CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — About 72 percent of Harrison voters cast their ballots in favor of the county school excess levy Saturday. Of the 6,770 voters who went to the polls in the county’s 67 precincts, 4,857 voted for the levy, according to Harrison County Clerk Susan Thomas. “It was a lot[Read More…]
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Longtime newspaper staffer makes tough decision
A column by Bill Archer, senior editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — I was sweating bullets on Saturday morning, Oct. 10. In the heat of the moment, when Brian Woodson asked if I could cover the Grayson vs. Graham football game at Mitchell Stadium that Friday, Oct.[Read More…]
Parkersburg area moves into internet fast lane
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Parkersburg is now a 1-Gig city. Officials with Suddenlink Communications announced on Tuesday the upgrade to the area’s bandwidth speed at a gathering made up of local officials from around the area. “We are doing something in West Virginia no one else has done,” said Michael Kelemen,[Read More…]
Jefferson County voters renew school excess levy
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Voters in Jefferson County approved the renewal of the Jefferson County Board of Education Excess Levy in a one-sided special election held Saturday, on a vote of 4,551 to 1,278. “The results came in and they were similar in every precinct:There was overwhelming support,” Board of[Read More…]
Downtown Wheeling complex offers job, residence
WHEELING, W.Va. — If you are a recent college graduate looking to start your career, the Stone Center in downtown Wheeling may provide you a place of employment at the Williams Lea document processing firm – and a place to live in the loft apartments now occupying the structure’s top[Read More…]
First dean of Marshall Medical School dies
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Robert W. Coon, the first dean of the Marshall Medical School has passed away. He was 96. Coon, who passed away Saturday, retired in 1989 to Burlington, Vermont, where he has family. Marshall University president emeritus Robert B. Hayes, who served as Marshall University president from[Read More…]
Internet service settlement will benefit West Virginians
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — On Thursday, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a record $160 million settlement with Frontier Communications to resolve complaints about the company’s high-speed Internet service. At the root of the problem were Frontier’s claims that its service would have speeds up[Read More…]
‘Wreaths Across America’ at WV veterans cemetery
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Frontier must lease fiber to rival Citynet, PSC rules
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over its strong objections, Frontier Communications must lease part of its fiber-optic cable network to rival Citynet, according to a state Public Service Commission ruling that could boost competition for high-speed Internet service in West Virginia. Last week, the commission upheld most of an administrative law judge’s[Read More…]
Don’t blame Legislature for PEIA woes
A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board voted Thursday to implement $120 million in cuts to workers’ health insurance plans. Those cuts could result in higher premiums, increased deductibles and copays and more in prescription drug costs, the Gazette-Mail’s[Read More…]
