MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It will be more than a year until Procter & Gamble’s Tabler Station plant opens, but local residents are already working to find out what skills will be needed for a position and how to obtain those skills. Procter & Gamble and its local training partner, Blue[Read More…]
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Church buying shoes for kids at three WV schools
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — CenterPointe Church kicked off the second year of its New Shoes Initiative on Tuesday morning at Burke Street Elementary School. This year the New Shoes Initiative is putting over 500 new pairs of socks and shoes on every boy and girl at three elementary schools in Berkeley[Read More…]
Property sale to yield new brewery for Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia University at Parkersburg Board of Governors approved the sale Wednesday of two properties that make up part of the school’s former Downtown Center on Market Street. The board approved the sale of 707 Market St. and 709 Market St. to the Parkersburg Brewing Company[Read More…]
WVU students hold Free Hug Day to build respect
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Students at West Virginia University were greeted on Wednesday with calls of “Free hugs!” as they passed in front of the Mountainlair. “It’s a cold day,” volunteers chanted, “warm up with a free hug!” WVU’s Hugs for Humanity event was an idea from WVU student Mustafa Rfat,[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, Dec. 3
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING RATTLES U.S. A heavily armed man and woman dressed for[Read More…]
No child safe from abduction attempts
By Theresa Marthey Preston County News & Journal KINGWOOD, W.Va. — The attempted abduction of two young girls in Morgantown earlier this month has affected parents everywhere, but none more than Kingwood Police Chief Todd Nestor.“Unfortunately, one of the girls who was approached was my daughter in Morgantown,” Nestor said. “So this really hits too close[Read More…]
Cole’s ‘Get West Virginia Moving’ tour in Wyoming County today
MEDIA ADVISORY – Doddridge, Ohio and Wyoming counties CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Senate President Bill Cole is in Doddridge County today, with stops in Ohio and Wyoming counties this week as part of his Get West Virginia Moving tour. Since announcing his candidacy on June 2, 2015, Bill Cole[Read More…]
Kessler campaign visiting Wyoming County Dec. 7
MEDIA ADVISORY PINEVILLE, W.Va. — Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jeff Kessler will be in Wyoming County Dec. 7 for a Meet & Greet with local residents. Senator Kessler will take questions from attendees and looks forward to hearing about the concerns and issues relevant to Wyoming County. The event is open to the[Read More…]
Dental work, a cold, back pain…and still thankful
A column by Misty Poe, editor of The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Taking time off is dangerous for me. For the first time ever since I started with the paper 15 years ago, I decided to take the week of Thanksgiving off. I wanted to spend a little extra[Read More…]
State officials tour deteriorating Fayette schools
OAK HILL, W.Va. — One voting member of the School Building Authority who will help decide if Fayette County receives funding for a project to benefit more than half the district’s students visited some of the deteriorating facilities Tuesday. From an upstairs classroom in the condemned two-story structure at Collins Middle[Read More…]
