WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University student is using Appalachian forests to improve predictions of future climate change. According to Joe Carrara, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biology, research shows humans have more than doubled the rate of nitrogen deposition on ecosystems across the world.[Read More…]
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Morgantown’s Met Theatre manager discusses hosting West Virginia GOP candidates Fox News debate
By BEN CONLEY The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — By this time next week, we’ll know who won the Republican primary seeking one of two West Virginia seats in the U.S. Senate — Evan Jenkins, Patrick Morrisey or Don Blankenship. But according to Joe Kaehler, longtime manager of the Morgantown Metropolitan Theatre,[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley residents gather for National Day of Prayer
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Pastors and parishioners gathered in Wood and Washington counties Thursday morning to ask God’s blessing on local residents, government, the state and the nation. They were joined by believers around the country on the annual National Day of Prayer.[Read More…]
Editorial: Express your thoughts on PEIA
The Weirton Daily Times editorial West Virginia has its own “entitlement” problem, and it will be the subject of public meetings in our area during the next several weeks. Programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are the elephants in the room when talk turns to reining in deficit[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, May 4
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, May 4, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NEW TWISTS IN PRESIDENT’S PAYOFF TO PORN ACTRESS The surprise revelation of the president’s reimbursement[Read More…]
Governor orders additional road safety actions following fatal construction zone crashes
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice is calling for additional road safety actions following fatal crashes in a construction zone in Putnam County. Justice directed Secretary of Transportation Tom Smith and State Police Superintendent Jan Cahill to go above federal safety standards wherever possible and[Read More…]
Tentative deal reached to continue New River Train service in West Virginia
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — While negotiations continue between Amtrak and the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, a tentative agreement has been reached to allow some service for the New River Train. “We have worked out a tentative agreement for the fall trips for the New[Read More…]
Oil, gas leaders say West Virginia drilling bill was result of compromise
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail WHEELING, W.Va. — After a long-awaited “co-tenancy” bill was signed into law, presenters at an oil and gas conference told industry players Wednesday to make sure the industry agrees internally on how to interpret the bill and to flag aspects of it that could cause[Read More…]
West Virginia’s small businesses recognized during event in Fairmont
By KAITLYN NEFF Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrated West Virginia Small Business Week Winners on Wednesday at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center as a local program part of National Small Business Week, April 29-May 5, 2018. Featured guests U.S. Senator Shelley[Read More…]
