HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After just the third needle exchange clinic at the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, it’s time to expand its hours, said physician director Dr. Michael Kilkenny. “We’ve really reached our capacity for the hours that we’ve scheduled already,” Kilkenny said. “We had our third session (Sept. 16), and we[Read More…]
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Runner proposes at first Morgantown marathon
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than 1,100 racers, from more than 30 states, attended Morgantown’s first marathon during this past weekend. There was even a proposal at the end of the race. Ryan Cooper proposed to his girlfriend, Ashley Millhouse, as she finished the 26.2-mile marathon. During the proposal, he had[Read More…]
WVU in five-year, $13M study of oil, gas industry
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a classroom inside West Virginia University’s Brooks Hall, students, researchers and media have gathered for a tour of the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory — dubbed MSEEL for short. A research project unlike anything before it, MSEEL sits at the meeting point between industry, government[Read More…]
Business incentives must be fair, balanced, transparent
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — On Friday, Procter & Gamble broke ground on a $500 million manufacturing plant near Martinsburg that is expected to employ up to 700 people. It is exciting news for West Virginia, as competition for factories that employ that many people is fierce.[Read More…]
West Virginia poverty rate among highest in US
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County’s 17 percent poverty rate in 2014 was the highest it has been in the last decade, with the exception of 2011, when 17.2 percent of county residents were living in poverty, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week. The[Read More…]
Pot-growing gear to get new use in Princeton school
PRINCETON, W.Va. — The officers of the Southern Regional Drug & Violent Crime Task Force rarely step into the spotlight, but when they do, there must be a very good cause. Sgt. J.S. McCarty, of the West Virginia State Police, head of the local task force made up of officers[Read More…]
Mercer County zip line business has soft opening
LERONA, W.Va. — Adventure in the mountains of southern West Virginia is growing tree-top tall and wall-to-wall, as the sport of zip lining is starting to get a toe-hold in Mercer County. Steve Redden, a Mercer County native who worked in the advertising and marketing industry in Florida, has returned[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Sept. 21
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. U.S. MULLS ABSTENTION ON CUBA EMBARGO VOTE AT UN In an unprecedented move,[Read More…]
Phil Kabler: September at the capitol
By Phil Kabler For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Returning to the Capitol after a three-month summer hiatus, legislators took their first public look at the recommendations of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Highways last week. While members of the Joint Committee on Finance agreed that increasing funding for[Read More…]
Tempers flare at Charleston stream rule hearing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 100 people filled the Charleston Civic Center’s Little Theater Thursday night to voice their opposition or support for the newly proposed Stream Protection Rule, created by the federal Office of Surface Mining. The public hearing was meant to provide an opportunity for citizens and local[Read More…]
