By RICK McCANN The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington native Hal Greer, a Marshall Thundering Herd basketball legend, NBA champion and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member died Saturday in Arizona after a brief illness. He was 81. Greer was residing in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife, Mayme. The[Read More…]
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West Virginia voter registration deadline is today
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The deadline to register to vote in the May 8 West Virginia primary election is today, April 17. The easiest way to register to vote or to check/update your registration status is online at the West Virginia Secretary of State’s website, www.sos.wv.gov. To register or[Read More…]
Report on egg recall’s effect in West Virginia
By KAITLYN NEFF Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The FDA released a public service announcement regarding an egg recall due to a possible health risk. The Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana is voluntarily recalling over 200 million eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella[Read More…]
Rockslide on tracks leads to Fayette coal train derailment
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A CSX train derailed at approximately 9:25 a.m. Monday in the McKendree area of the New River Gorge National River. According to National Park Service (NPS) spokeswoman Julena Campbell, one engine and 10 empty gondola cars left the tracks. Two engineers riding in the unit which[Read More…]
WV Renaissance Fair plans to hold festival despite zoning issues
By SARAH RICHARDSON Mountain Messenger LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Renaissance Festival came up against a road block last week when the Greenbrier County Board of Zoning Appeals denied their appeal for an exception regarding plans for the festival, scheduled to open this June. The exception would allow commercial[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, April 17
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. DEFENDING TRUMP HARDLY A DREAM JOB Lawyers who have been asked to help represent the[Read More…]
Profiling the profiler: Sandy Wells looks back at a lifetime of ‘Innerviews’
By DOUGLAS IMBROGNO For the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sandy Wells is an institution standing in an institution. The institution she was standing in one recent morning is the West Virginia state Capitol building. She and Gazette-Mail photographer Brian Ferguson are hunting for the office of former state House[Read More…]
Republican-linked super PAC spends nearly $745,000 against Blankenship
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new filing from a super PAC with ties to the national Republican party shows the group has spent almost $745,000 advertising against former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship in his Senate run. In a Friday evening disclosure to the Federal Election[Read More…]
High rate of babies addicted at birth in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle
By LINDA COMINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A higher-than-average percentage of infants from Marshall, Ohio and Wetzel counties were drug dependent at birth last year. Local health officials cannot explain precisely why Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is prevalent in the three counties, but they point to community-wide[Read More…]
Tuesday is key voter deadline to register for West Virginia’s May 8 primary election
By CHRISTINE SNYDER The Spirit of Jefferson CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Jefferson County residents who want their voices heard in the May 8 primary have until Tuesday to register to vote or make party affiliation changes. Many citizens are calling the courthouse with questions about the voter registration deadline, when[Read More…]
