GLENGARY, W.Va. — It wasn’t quite like winning Powerball, yet the small West Virginia town of Glengary is getting a lot of attention for receiving the most snow from the recent storm: 42 inches. “Yeah, it’s cool. That’s about it,” said Robert Bragg, who owns a heating and cooling business[Read More…]
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WV snow-clearing crews move to secondary roads
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The primary roads in the Eastern Panhandle are in good shape, and crews are moving onto secondary roads, according to Brent Walker, communications director for the West Virginia Department Department of Transportation. “We still urge drivers to use extreme caution,” Walker said Monday afternoon in a telephone[Read More…]
Other nations not on board with anti-coal agenda
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — During a visit to Parkersburg last week, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., spent a few moments discussing his trips to China and India, to view for himself the miracles those two countries are allegedly performing in reducing carbon emissions and[Read More…]
New Wyoming County senator takes her seat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Being a state senator wasn’t on her radar, but when Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin called her Friday, Sue Cline stepped up. Senator Cline took her spot in the Senate’s second row Monday. Cline was appointed Friday to fill the 9th District vacancy left by Daniel Hall, who[Read More…]
Nearly 900 miners in two WV counties face layoff
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources announced Monday it will shutter eight mines in two West Virginia counties as the demand and price for coal continues to slip amid a changing financial landscape. An Alpha official said a total of 871 employees received Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) at[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Jan. 26
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TIGHT DEMOCRAT RACE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERING VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT ROLE Clinton and Sanders often[Read More…]
Samantha Smith joins Charleston Newspapers
CHARLESTON, W.Va — West Virginia Press Association Advertising Director Samantha Smith, who headed up the WVPA’s Press Services advertising agency operation for the last two years, has returned to the newspaper industry. Smith left the WVPA at the end of 2015 to assume an advertising sale director position with the Charleston Gazette-Mail,[Read More…]
Rising temperatures help snow removal crews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As temperatures crept above freezing on Sunday following the weekend’s torrential snowfall, those who live in Charleston’s flats might have been better off waiting for Mother Nature to help melt the snow off their roads. More than two days after snow began to fall on Friday, Charleston Public[Read More…]
Wheeling moms upset over unused tracking gear
WHEELING, W.Va. — In the U.S. and Canada, more than 3,000 lives have been saved through Project Lifesaver. But none of those have been in Ohio County. Ohio County has yet to utilize the equipment, even though it’s been sitting in the county’s sheriff department for eight years. The situation[Read More…]
Court delay may spell coal’s doom
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — It is entirely likely that during the next six months, dozens of coal-fired power generating units will be shut down because utilities have decided fighting the Environmental Protection Agency is futile. They will join hundreds of others already idled, probably never again[Read More…]
