By Roger Adkins The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Dr. Mark Manchin plans to accept the job of Harrison County Superintendent of Schools if the board offers him the position on Wednesday. The board is set to hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the central offices[Read More…]
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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Jan. 28
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OBAMA TO FOCUS ON THE ACHIEVABLE IN STATE[Read More…]
Employment Opportunity: Wheeling newspapers looking for sports reporter
WHEELING, W.Va. — The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, award-winning dailies in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle, are seeking an up-and-coming sports reporter. “We focus on local high school sports played in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference, one of the largest conferences in the nation. The ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers also call our[Read More…]
Don’t dismiss future of Charleston just yet
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Many residents of the Charleston area are feeling smacked around the last couple of weeks. With the leak of more than 6,000 gallons of Crude MCHM from Freedom Industries tanks contaminating the area’s water supply, the resulting “do-not-use” order, closure[Read More…]
Life begins on the expressway
Weirton couple’s first baby born in their car on U.S. 22 By Shae Dalrymple Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — After working a double closing shift at Olive Garden in Robinson Township, 24-year-old Drew Purks had been looking forward to getting some much-needed sleep Jan. 16. Just a few[Read More…]
W.Va. legislator struck by bullet in fair condition
By Alex Lang The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — State Delegate Tony Barill, D-Monongalia, remained in fair condition Sunday, suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. Barill, 80, was struck by a bullet that traveled through a floor in his Woodburn home early Saturday morning. The Morgantown Police Department[Read More…]
What’s next as young fail to become strong news consumers
By Sandra Oshiro The Poynter Institute ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Journalism executives and other participants at Poynter’s Future of News Audiences conference heard Sunday night what some would have preferred not to hear: younger generations simply aren’t growing into dedicated consumers of news the way their parents and grandparents did.[Read More…]
Workers hurt by W.Va. water crisis can seek relief
By Lydia Nuzum Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just two weeks after the United Way of Central West Virginia launched a fund to aid workers impacted by the recent water crisis, the West Virginia Emergency Fund has amassed more than $70,000 and will become available for applications Monday. According to[Read More…]
Politics paint Harrison school board in bad light
An editorial from the Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Most times, we see members of the Harrison County Board of Education as people who profess to be dedicated to the interests of our children. Often, though, we are reminded that these individuals ran for the seats they hold, and they[Read More…]
Football is salvation for Marshall’s Rakeem Cato
By Gary Fauber Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — To say Rakeem Cato had a tough life growing up would be putting it mildly. He lost his mother when he was 12. He has yet to meet his father, and says he only recently considered starting lines of communication. He spent much[Read More…]
