By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Early this year, West Virginia’s public school employees — despite legal threats and union leaders’ calls, later recanted, to return to work — held their first statewide strike. It was also the first such walkout to include teachers and service personnel, like[Read More…]
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W.Va. Gov. Justice extends Parkways Authority deadline for turnpike E-ZPass Discount
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that due to the extremely high volume of enrollment in the E-ZPass Single Fee Discount program as well as technical challenges and major disruptions to the enrollment service, the deadline to enroll has been extended through January 11, 2019, which represents an 11-day grace period.[Read More…]
Lawrence County, Ohio, officials sell planned marijuana grow site
By DAVID E. MALLOY The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington IRONTON, Ohio — The Lawrence Economic Development Corp. has sold 8.43 acres to Harvest Grow Properties for a state-licensed marijuana grow operation off County Road 1A in Hamilton Township for $150,000, according to property transfer records at the Lawrence County Courthouse. Harvest[Read More…]
Opinion: Evangelicals vote, “Nones” falter
By James A. Haught In the 2018 election, America’s shrinking segment of white evangelicals mobilized strongly for the Republican Party – but the rising cohort of nonreligious Americans failed to exert their full political power. As secularism grows relentlessly, white evangelicals have declined to a mere 15 percent of the U.S. population (down[Read More…]
WVPA ‘Legislative Lookahead’ panels set; Registration continues
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Registration continues for the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead on Friday, Jan. 4, at the West Virginia Cultural Center at the Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston, WV 25317 The annual series of panel discussions preview issues the state Legislature will address during the session. AGENDA: Panel 1. –[Read More…]
Bars, restaurants prepare for WVU bowl game
By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While West Virginia University fans anxiously wait to see how the Mountaineers will fare against Syracuse in Friday’s Camping World Bowl game, local restaurants and bars are preparing to serve them, win or lose. “We’re doubling up on staff, it’s a real[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley businesses report strong Christmas sales
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Many local businesses reported having a good Christmas sales season. Many reported sales were up over previous years and that sales remained steady right up to Christmas. “Our Christmas season was very brisk and very good,” said Tina Salmans,[Read More…]
West Virginia’s flu season peak is around the corner, but not too late for a vaccination
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The historic sudden peak of flu season in West Virginia is likely a few weeks away — and while preliminary surveillance has tracked its activity marginally lower than recent years, health officials noted the virus’s unpredictability and strongly advised getting vaccinated. Flu[Read More…]
A hometown winery in Point Pleasant created from ‘Our Sibling Rivalry’
By ERIN PERKINS Point Pleasant Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — In a building that has been in their family for over 50 years, two brothers joined together to open a new business. OSR (Our Sibling Rebelry) Winery opened this past spring in the old Mowrey’s Upholstery building near the Mason[Read More…]