By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va.  — In 1987, the first year wreaths were placed into the Ohio River at Huntington in remembrance of the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, 26 Pearl Harbor survivors from the Tri-State were in attendance. This year, the 31st anniversary of Huntington’s[Read More…]

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the Public Employees Insurance Agency Task Force are expected to finalize their recommendations to the Legislature early next week – without identifying a dedicated funding source to offset ongoing health care cost increases. West Virginia teachers are following the task[Read More…]

WVU Today (Editor’s note: A luncheon, presentations and networking reception will be held Friday (Dec. 7) from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place. Presentations will include tools student working groups created: an actual 3-D model of the marketplace floor plan to aid in product placement,[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SOME OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEN Robert Mueller is set to reveal more details about his[Read More…]

By DAVE LAVENDER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va.  — Blow the whistle and jingle those bells, there’s some good holiday news coming from the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society. To celebrate Christmas, the Society has organized two special stationary events in some of its historic railroad cars. There will be[Read More…]

By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va.  — A Contour Airlines jet touched down at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Wednesday morning with a full load of 30 passengers, about evenly split between people who boarded at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport and Raleigh County Memorial Airport in[Read More…]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The state of West Virginia got an early Christmas gift. Tax revenues came in above estimates for the fifth month in a row, Gov. Jim Justice said. According to the state Department of Revenue, revenue collections for November[Read More…]

By ALAN OLSON The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. —A documentary featuring Moundsville was chosen to represent the archetypal post-industrial American town, a role that journalist John Miller said was perfect for the city. Miller, who has written about such towns and cities for the Wall Street Journal in[Read More…]