By Jennifer Gardner Charleston Gazette-Mail WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — Spending the holidays at The Greenbrier resort is practically a Christmas miracle. When families arrive, the lobby smells of rich chocolate, trees are trimmed and themed to each room, the stockings are hung and presents are wrapped and ready for Christmas[Read More…]
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Community Palliative Care Part 2: Being in control at life’s end
News release from the West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care: (Editor’s note: The nation recently celebrated National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. The West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care is sharing this a three-part series that focuses on the differences between community palliative care and hospice, the importance of end-of-life conversations[Read More…]
Eastern Panhandle legislators outline their 2019 W.Va. to-do lists
By Jim McConville The Journal of Martinsburg MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — What a difference a year makes. With slightly over a month to go for West Virginia’s 2019 Legislative Session, local Eastern Panhandle legislators are approaching the 60 day session with a mix of optimism and ambition based on the state’s[Read More…]
River and Rail Bakery closing; Cabell-Huntington CVB searching for replacement
Restaurant was recently named West Virginia Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In November, River and Rail Bakery at Heritage Station announced it was closing after its owner said the business had become “unsustainable.” … River and Rail had been[Read More…]
Editorial: New W.Va. Commerce Secretary should provide an update On China Energy
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: … Last week, Gov. Jim Justice announced … C. Edward Gaunch, of Kanawha County, to be the new commerce secretary. Gaunch will take office after his current term as a state senator ends. … One of Gaunch’s first actions ought to be updating West Virginians[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. local school systems need money more than state
From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel: State Board of Education members are considering changes in West Virginia’s public school funding formula. Needless to say, that has some educators in the 55 counties concerned. Board members have a variety of initiatives on which they would like to spend more money. They[Read More…]
Blennerhassett Hotel, near Parkersburg, W.Va., to host Gingerbread Festival
By WAYNE TOWNER The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The 2018 Gingerbread Festival at the Blennerhassett Hotel kicks off a variety of tasteful — and tasty — displays beginning Monday and running through Dec. 26. The displays will be placed throughout the hotel’s public areas today in preparation[Read More…]
Editorial W.Va. Gov. Justice’s PEIA recommendations make sense, but where’s the money?
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: Gov. Jim Justice and his administration have done well in trying to live up to the governor’s promises in regard to providing state employees with better pay and benefits. After finding the money in the budget last March to give state employees, including education[Read More…]
Federal, W.Va. officials celebrate the end of phase four construction at Bluestone Dam
By Matt Combs The Register-Herald of Beckley HINTON, W.Va. — Members of the U.S. Corps of Engineers team and contractors braved the cold Friday morning to celebrate the completion of a phase of rehabilitation that will ensure that the Bluestone Dam, now operating in its 70th year, will be able to[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Governor Justice makes two great picks for state
From the Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Daily Mail editorial page: Credit Gov. Jim Justice for making two good picks on Tuesday when he selected outgoing State Sen. Ed Gaunch, R-Kanawha, as secretary of Commerce and outgoing Delegate Jill Upson, R-Jefferson, as secretary of the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs. The Commerce[Read More…]
