By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Astronaut Peggy Whitson — the first woman to command the International Space Station — told young girls at Madison Elementary School on Tuesday that although she had never been to Mars, they may one day be able fly there.[Read More…]
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West Virginia Gov. Justice signs several school-related bills into law
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has signed a slew of school-related bills into law, including signing one Tuesday that will loosen restrictions on guns at school-sponsored events and guns in cars on school property (Senate Bill 244). Justice also signed on Tuesday a bill[Read More…]
Wirt, Doddridge show population growth in Mid Ohio Valley
By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Doddridge and Wirt are the only two counties in the Mid-Ohio Valley that gained population from 2010-2017, according to the U.S. Census. And to pin it down even further, according to census.gov/data/datasets/2017/demo/popest/counties-total, only Wirt gained population from 2016 to[Read More…]
West Virginia’s upper Ohio Valley experiences and across-the-board population drop
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING W.Va. — With natural gas gushing from shale wells, historic buildings receiving major renovations in downtown Wheeling and the potential for a $10 billion ethane cracker, Belmont County Commissioner Mark Thomas and Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott said the Upper Ohio Valley[Read More…]
Robotics team works with teachers, students throughout West Virginia
By KAITLYN NEFF Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mountaineer Area Robotics (MARS) continues its mission to inspire youth throughout the state of West Virginia and the world with a successful competition season. MARS is an internationally recognized, competitive high school robotics team located in Morgantown serving as an umbrella organization for[Read More…]
West Virginia gold rush: Golden trout setting about to attract anglers
The Inter-Mountain DAVIS, W.Va. — Folks are packing their bags, grabbing their fishing gear and heading to the mountains for the next great “gold” rush. Destinations across the Mountain State are preparing to welcome anglers looking for the perfect golden rainbow trout April 2-6. During the weeklong event, lakes, streams[Read More…]
Mid Ohio Valley theater to open Stage Door in April
By JANELLE PATTERSON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel MARIETTA, Ohio — Tripling its reception space and adding box office hours, the Peoples Bank Theatre plans to open The Stage Door by mid-April. The new space has been visibly changing as onlookers from Putnam Street have walked and driven past the second[Read More…]
Majority of Gazette-Mail employees to keep jobs in HD Media purchase
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The majority of Charleston Gazette-Mail employees will keep their jobs amid HD Media’s purchase of the newspaper, employees learned Monday. A total of 168 people received employment offers from HD Media Monday, according to Jim Heady, who will become the publisher of West[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, March 28
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. RECLUSIVE KIM JONG UN BREAKS ISOLATION North Korea’s leader made a surprise visit to Beijing[Read More…]
New Diesel Trio appearing at the 2018 Jackson’s Mill, W.Va., Jubilee
Release from Jackson’s Mill Jubilee: WESTON, W.Va. — The New Diesel Trio, a popular folk/blues group headquartered in Fairmont, is the first of a long lineup of entertainers to confirm they will be appearing at the 2018 Jackson’s Mill Jubilee. The group made their first appearace at the 2017 Jubilee and liked[Read More…]
