CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Education Alliance has issued the following media advisory for Wednesday’s West Virginia Education Summit – Partnerships for WV Ready Graduates. The event is open to all media. Media should check in at the registration desk. Media representatives will have an opportunity to interview the following Summit presenters[Read More…]
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Media Alert: Webinar on W.Va. Campaign Finance Reporting System set for Dec. 5
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the news media across West Virginia are asked to “save-the-date” for an upcoming webinar on the state’s Campaign Finance Reporting System. The West Virginia Secretary of State office’s and West Virginia Press Association are partnering to offer the webinar, which will help news media use the[Read More…]
Murray Energy Corp. files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Company has coal mines in W.Va., Ohio and across nation From The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, WVa. — Murray Energy Corp. on Tuesday announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which the company said would allow it to access $350 million in new debtor-in-possession financing as it works[Read More…]
Editorial: Mystery Trip! W.Va. Tourism Office deserves praise
From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel: On a national stage, West Virginia does not always enjoy the greatest of reputations. Most people, if they understand there is a West Virginia at all, have a general idea of us as backward, poor, maybe drug-addicted and living in a land like something[Read More…]
Editorial: More foster parents leads to a better system in W.Va.
From the Charleston Gazette-Mail: Child abuse and neglect is a crisis in West Virginia. That, in turn, has created a crisis in the state’s foster care system, as it grapples not only with the sheer number of children removed from homes, but being able to retain enough caseworkers and making[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, Oct. 29
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘I WAS CONCERNED BY THE CALL’ Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at[Read More…]
Taste for craft breweries grows in W.Va.
By Suzanne Elliott, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The number of craft breweries in West Virginia has doubled in the last five years and more than a half dozen are in the planning stages, which means the state will be closing in on nearly three dozen beer makers. Currently,[Read More…]
Novel on W.Va. newspaper is ‘Enough’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — C.D. “Tony” Hylton III is the former publisher of the Hinton Daily News and a member of a “West Virginia newspaper family.” His novel Enough focuses on what a positive impact a strong newspaper can have in a community. Enough is about a crusading young small town newspaper publisher who takes[Read More…]
No change likely for dangerous intersection between Route 460, King Coal Highway in southern W.Va.
By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A dangerous intersection on John Nash Boulevard where the King Coal Highway intersects with Rt. 460 will most likely stay as it is. Bluefield Police Chief Dennis Dillow said numerous accidents have occurred as motorists traveling east from Bluefield exit Rt.[Read More…]
Report: Coal projections range from flat to continuing declines; W.Va. above national average
By Fred Pace, The Herald Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — While loaded coal barges can be seen on the Ohio River and rail cars full of coal are coming out of the coalfields of Southern West Virginia, recent and projected trends in coal production in the United States continue to decline[Read More…]
