The Inter-Mountain PARSONS, W.Va. –Kelly Stadelman has been named development director for the Tucker Community Foundation. Stadelman joins the Foundation after working at Stadelman Consulting, a marketing, public relations and market research firm with offices in Thomas and South Charleston. Previously Stadelman co-owned and operated The Parsons Advocate and The[Read More…]
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Coal train derails, spills coal into West Fork tributary
By CHARLES YOUNG, DARLENE J. SWIGER AND KIRSTEN RENEAU West Virginia News HAYWOOD, W.Va. — Nine coal cars in a freight train derailed at 9:15 a.m. Thursday on Harrison Power Plant property, with two of the cars going into Robinson Run and spilling coal into the stream, which is a[Read More…]
Inter-Mountain offering 2018 People’s Choice
The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Who will the people choose as the “Best of the Best” in the 2018 People’s Choice? The Inter-Mountain is once again offering the annual contest, which generates tremendous excitement among customers, businesses and staff members as they wonder who will be recognized and voted the[Read More…]
The Inter-Mountain launches new job board
The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — The Inter-Mountain, the leading publication for job-seeking professionals, has launched TheInter-Mountain.the jobnetwork.com, now with cutting edge job-matching technology and targeted network distribution powered by RealMatch (www.realmatch.com). Employers who post jobs on The Inter-Mountain’s new job board, TheInter-Mountain.the jobnetwork.com, receive unprecedented access to top job-seeking professionals[Read More…]
Cyberattack slows county government online operations in North Carolina; $23,000 ransom demanded
The Associated Press Report RALEIGH, NC — A cyberattack slowed county government to a crawl Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in North Carolina’s most populous metro area as deputies processed jail inmates by hand, the tax office turned away electronic payments and building code inspectors switched to paper records. Data was frozen[Read More…]
The Charleston Gazette-Mail, W.Va., chosen for ProPublica local reporting project
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Gazette-Mail has been chosen as one of seven news outlets nationwide to participate in a new Local Reporting Network launched by the nonprofit journalism organization ProPublica. ProPublica selected veteran staff writer Ken Ward Jr. from a pool of 239 applicants from[Read More…]
Media Advisory: WV Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher, Division of Forestry Director Barry Cook and new Regional Forester Jones to attend today’s grand opening of W.Va. Division of Forestry Region 3 Headquarters
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Forestry is hosting a grand opening for its new regional office in Buckhannon Dec. 13. The office will serve as Region 3 headquarters, and is the first new office to open since the Division of Forestry converted its former three-region system to[Read More…]
As overdoses climb, gabapentin designated ‘drug of concern’ in WV
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Pharmacy has designated the nerve-pain medication gabapentin — sold under the brand name Neurontin — a “drug of concern” amid a surge of overdoses. The pharmacy board has started to track gabapentin sales. In a recent month,[Read More…]
Shipping deadlines for Herald-Dispatch photo reprints
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Herald-Dispatch offers a gift gallery that includes more than 100 photos called “Scenes from the Tri-State,” which are professionally shot photos of everything from Blenko Glass to Marshall sports. There also are 100 photos in the “We Are Marshall” section and 28 Marshall University football[Read More…]
$20.8M from opioid settlement distributed for treatment beds in WV
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nine drug treatment programs in West Virginia will receive a combined $20.8 million in funding — money state lawmakers set aside earlier this year from lawsuit settlements with drug companies accused of fueling the state’s opioid epidemic. The legislation requires that the[Read More…]
