By CASEY JUNKINS and SHELLEY HANSON The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MARTINS FERRY, Ohio — Four loaded Murray Energy Corp. coal barges are stuck in the Ohio River, just south of the the Pike Island Locks and Dam. “Murray American Transportation Inc. confirms that four standard loaded coal barges ran aground[Read More…]
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WVU researcher explores connection between sepsis and dementia
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In the short term, sepsis can injure patients’ lungs and kidneys, trigger problems with blood clotting and cause the liver and other organs to fail. But in the long term, patients who overcome sepsis may face other health issues. Particularly, sepsis survivors are more likely[Read More…]
Social Justice Week underway at Wesleyan
By SARAH GOODRICH The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — West Virginia Wesleyan College is currently hosting the 13th annual Social Justice Week, offering several events and opportunities that focus on social justice issues. Melissa Seabolt, a senior at WVWC and chairperson of the Social Justice Week Committee, said the six-day event[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, March 20
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TEXAS RATTLED BY ANOTHER BOMBING A package bomb that authorities believe is linked to the[Read More…]
W.Va. State Treasurer reports in-state SMART529 enrollments up
Uptick in new accounts, assets in WVDirect plan Release from W.Va. State Treasurer John Perdue’s office: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – One of State Treasurer John Perdue’s SMART529 college savings plans accumulated significantly more new accounts in the first two months of this year as opposed to the same period in 2017, and[Read More…]
Herd and WVU fans overflow establishments to watch game
By GRANT TRAYLOR The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For more than three decades, Union Pub and Grill owner Herb Stanley has kept tradition of not opening his business on Sundays. But for the once-in-a-lifetime matchup of Marshall-West Virginia in the NCAA Basketball Tournament? Well, that’s an opportunity that Stanley just couldn’t pass[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court: Complete internet restriction violates 1st Amendment
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled it is a violation of the First Amendment to completely restrict a person’s access to the internet as a condition of their parole from prison, and that such restrictions must be tailored based on the nature[Read More…]
Filmmaker Michael Moore visits Logan County to discuss teacher strike
By NANCY PEYTON HD Media LOGAN, W.Va. — Filmmaker Michael Moore was in Logan County on Wednesday to discuss the historic West Virginia teacher strike and the current political climate in the state with state Sen. Richard Ojeda, D-Logan, who is also a current U.S. House 3rd District candidate. The two[Read More…]
Temporary restraining order issued in Frontier strike
Staff and wire reports The Register-Herald BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Telecommunications company Frontier Communications has requested an injunction against its protesting employees. About 1,400 employees in West Virginia and Ashburn, Va., represented by the Communication Workers of America union have been striking since March 4 after union leaders and the company failed[Read More…]
Southern West Virginia tourism season ready to roll: Officials plan, market events to make region a tourist destination
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The spring season for activities in the area are ready to roll, and in Mercer and McDowell counties in West Virginia and Tazewell County in Virginia that means ATV trail riding. “It’s the start of the ATV season,” said Jamie Null, director[Read More…]