Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. WHERE `POLAR VORTEX’ IS TAKING AIM The whirlpool[Read More…]
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Pendleton County spy base cited in Snowden leaks
By Rick Steelhammer Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — References to a National Security Agency communications-intercept operation at the Navy Information Operations Command base at Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, are included among documents leaked to the news media by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. According to a Dec. 10 article[Read More…]
Slow-motion plane crash in Buckhannon
Buckhannon’s Record-Delta publishes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but hustled out to cover a plane crash over the weekend and posted the news on Facebook: “According to corporal Jason Queen with the Upshur County Sheriff’s Department, James Meadows, 30, of Hendersonville, Tenn., was flying a single-engine Cirrus SR22 when[Read More…]
Appeals court sides with Jackson Kelly in black lung case
By Ken Ward Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Calling the behavior “hardly admirable,” a federal appeals court said Friday that the actions of coal industry lawyers who withheld key medical evidence in a black lung benefits case did not rise to the level of “fraud on the court.” The 4th[Read More…]
Employment Opportunity: Charleston Newspapers hiring a Community News/Special Sections Editor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Newspapers’ Metro Department is seeking a community news/special sections editor. The company has an open position for a hands-on editor who has a passion for local community news, above average photos and human interest articles. The Community News/Special Sections editor oversees the content and production of weekly community newspapers,[Read More…]
West Virginia AP Legislative Lookahead set for Monday, Jan. 6
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia AP Legislative Lookahead — sponsored by The Associated Press, the West Virginia Press Association and Marshall University — is set for Monday, Jan. 6, at Marshall University’s South Charleston Campus. The final program is as follows: 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – Registration/Coffee. [Read More…]
W.Va. agriculture agency audit goes to U.S. attorney
By Dave Boucher Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An audit of the state Agriculture Department reveals “very troubling” financial activities under previous leadership, House Speaker Tim Miley, D-Harrison said Thursday. After reviewing initial audit findings, Miley said he and Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, ordered the information immediately go[Read More…]
Chamber full as Beckley council selects mayor
By Wendy Holdren Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — For the next two and a half years, former radioman Bill O’Brien will serve as the interim mayor for the City of Beckley. Every seat in Council chambers was filled Thursday night, with even more people waiting in the foyer to hear Council’s[Read More…]
With 6 in 2013, W.Va. again leads U.S. in coal deaths
By Ken Ward Jr. Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia again led the nation’s coal-producing states in mining deaths last year, with six coal miners killed on the job, according to preliminary federal statistics. The state’s total coal-mining deaths dropped from seven in 2012, but was still more than[Read More…]
W.Va. coal, timber baron Buck Harless dies
By Lucinda Bradford Williamson Daily News GILBERT, W.Va. — Mingo County entrepreneur and philanthropist James H. “Buck” Harless died Wednesday at the age of 94 at his home in Gilbert. Harless was well known throughout the state for being an exceptionally successful businessman while maintaining a down-to-earth nature. Harless began[Read More…]
