By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ski areas at Winterplace Resort in Raleigh County and Canaan Valley Resort in Tucker County announced plans to open for the season on Saturday, following Snowshoe Mountain Resort’s late November season debut. Meanwhile, Timberline Four Seasons Resort, facing legal and regulatory issues,[Read More…]

Staff, wire reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — Several businesses in the Ohio Valley received Thursday the same email containing a bomb threat hoax that evacuated organizations across the country as they took measures to make sure employees were safe. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register was one[Read More…]

By JOANN SNODERLY NCWV Media CLARKSBURG, W.Va.  — Developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have promised to immediately appeal a federal court decision issued Thursday that overturns a U.S. Forest Service permit allowing pipeline construction in two national forests and across the Appalachian Trail. One pipeline opponent said the decision[Read More…]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Distrust continues between members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Four-Year Higher Education and one of its co-chairs as the commission Thursday delayed approving a plan to eliminate the Higher Education Policy Commission. The blue ribbon commission met[Read More…]

By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The owner of an equipment sales company will now own the former Freedom Industries site in Charleston. Jim Shafer, owner of Shafer Equipment LLC, a Clenendin-based company, bought the property Thursday afternoon at an auction on the site. The property sold for[Read More…]

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the settlement of the final two of 12 wrongful-termination lawsuits against West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner on Thursday, the total cost to the state has topped $3.2 million, not counting legal fees. Charleston attorney Mark Atkinson confirmed Thursday that[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Obstetricians and midwives often warn new mothers about postpartum depression. They might mention what symptoms women should look out for—such as crying spells or extreme irritability—and where they can turn for help. But people who have strokes may not learn that they, too, are at[Read More…]