By DARLENE J. SWIGER and KIRSTEN RENEAU The Exponent Telegram WALLACE, W.Va. — A Cirrus SR20 airplane that went missing Tuesday was located in a remote area of Wetzel County at about 2 p.m. Thursday, according to a Federal Aviation Administration official. “The FAA will investigate, and the NTSB will[Read More…]
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The passing of the ‘April Fool’
Mountain Messenger LEWISBURG, W.Va. — David Cottrill wrote news stories and editorials with the Mountain Messenger for several years in the early 2000s. He often characterized himself as “the oldest living newspaper reporter.” His op-ed page column, titled “The April Fool,” was named because he was born on April Fool’s[Read More…]
Charges dropped against reporter arrested at WV Capitol
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Prosecutors dropped a charge against a journalist who was arrested at the state Capitol when peppering Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price with questions. Dan Heyman, of Public News Service, and other representatives from his organization announced the news in a[Read More…]
Arbitrator: Gazette-Mail owes $3.8M to Daily Mail owners
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An arbitration filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court has ordered the owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail to pay nearly $3.8 million to the publishers of the former Charleston Daily Mail. Arbitrator Edward McDevitt ruled that the Daily Gazette Co. and the Daily Gazette[Read More…]
Ruling: Gazette-Mail owners owe $3.8 million to ex-Daily Mail owners
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An arbitrator has ruled that the owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail must pay about $3.8 million to the former owners of the Charleston Daily Mail. The arbitrator made his ruling on Aug. 28, and the decision was filed this week in U.S.[Read More…]
State’s Midstream facilities grow to meet gas production increase
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It takes only a few numbers for Doddridge County Assessor David Sponaugle to see what the natural gas industry has done for the tax base there. In 2010, the total assessed valuation for Doddridge County – land, buildings, minerals, vehicles and[Read More…]
West Virginia voter registration shows strength with Independents
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Shifts in voter registration across West Virginia over the last decade have political insiders pondering whether the Mountain State is truly a “red” state, or if the time is ripe for a third political party to organize in West[Read More…]
Huntington direct mail advertiser bought by industry giant
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After starting in a garage 24 years ago and moving operations six times, a Huntington direct mail advertising company is now under the wing of an industry giant with a reach of roughly 23 million households. Preferred Mail Advertising, founded by Huntington[Read More…]
New Department of Energy report urges relaxation of regulations on all forms of energy generation
By CASEY JUNKINS with AP dispatches The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The nation has lost enough coal-fired electricity to power as many as 36 million homes since 2002, a new U.S. Department of Energy study confirms. Last week, the energy department released a report detailing electricity markets[Read More…]
State Health Officer responds to new obesity report
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Dr. Rahul Gupta, state health officer and commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, already has a number of initiatives underway to help West Virginia address its obesity crisis. According to The State of Obesity, an annual report published by Trust for America’s Health[Read More…]
