By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Operations have returned to normal at the 911 Center in Wood County where officials were on heightened alert because of flooding forecasted on the Ohio River. The forecasted levels, in the major flooding category, didn’t come because the storm[Read More…]
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West Virginia Eastern Panhandle community leaders look to break opioid cycle
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Addiction is now being passed from one generation to the next, according to a panel of local community, legal and health experts. Gail Boober, a magistrate for the Jefferson County Magistrate Court for 32 years, said she’s seen substance abuse carry[Read More…]
Remembering Buffalo Creek 46 years later
By BILL LUSK The Logan Banner Gallery: The Buffalo Creek Flood MAN, W.Va. — Monday marked the 46th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Flood. February 26, 1972, at approximately 8 a.m., a coal slurry impoundment dam owned by Pittston Coal Company burst, releasing 132 million gallons of water, coal refuse and silt[Read More…]
West Virginia University’s libraries to host exhibit, Heroin(e) screening for Women’s History Month
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As part of Women’s History Month, West Virginia University Libraries will showcase the work of Peabody Award-winning documentarian Elaine McMillion Sheldon and three other West Virginia-based photographers. West Virginia native and WVU alumna Sheldon (BSJ, 2009) will screen her most recent film, the Oscar-nominated “Heroin(e)”, March[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, February 27
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Feb. 27, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT’S NEXT FOR FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GUNMAN Prosecutors will be seeking hair samples, fingerprints, DNA[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 27
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 49th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: DEP Day at the Legislature, Upper House + Upper Senate Rotundas + Upper Well Area; Mercer County Day at the Legislature, Lower Rotunda (Subject to Approval) SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11 a.m. [Read More…]
At State Capitol, WV teachers, service personnel looking for solutions, friends and heroes
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the third day of teachers and service personnel strike in West Virginia, classrooms remain empty and the State Capitol remains filled with protesters. During the three days strikers have visited the Capitol, legislators as a group have not been popular among[Read More…]
The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington seeking reporter for evening hours
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va., a daily newspaper located in a city of about 50,000, is seeking a motivated reporter to cover breaking news, crime and community events during evening hours Tuesday through Saturday. The position requires good reporting and writing skills and flexibility to deal with[Read More…]
AFT-WV leader says it’s up to legislators to come up with a good solution
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amid a statewide work stoppage involving teachers and school service personnel with a main focus to find a source of funding for the state’s Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA), union leaders say it is up to legislators to find that source and reach a[Read More…]
West Virginia school employee strike explained
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is in the middle of its second-ever teacher strike. Teachers, this time joined by school service personnel, walked off the job Thursday, when thousands came to the state Capitol to show their frustration with legislators and Gov. Jim Justice over[Read More…]
