CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Freda Mae Tomblin, the owner of a large and successful greyhound breeding kennel in Southern West Virginia and the mother of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, died Saturday. She was 80. Her death was announced by the Governor’s Office. “Our beloved mother was the rock of our family[Read More…]
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W.Va. GOP chairman has big hopes for transition
Editor’s note: It’s been more than 80 years since Republicans have had any control in the West Virginia House and Senate. Come January, the GOP will control both chambers. State Republican Party Chairman Conrad Lucas joins us this weekend in the Sunday Sit-Down to discuss 2015, the gubernatorial race in[Read More…]
Some W.Va. counties short on school bus drivers
WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Brooke County Commissioner Tim Ennis retired after 34 years as a school bus driver last year, but he has been working almost every day since then as a substitute. Bus drivers – especially substitute ones – are needed in local school districts because trained drivers with commercial[Read More…]
Coldwater Creek materials to be sold Saturday
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A sale will be taking place Saturday to get rid of a number of items still left at the Coldwater Creek facility in Parkersburg. The sale will be conducted from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the former Coldwater Creek Clearance Center at Pettyville. The facility is located at[Read More…]
Annual memorial service honors perished miners
FARMINGTON, W.Va. — At about 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 20, 1968, the lives of 78 families changed forever. Seventy-eight men sacrificed everything, during the explosion at the Farmington No. 9 mine. On Sunday, the community gathered together as a part of the 46-year anniversary since the disaster occurred. Sharon Clelland[Read More…]
Unnecessary campus deaths can’t be tolerated
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — They’re supposed to be some of the best years of life. Higher education is such a great opportunity. Students, whether they’re attending classes in their hometown or venturing to another city or state, are becoming or have become adults and[Read More…]
Beckley center aims to help laid-off miners
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Brett Dillon knows first-hand the gut-wrenching feeling of being laid off from the coal mines. He used to travel deep underground to extract the country’s main energy source. But after 22 years, he was let go. “Your first hope is you’re going to be called back or[Read More…]
Crowd turns out to support elk comeback in W.Va.
BECKLEY, W.Va. — It’s been more than a century since the last native elk was killed in West Virginia around 1875, and other than a private hunt club reintroduction of elk in the 1920s in Pocahontas County, the large cervids have not been seen in large numbers in the state[Read More…]
The right to know apparently has a cost
An editorial from the Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — It seems everything has a price these days. Even freedom of information – the very foundation of our liberty. It can be very difficult to obtain information government officials don’t want us to have. That can range from details of[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Nov. 17
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. OBAMA: BEHEADING OF FORMER US SOLDIER ‘PURE EVIL’The president[Read More…]