CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The FBI hopes participants in its annual Citizens’ Police Academy aim to learn as much as they can about the law enforcement agency and how it operates. On Sunday, participants in the academy got to take aim at targets — on the shooting range, that is —[Read More…]
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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblins comments on drug abuse from opening of President Obama’s visit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association, with the assistance of Shayna Varner, press secretary for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, is providing the text from the Governor’s opening comments during President Barack Obama’s visit to Charleston on Oct. 21. The WVPA thought the Gov. Tomblin’s comments might provide context[Read More…]
Huntington mayor joins forces with zombies
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — On Halloween weekend, huge “Walking Dead” fan David McGee will drag a leg down South for the massive “Walker Stalker Con Atlanta,” a celebration of all things zombie. On Sunday, he got a hometown start as McGee and his best zombie girl, Janet Dooley, joined a couple dozen[Read More…]
Getting help for addiction victims
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The tried-and-failed liberal approach of throwing money at the nation’s challenges has never worked – and never will. Still, President Barack Obama wants to continue doing just that, at the expense of higher taxes and continuing to increase the national debt. Conservatives[Read More…]
New literary seeking work of W.Va. writers, poets
STUMPTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia writers and poets have until March 6, 2016, to submit work for a new print literary journal, Mountain Ink.. Stumptown Publishing, LLC currently seeks poems, stories and essays for Mountain Ink, which will feature West Virginia writers. Submissions will be evaluated for literary quality, cultural and universal[Read More…]
Attorney General Morrisey: Working to strike down ‘Clean Power Plan’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Friday he is leading a coalition of 23 other States in a lawsuit, asking a federal court to strike down a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Rule, known as the Clean Power Plan, which unlawfully expands the federal government’s regulatory power[Read More…]
Elkins theater aborts season after cast resignations
ELKINS, W.Va. — Despite an announcement to the contrary earlier this week, it is not business as usual at the American Mountain Theater. Instead, the show will not go on, at least for now, the theater’s owner, Kenny Sexton, said Friday. Sexton said it has been a busy two days[Read More…]
W.Va. officials to promote film sites at California event
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Within the past few years, the Eastern Panhandle has become accustomed to playing host to production companies lining the streets with large vans and film crews shooting at different locations. Because of production companies’ increased interest in the region, the staff for the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Convention and[Read More…]
Lack of U.S. energy plan leads to court case
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — It’s no secret that a sound, realistic energy plan is missing in the United States. That’s a major reason states, including West Virginia, and industry groups dependent on fossil fuels filed court challenges Friday to President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan,[Read More…]
Alpha to sell nine W.Va. mines in restructuring
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Over the weekend, two sources confirmed that the 79-person operation at the Edwight Surface Mine in Naoma and the Twilight Surface Mine partly located in Raleigh County are among the mines Alpha Natural Resources is selling as part of its bankruptcy restructuring plan. The list doesn’t include[Read More…]
