An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to extend the public comment period on the proposed Clean Power Plan, which targets coal-fired power plants and attempts to subject those plants to illegal double-regulation. In defending the Clean Power Plan, EPA official Janet[Read More…]
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Braxton County businesses brace for Walmart
FLATWOODS, W.Va. — A new Walmart Supercenter is scheduled to open its doors in March, just off Interstate 79 in Flatwoods. The big store’s main walls have already been built on a 15-acre plot of land near the Flatwoods Factory Stores. That Flatwoods mall has 20 stores, many owned by[Read More…]
Medical marijuana advocates march to Charleston
King Coal Highway: Tomblin must act on Rahall’s request
An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s apparent reluctance to place the King Coal Highway project into the state’s six-year highway improvement plan is both baffling and disappointing. Both U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and members of the King Coal Highway Authority board[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Sept. 22
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. SOME 130,000 SYRIANS REACH TURKEY, FLEEING ISLAMIC STATE GROUPThe[Read More…]
WVPA to provide membership with media badges
A note from the WVPA: Recently, a few newspapers have inquired about the WVPA providing endorsed media badges or parking passes for their newsrooms We’re happy to announce to our membership that the WVPA will now be creating personal media pass credentials to our editors, reporters and photographers upon request[Read More…]
Alternative bike route to Harpers Ferry in works
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — As part of the Maryland Bikeways Program, the Maryland Department of Transportation has awarded a $356,000 grant to the C&O Canal National Historical Park to develop an alternative access route for bicyclists and pedestrians who currently use the spiral staircase on the bridge over the Potomac[Read More…]
Despite Dems’ insistence, coal an important issue
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It is no surprise that, as The Associated Press reported, “West Virginia’s top legislative leaders aren’t sure clamoring over coal this election season does much good for Appalachia’s already-spluttering industry.” They are all Democrats, after all. And their party’s candidates for the[Read More…]
Barbour County prosecutor under investigation
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate an allegation of domestic battery involving Barbour County Prosecuting Attorney Leckta Poling. According to court documents, Poling received a letter from Capt. D.P. Reider and Sgt. J.A. Simmons of the Elkins detachment of the West Virginia State Police requesting[Read More…]
Long-vacant Wheeling Flatiron building is sold
WHEELING, W.Va. — One of downtown Wheeling’s most recognizable structures that has been vacant for years has new owners and, quite possibly, a new future. The triangular structure at Main and South streets next to the Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Center, known as the Flatiron Building, officially sold Monday after[Read More…]
