An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Most every generation is defined by at least one overarching event that brings with it a profound change to the status quo. Today’s generation can look back at the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when almost 3,000 people were killed.[Read More…]
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WVU to play in its first Cactus Bowl in Phoenix
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU football team will be bowling out West in January. School officials confirmed Sunday, Dec. 6, the Mountaineers will play in the Cactus Bowl, which is played at Chase Field in Phoenix, on Jan. 2. It will be WVU’s first time playing in the Cactus Bowl.[Read More…]
Huntington’s Heritage Farm showcases local art
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Long before malls, online shopping and Black Friday sales, gifts were handmade and local, not shipped from across the country or the world. Heritage Farm Museum and Village brought that tradition back Saturday with a holiday market for its final Way Back Weekend of 2015. The market[Read More…]
Marshall to face UConn in St. Petersburg Bowl
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For the second time in five years, the Herd’s bowl destination will be St. Petersburg, Fla. The Herd now hopes that the second one is as successful as the first one. Marshall will meet AAC foe UConn in the St. Petersburg Bowl at 11 a.m. on Dec.[Read More…]
Gas pipe repair plant to open in Marshall County
BENWOOD, W.Va. — The former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel facility in Benwood soon will be home to a company doing business with the natural gas industry. JLE Industries, based in Dunbar, Pa., has invested over $6 million to establish a state-of-the-art facility at the site to inspect and place threading on pipe[Read More…]
Ban guns? As we did with drugs?
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — I’m told it’s not at all difficult to buy drugs such as heroin, methamphetamines and others. Matter of fact, I suspect I could do so without any guidance or help. But wait a moment. Those substances are[Read More…]
Fairmont dedicates third WV Gold Star monument
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Families with loved ones who died overseas will be remembered in Fairmont. The dedication for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument was held on Saturday at the Hershel Woody Williams Armed Forces Reserve Center. Gold star families are families who have lost a loved one serving in[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Dec. 7
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT OBAMA OFFERS IN HIGH-PROFILE TERROR SPEECH The president’s rare prime time address[Read More…]
AP’s 2016 Legislative Lookahead set for Jan. 8
Registration deadline is Jan. 4 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — With an election on the calendar and budget, education and technology issues expected to arise during the West Virginia legislative session, 2016 promises to be an interesting news year. The state’s journalists will not want to miss the The West Virginia Legislative Lookahead[Read More…]
Citizens for Coal issue statement on Blankenship verdict
LOGAN, W.Va. – Roger Horton, president of United Citizens for Coal, has issued the following statement regarding today’s verdict in the trial of former Massey CEO Don Blankenship: Today is a day for justice, a justice long overdue. For many, today was about that justice being meted out to a single[Read More…]
