MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Local chef Steve Weiss will continue on the Food Network Channel’s “Cake Wars: Christmas” competition. Weiss, the culinary arts program coordinator and instructor at Blue Ridge Technical and Community College, will continue to compete for a $50,000 grand prize after he and fellow bakers survived Monday night’s[Read More…]
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Downtown Parkersburg building to be auctioned
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — An iconic downtown building could be going up on the auction block. A trustee sale of the Dils Center – home for more than 80 years to the Dils Brothers department store – has been scheduled for Monday, Dec. 14, on the Wood County Courthouse steps, according[Read More…]
Economic fate too often in hands of others
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Mid-Ohio Valley residents are learning lessons in patience, as hoped-for economic prosperity at the hands of the oil and natural gas industries has been slow to materialize. A little farther up I-77, Guernsey County, Ohio, is already dealing with a downturn[Read More…]
Small WV town proud of historic bridge redo
MANNINGTON, W.Va. — A six-year bridge replacement project came to an end Monday. The Clarksburg Street Bridge, which was under construction for about 10 months, was named the Historic Southside Bridge. It was dedicated in the honor of Samuel Nelson “Doc” Elliott and Florence Anastasia Ryan in Mannington. Mannington Mayor[Read More…]
Beckley balloon travels 3,700 miles in three days
BECKLEY, W.Va. — There are many reasons a message in a bottle or note on a balloon might never be found. It could be lost forever in the ocean, wind up somewhere remote or simply be overlooked as trash. Defying those odds, a balloon released on Thanksgiving Day in Beckley[Read More…]
Environmentalists say Morrisey overstepped authority
BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey overstepped his authority when he sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its Clean Power Plan earlier this year, according to legal papers filed on behalf of a number of state environmental groups. The Motion to Intervene states the attorney general has[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Dec. 1
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers 1. WHAT’S AIM OF CLIMATE TALKS World leaders are hoping to reach a deal[Read More…]
Challenging times to continue for oil and gas
BECKLEY, W.Va. — “Lower for longer” are the words being used to describe the oil and natural gas economic outlook for 2016, creating another whack at West Virginia’s energy sector. U.S. natural gas production could decline in 2016 for the first time in a decade, driven by low oil prices after[Read More…]
WV group says charitable donations are dropping
BECKLEY, W.Va. — People aren’t giving as much to charitable organizations as they used to, according to a state organization – to the tune of a lost $10 million in a single year. Philanthropy West Virginia said there was a 2.2 percent decline in giving between 2012 and 2013 –[Read More…]
Beckley youngsters have tea with Sugar Plum Fairy
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