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…]
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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…]
Holocaust victims honored at name-reading ceremony
By DAVE LAVENDER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For Huntington sisters Suzi Brodof and Cheryl Hersh, the Holocaust is a horror that forever changed their family. Their father, Phillip Hersh, escaped Czechoslovakia and found refuge in the United States but had to leave behind his family, many of whom perished[Read More…]
Volunteers helping repair, rebuild bridges in rural WV
By MARIA YOUNG Charleston Gazette-Mail IVYDALE, W.Va. — Martha Adkins teeters across the creek toward her home, stepping on stones and balancing precariously on a metal ladder lying in the water. It is slippery from the ice crystals that have formed in the frigid air. “Sometimes the water comes up[Read More…]
Pro-cannabis rallies set for April 21 across West Virginia
The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Statewide Pro-cannabis Rally will be April 21 in cities across the state. The events will include political leaders, personal testimonials by individuals and musical performances by volunteer artists. Fairmont will also be holding a sister anti-opioid rally. The statewide rally is an outgrowth[Read More…]
