Staff reports The Preston County News & Journal CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — NCWV Media continued its growth efforts on Thursday, purchasing The Republican, a weekly newspaper based in Oakland, Maryland. The deal is effective June 30, said Donald W. Sincell, president of Sincell Publishing Co. Inc., Oakland, and editor of The Republican[Read More…]
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Berkeley County overdose deaths see decrease
By JIM McCONNVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Berkeley County has seen a decrease in drug overdose deaths in the last two months, according to Berkeley County Community Recovery Services Coordinator Kevin Knowles, who spoke before the Berkeley County Council on Thursday. “We went from 7 overdose deaths in March[Read More…]
WV paid Frontier $4.7M for improper charges, federal report says
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state of West Virginia and Frontier Communications squandered $4.7 million in federal stimulus funds designed to expand high-speed internet across the state, according to an investigative report released Thursday. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General found that Frontier padded[Read More…]
Be a part of Parkersburg High School history
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Parkersburg News and Sentinel is commemorating the centennial of Parkersburg High School on Dudley Avenue with a book denoting the last 100 years in photos, from its earliest days to contemporary times. People are a vital part of the book and you[Read More…]
Law firm kicks off campaign to support Legal Aid of W.Va.
Non-profit organization provides free civil legal services across state Release from Legal Aid of W.Va.: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – At a recent reception, Charleston attorney John Barrett of Bailey & Glasser, LLP, announced the results of a kickoff effort supporting Just One, an annual fundraising campaign for Legal Aid of West Virginia (LAWV). “In[Read More…]
$2 mistake costs WVU thousands of federal dollars
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia State University was not the only college in West Virginia to recently lose federal funding for a program that benefits low-income first-generation college students. A $2 mistake on an application from West Virginia University means the school will lose more[Read More…]
Report: $50B invested In Ohio natural gas drilling
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio – Companies spent more than $50 billion to extract and move natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale in Ohio from 2011 to 2016, according to a new study from Cleveland State and Youngstown State universities. As contractors[Read More…]
West Virginia Business College degrees not accredited
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A day after conferring degrees to graduating students, West Virginia Business College officials learned the school will not be allowed to operate after June 30, as the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education upheld an April[Read More…]
Audit: WV state payroll system wastes millions
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An audit released Tuesday details more problems with the state’s beleaguered payroll system, alleging it wasted millions of taxpayer dollars. In the report, the Legislative Auditor’s office details several issues with wvOASIS, a $123 million supercomputer system the state uses to handle[Read More…]
Frontier axes WV Senate president weeks after broadband vote
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Frontier Communications has laid off West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael, a six-year Frontier executive who noted Monday that his dismissal follows his refusal to torpedo a broadband internet expansion bill that the company vigorously opposed. Carmichael, R-Jackson, said Frontier cut him[Read More…]
