By EMILY RICE Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — As the sun set over Lake Shawnee on Saturday night, hundreds gathered for a ghost hunting experience at the lake’s abandoned amusement park. The site, rumored to be cursed and haunted, is a Native American Burial Ground and home to violent deaths[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Monday, August 13
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SMALL TURNOUT FOR WHITE NATIONALIST RALLY Only a few dozen turned out for a march[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice defends increasing highways construction costs, slams critics
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In what is becoming a familiar routine, a news conference by Gov. Jim Justice on Friday — this one to explain rising highway construction costs for the “Roads to Prosperity” projects — devolved into a tirade against critics, particularly House Minority Leader[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin talks about the future of Social Security at the WVPA annual convention in Charleston
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association’s Convention 2018 opened its Friday sessions with a panel on the future of Social Security. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, David Certner from AARP and Simon Haeder from West Virginia University gave three viewpoints. “Innovate” is the theme for this weekend’s West Virginia Press[Read More…]
Farrell joins West Virginia Supreme Court, replacing Loughry
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is preparing for impeachment by appointing a circuit judge to act as chief justice, and the newest justice has acquired legal counsel. In a press release Thursday evening, Chief Justice Margaret[Read More…]
West Virginia Parkways Authority clears way for $172 million bond sale on Tuesday
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…]
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…]
