BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Each year, the “best little village in the state” throws one of the best little festivals in West Virginia. No town can properly kick off a celebration without a parade down Main Street, and that’s how the village of Barboursville started its 2015 Fall Fest on Thursday[Read More…]
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Officials should monitor needle exchange
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Has it come to this? That drug addicts are to be furnished with syringes, courtesy of taxpayers? In some places – now including Ohio County – it has. Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health members voted unanimously this week to establish a “needle[Read More…]
Proctor & Gamble to break ground in W.Va.
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Seven months after the official announcement was made, Procter & Gamble will be ceremonially breaking ground today on its new Tabler Station plant in Southern Berkeley County. Company representatives and state and local officials will be breaking ground on West Virginia’s largest manufacturing project and discussing what[Read More…]
Wood County GOP panel still in turmoil
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the Wood County Republican Executive Committee approved a resolution this week apologizing for actions by Chairman Rob Cornelius, who left the meeting before the vote was taken. The group also voted during its regular meeting Tuesday to revise its bylaws related to the removal of[Read More…]
New York Times offers WVU students free access
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Students are now able to take advantage of free access to NYTimes.com and all stories, editorials and extras that come with it through a partnership between West Virginia University and The New York Times. Laura Reino of The New York Times will present an informational workshop at[Read More…]
WVU journalism professor’s photos on display
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks shook the United States. In Iran and Afghanistan, families and everyday routines were fractured into unrecognizable pieces. Lois Raimondo, now the Reed College of Media’s Shott Chair of Journalism, traveled to the middle east two years after the attacks. She’s[Read More…]
Higher ‘sin’ taxes would improve state finances
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — It’s a fact that West Virginia’s finances are hurting. Severe drops in coal severance taxes are putting huge holes in state, county and city budgets. As it continues to examine state tax code, legislators are looking for ways to make up[Read More…]
West Virginia fall colors coming soon
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Technically the calendar says it is still summer, but there is already a “feel” of autumn in the air. The first day of fall for this year is Wednesday, September 23. The nights have been cooler and soon our beautiful mountains will be scattered with a mixture[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Sept. 18
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. WHAT TRUMP DIDN’T DO AT A TOWN HALL The Republican presidential front-runner declines[Read More…]
Gov. Tomblin: Feds kicking West Virginia, coal industry when they’re down
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the theater crowded with coal miners, families and others attending a public hearing on proposed Stream Protection Rule, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin spoke for state’s residents, calling the proposed rule a “personal foul’ and an example of the federal government kicking West Virginia while the state and the coal[Read More…]
