on Facebook national tour teaching people how to use website
By JEFF BAUGHAN The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Millions of people go to Facebook daily to communicate with friends, family, associates or to keep up with news and other information. Wednesday night Facebook came to Parkersburg and the Blennerhassett Hotel. The informational gathering was Facebook’s first stop[Read More…]