BRUSHFORK, W.Va. — Volunteers were out Thursday morning seeking frightened cats and assessing the damage after a late-night fire burned a local organization working to help homeless felines. The Second Chance for Cats facility on Littlesburg Road near Bluefield started burning at about midnight, Director Michelle Muncy of the Mercer[Read More…]
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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Dec. 4
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CALIFORNIA SHOOTER SHOWED PIOUS, PEACEFUL SIDE IN PUBLIC PERSONA Friends are mystified how[Read More…]
Split verdict: Blankenship guilty of conspiracy, not security fraud
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jurors returned a split verdict in the trial of former Massey CEO Don Blankenship Thursday. Blankenship was found guilty of conspiracy to violate mine safety standards, not guilty of security fraud and not guilty of making false statements. Watch for more at http://www.register-herald.com[Read More…]
WV PBS officials pitch new channel to cable operators
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the launch of the West Virginia Channel less than a month away, officials with West Virginia Public Broadcasting are trying to convince a number of cable television operators in the state to carry the channel. Public Broadcasting General Manager Scott Finn told the state Educational Broadcasting[Read More…]
Blankenship jury sent home early because of illness
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The jury in the Don Blankenship case was sent home early Wednesday because a juror was too ill to participate in deliberations. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger released the jurors for the day — the ninth day of deliberations for the eight women and four men — at[Read More…]
Marshall holds welcoming event for new president
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — There are many things the Marshall University community has yet to learn about the university’s next president, Dr. Jerome Gilbert, but the outgoing Mississippi State University Provost was welcomed to campus with open arms Wednesday. A city- and county-sourced welcome wagon of more than 200 people were[Read More…]
Low-cost path to new workforce skills needed
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For almost a century, free public education has stopped when students walk across the auditorium stage and picked up their high school diplomas. For years that was fine, because a high school graduate was well prepared for the workplace. As recently as 1973,[Read More…]
Wheeling fired up for title game versus Capital
WHEELING, W.Va. — If the atmosphere inside Wheeling Island Stadium Wednesday night was any indication, the stands should be absolute pandemonium when Wheeling Park High School’s football team takes the field for Saturday’s Class AAA state championship bout against Capital. Hundreds of students, parents and other Patriots faithful turned out[Read More…]
Health firm to build headquarters in Wheeling
WHEELING, W.Va. — The Health Plan’s anticipated spring groundbreaking on its new corporate headquarters represents something that hasn’t happened in about 30 years – new construction by a private company in downtown Wheeling. On Wednesday, the non-profit health insurance company announced plans to build a $16 million, four-story building on[Read More…]
Wheeling must proceed with redevelopment
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Wednesday’s announcement The Health Plan will construct a new headquarters building in Wheeling settles the future of the city’s downtown business district, or at least a large portion of it. Now, instead of attempting to devise a workable strategy for redevelopment of[Read More…]
