By ALAN OLSEN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register McMECHEN, W.Va. — Alice Hill found her 21st Street home in McMechen in the center of a perfect storm of destruction during flash flooding late Friday, as nearby Jim’s Run met with water rushing down from a hillside and higher ground on[Read More…]
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WVPA Convention 2017: Remember your silent auction items
CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — The Spirit of Jefferson newspaper added more flavor to the annual West Virginia Press Association Foundation’s silent auction with unique items from the Eastern Panhandle. The silent auction is part of the WVPA Convention 2017, which starts today is at Canaan Valley Resort in Tucker County. The convention runs[Read More…]
WVPA Convention 2017: How should we dress?
CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association’s 2017 Convention starts Thursday evening, and in the best tradition of the newspaper industry, registration and room reservations are still coming at deadline. “West Virginia: Adapting to Marketplace Changes” is the convention theme, but one thing never changes: There is no rush[Read More…]
EPA finalizes plan to cap Kanawha River dioxin
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal regulators have finalized plans to cap dioxin-contaminated sediment in a 14-mile stretch of the Kanawha River west of Charleston to address toxic pollution left in the river by Monsanto’s former chemical plant in Nitro, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced[Read More…]
West Virginia has second-highest GDP growth in nation
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia had the second-highest gross domestic product growth in the nation for the first quarter of 2017, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. According to the analysis, real gross domestic product increased in 32[Read More…]
Extra step added to WV fair ride inspection after Ohio tragedy
By KAYLA ASBURY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a carnival ride killed one person and injured seven others Wednesday at the Ohio State Fair, the State Fair of West Virginia is taking precautions to ensure a similar ride at the fair will be safe. “To take an extra step,[Read More…]
Time running out to register for WVPA Convention 2017
Have you reserved your room at Canaan Valley? CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — Registration for the West Virginia Press Association’s 2017 Convention, Aug. 4-5 is open but down to the final days. “West Virginia: Adapting to Marketplace Changes” is the convention theme. One of this year’s sessions centers on advertising opportunities[Read More…]
Weston’s Earle, Parkersburg’s Owen elected to WVPA Hall of Fame
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Decades of outstanding service as editor at their West Virginia newspapers has earned two journalists inclusion in the West Virginia Press Association Hall of Fame, class of 2017. Robert Stanley Earle, 1918-2008, served as publisher and editor of The Weston Democrat for more than 40 years, after first starting as a reporter[Read More…]
ACA survives; Capito votes to repeal, Manchin votes to keep
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Senate voted down a “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act early Friday morning, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., voting in the minority. A narrow 49 to 51 vote at roughly 1:30 a.m. knocked the proposal out of contention[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announces campaign for 2018
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is asking constituents what affects their families the most as he gears up for a 2018 re-election bid. Manchin, D-W.Va, e-mailed a letter to supporters this week, officially informing them he will be a candidate[Read More…]