The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Appalachian Regional Commission officials earlier this week announced $68.2 million in awards to 65 projects through its Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (anything to come up with a snappy acronym) initiative. Though not all of the commission’s efforts are home runs, POWER[Read More…]
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MEDIA ALERT: Affidavit of Circulation & Qualification forms must be submitted to Sec. of State’s office Nov. 1
It is almost time to submit your annual “Affidavit of Circulation & Qualification” form to the Secretary of State’s Office. The affidavit and the submission process has not changed from last year. Following is some important items to remember: The Secretary of State’s office staff has provided the following explanation[Read More…]
Editorial: ‘Woody’ Williams to represent W.Va.
The Intelligencer During last week’s special session of the West Virginia Legislature, lawmakers carved out time to honor someone important not only to the state, but to the country. They passed a resolution to place a statue of the late Hershel “Woody” Williams inside the U.S. Capitol. Williams, who died[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail editorial: School consolidations an ominous sign for WV
No one likes school consolidations. No one wants to see an elementary, middle or high school that has traditionally been a central part of a community shut down for students to be bused somewhere else — sometimes quite a distance — every day. It wasn’t surprising to see so many[Read More…]
Editorial: Demand could put retired nuke plants back in business
The Wayne County News The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant could come back online in a few years to feed Microsoft’s need for data centers and artificial intelligence, but that is far from the only indication things are changing in the nation’s power grid. There is so much going[Read More…]
Editorial: Time for signs yet again
The Journal As we head into another election season, the time to reiterate the cry to candidates and to those who work for them regarding the legality of placing campaign signage. Election season brings us every size, shape and color of campaign sign imaginable and these signs have already begun[Read More…]
Editorial: Safety: Homeschool children need protection, too
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Lawmakers who still think it is more important to protect “personal freedoms” for homeschooling parents than it is to protect the children being kept at home got another wake-up call this week. Fortunately — this time — the children involved in this case are still alive to[Read More…]
Photos: Retirement party for Gazette-Mail Visuals Editor Kenny Kemp
By Christopher Millette, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After 43 years of photojournalism in West Virginia, Kenny Kemp, visuals editor for the Charleston Gazette-Mail retired on Sept. 20, 2024. His current newsroom coworkers, former colleagues and other Gazette-Mail and Daily Mail retirees came by for his party in the Gazette-Mail[Read More…]
Editorial: Celebrating 134 Years of Service
The Intelligencer. Wheeling News-Register Today, we at the News-Register celebrate our 134th birthday. It’s amazing to consider that, for nearly a century and a half, this newspaper has been a trusted source of the most important information for the people of the Upper Ohio Valley. From the inaugural edition published[Read More…]
Editorial: Richly deserved
The Journal Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her colleagues were to any successes the United States had at the beginning of the space race. The White Sulphur Springs native and West Virginia State University graduate was[Read More…]
