By Joselyn King, The Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The public turned out Wednesday to cheer President Donald Trump’s arrival in West Virginia, and he took the time to return their admiration. More than 100 supporters were present to greet Trump when Air Force One touched down at the Wheeling-Ohio[Read More…]
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Protesters outside Trump fundraiser in W.Va. focused on immigration, education
By Jennifer Compston-Strough, For The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — The people who came to downtown Wheeling to protest a visit by President Donald Trump on Wednesday said they were striving to set an example that differs from their perception of the nation’s political climate today — they wanted everyone to be[Read More…]
Lottery revenue tops $1B for 17th straight year in W.Va.
By Phil Kabler for The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the 17th straight year, West Virginia Lottery gross revenue topped $1 billion, defying the Lottery’s own projections that it would fall below that milestone for the first time since fiscal 2002. “We’re just tickled with the fact the numbers[Read More…]
Hampshire Review’s Ailes, Pineville’s Cline elected to West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Two weekly newspaper publishers, each of whom worked more than 30 years providing community journalism for local residents, are entering the West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame as the Class of 2019. John C. Ailes (1913-1991) of the Hampshire Review and Charles R. ‘Randy’ Cline (1933-2001) of[Read More…]
World Jamboree in W.Va. celebrates action sports in a big way
By Matt Combs for The Register-Herald of Beckkley, W.Va. GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Scouting brings up images of merit badges, camping, friendship and of time-worn traditions and of principles. And even in this demographic: 40 percent of the participants in the World Jamboree this year are female. At the 2019 World Jamboree,[Read More…]
W.Va.’s 55th annual Water Festival starts Friday
By Gailyn Jackson for The Register-Herald of Beckley, W.Va. HINTON, W.Va. — Hinton will once again host the annual West Virginia Water Festival — a week that celebrates the topography of Summers County — where three rivers (the New, Greenbrier and Bluestone rivers) meet July 26 through Aug. 4. Kendra Ratliff, volunteer[Read More…]
Police in Charleston, W.Va., using ATF ballistics database
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A police department in West Virginia has started a crime solving partnership using a database that links shell casings to specific guns. The Charleston Police Department on Wednesday announced it is now using the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network. The database compares high-resolution images of shell[Read More…]
National Newspaper Association cheers senators for Freedom of Information Act bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan team of senators on July 23 introduced a bill to repair a gaping hole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in June that keeps food stamp payments to retailers secret. The Open and Responsive Government Act, S 2220, is offered by Sens. Charles Grassley, R-IA; John Cornyn,[Read More…]
Trump talks energy in Wheeling, W.Va
From The Inter-Mountain WHEELING — President Donald Trump sounded familiar themes — among them economic growth, foreign policy, immigration and health care — during his speech to a friendly crowd in Wheeling on Wednesday. But his biggest applause lines were when he talked about coal, natural gas and steel. Trump[Read More…]
