BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – “Master of Disaster” may sound like the nickname of a professional wrestler or a mixed martial arts fighter, but veteran journalist and Pulitzer prize winner Mark Washburn has taken a different route to earn the moniker. Washburn will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Culpepper[Read More…]
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Delays may curb the EPA
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Sometimes it may seem as if battling the juggernaut that is the Environmental Protection Agency’s campaign against affordable electricity and the coal industry is merely delaying the inevitable. Small victories in Congress and the courts seem frequently to be followed by declarations[Read More…]
CPR training beefed up in W.Va. middle, high schools
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s middle and high school students are now required to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation in health class. Senate Bill 7, which went into effect July 1, updated CPR instruction in state schools based on a program established by the American Heart Association. “The mission of the AHA[Read More…]
Boone ambulance chief pays back illegal loan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Boone County ambulance director Randy Lengyel has paid back an illegal loan that he used to enhance his retirement benefits. Lengyel delivered a $103,000 check to the Boone Ambulance Authority Tuesday and faxed documentation of the repayment to the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Friday. “I always[Read More…]
Raleigh County woman competes on ‘The Voice’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Coal City woman will compete on this season of NBC’s “The Voice,” a show that pits singers against one another for the chance to win a record contract. Krista Hughes successfully made it through the blind audition portion of the show, during which celebrity coaches Adam[Read More…]
How many will Patriot Coal bankruptcy hurt?
A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Patriot Coal, based in Putnam County, is emerging from its second bankruptcy — but nobody yet knows how many West Virginia miners and retirees and their families will be injured. The bankruptcy is “a final dirty trick for miners,” the St.[Read More…]
Princeton native starring in uplifting new movie
PRINCETON, W.Va. — The Tony Nathan story isn’t one of the big stories in the integration of major sports. By the mid-1970s, when Nathan, now 60, was the featured half-back with the Woodlawn High School football Colonels. When Nathan attended Woodland, it wasn’t the same as it was when Bobby[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Oct. 12
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. TURKISH PEACE RALLY BOMB TOLL RISES TO 97 No one has claimed responsibility,[Read More…]
Gov. Tomblin proclaims Oct. 4-10 National Newspaper Week
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Noting that “when you hold your local newspaper in your hands — whether in print or on a mobile device — you hold a powerful tool to inform and inspire,” Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin this week proclaimed Oct. 4-10 as National Newspaper Week in West Virginia. Tomblin’s declaration comes as part of[Read More…]
Sen. Capito discusses defense funding bill in weekly video
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In her weekly video address to West Virginians, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito discusses the Senate’s recent vote to pass a defense funding bill that is essential to our national defense. Sen. Capito also highlights the new location of the VA outpatient clinic announced this week and reflects[Read More…]
