Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. WHO ENTERS THIRD GOP DEBATE WITH MOMENTUM The Republican candidates for president will[Read More…]
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W.Va. officials should be ready for Ohio vote on pot
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Depending on what happens just across the Ohio River on Nov. 3, West Virginia – in particular, our region of it – could face a whole new set of drug-related challenges. Ohio voters are being asked to approve sale of[Read More…]
An inside look at W.Va. correctional officer training
Editor’s Note: Public Safety reporter Henry Culvyhouse traveled to Glenville earlier this month to observe how correctional officers, who staff the state’s prisons, jails and local juvenile detention facilities, are trained. Arriving bright and early and staying until early afternoon, Culvyhouse was able to become the first journalist in[Read More…]
Drug addiction tore doctor’s life apart
ELKINS, W.Va. — Members of the city’s business community learned about a local man who nearly lost everything because of drug addiction Monday during the Elkins Rotary Club’s weekly meeting. Petersburg resident Rajan B. Masih, MD, took Rotarians through the story of his fall from grace – how the illegal[Read More…]
Central W.Va. miners warned of impending closure
MILL CREEK, W.Va. — More than 170 people will be out of work after the closure of the Carter Roag Coal Co., officials announced Monday. Carter Roag is a subsidiary of United Coal Co., which issued a Worker Adjustment Retraining Act Notice for all employees of the mine and preparation[Read More…]
Carving underway at Kenova Pumpkin House
KENOVA, W.Va. — The annual push to get more than 3,000 pumpkins carved in time for Halloween is underway at Ric Griffith’s Victorian home, also known as the Pumpkin House, at 748 Beech St. in Kenova. Due to the shelf life of a carved pumpkin, the carving did not begin[Read More…]
Guy and Pat Stewart attend WVU event, talk of WVPA
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Guy Stewart and his wife, Pat, remember their time being active with the West Virginia Press Association and the great group of friends they made during those years. The Stewarts visited briefly with Don Smith, executive director of the WVPA, during a recent West Virginia University Reed College of Media recognition event in Morgantown. Stewart, former[Read More…]
Reduction in testing time a worthwhile goal
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — President Barack Obama’s administration is trying to tackle one of the most commonly heard complaints about education in America: Students and teachers spend too much time on standardized testing. Based on a study released over the weekend and cited by the president, the[Read More…]
ATV trail weighed for central West Virginia counties
WESTON, W.Va. — A multi-county all-terrain vehicle trail is proposed to wind through Lewis and other Central West Virginia counties. Amanda Payne, trails program manager with the Rahall Transportation Institute, a transportation center out of Marshall University, said she told Lewis County commissioners Monday that the trail has been the[Read More…]
Drug firms ask W.Va. high court to halt ‘pill mill’ suit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Eleven of the nation’s largest prescription drug distributors are asking the West Virginia Supreme Court to stop a state lawsuit that alleges the companies turned a blind eye to suspicious orders from “pill mill” pharmacies. The drug wholesalers say Boone County Circuit Judge William Thompson “committed clear error”[Read More…]
