CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, July 23 , 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. White House, lawmakers strike 2-year budget deal White House and congressional[Read More…]
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W.Va. welcoming the world: 7,000 Scouts from Mexico and United States arrived in Sunday; 40,000 others from around the globe slated to arrive Monday
By Matt Combs for The Register-Herald of Beckley, W.Va. GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — On Sunday, 7,000 Scouts checked themselves into the Summit Bechtel Reserve for the 2019 World Scout Jamboree. While those 7,000 Scouts on Sunday — from the United States and Mexico — made the Summit Fayette County’s largest city,[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Manchin dubious of China Energy investment deal with W.Va.
By Taylor Stuck for The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As U.S. relations with China remain tense, questions continue to swirl around the supposed multibillion-dollar investment that country has stated it plans to make in West Virginia, the latest coming from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who said he wonders about China’s[Read More…]
W.Va.’s Cabell County Fair Parade kicks off this week’s events
By Douglas Harding for the Herald-Dispatch MILTON, W.Va. — The Cabell County Fair Parade made its way through downtown Milton past crowds of excited children, families and community members on U.S. 60 Sunday afternoon, kicking off this week’s series of family-friendly events for the community fair. “My favorite part of[Read More…]
Tour stop by American Duchess helps Point Pleasant, W.Va. stay on map as riverboat port
By Rick Steelhammer for the Charleston Gazette-Mail POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Cruise stops by large passenger riverboats plying the waters of the Ohio River are returning to Point Pleasant, providing passengers with a taste of history, mystery and down-home hospitality, while giving shops and businesses a boost in income. On[Read More…]
Train derailment in McDowell Co., W.Va.: Crews begin cleaning up
By Emily Coppola for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph VIVIAN, W.Va. — Workers began clearing the 20-car Norfolk and Southern train derailment in Vivian on Sunday. On the scene, employees from Norfolk Southern, Donahue Brothers Inc. Emergency Railroad Services and Cranemasters worked to clear the scene. With the cars on their sides[Read More…]
W.Va. Sen. Maynard: Allow contractors to bid on road work WVDOH can’t get to
By Greg Jordan for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Allowing West Virginia Department of Highways districts to bid out maintenance and repair projects they cannot address immediately to private contractors is an idea being explored by a state senator representing Mercer County. State Sen. Mark R. Maynard, R-6th[Read More…]
Republican committee drama brings up concerns over W.Va. Gov. Justice
By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Months before the start of the candidate filing period for the May 2020 primary, fractures among state and county Republican leaders have begun to appear, all centered around Gov. Jim Justice, a Democrat who switched to Republican. Nowhere have these[Read More…]
Discovery Channel travel program films episode in Lewisburg, W.Va.
By Tina Alvey for The Register-Herald of Beckley, W.Va. LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The Lewisburg-White Sulphur Springs area played host last week to Nick Kessler and Brian Fulmer, a pair of teachers who spend their summers tooling through small town America in a 1968 drop-top Cadillac. At each stop on their[Read More…]