BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Register-Herald, a 17,000-circulation daily newspaper in Beckley, W.Va., has an immediate opening for a multimedia reporter. This position includes a wide range of coverage, including breaking news, enterprise, courts, government and features. The ideal candidate is self-starting with a strong work ethic. Candidates must possess strong reporting and writing skills and basic videography[Read More…]
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WV Coal Association: Stream protection rule is ‘job killer and big government at its worst’
Public hearing starts at 5 p.m. today at the Charleston Civic Center to receive public comment on proposed Stream Protection Rule CHARLESTON, W.Va. (September 17, 2015) – Calling the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s proposed Stream Protection Rule “a job killer and big government at its worst,” the West Virginia Coal Association today said the rules will make[Read More…]
Municipal Home Rule Board approves six additional cities
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Six more West Virginia municipalities have been granted home rule authority. At its meeting this week in Charleston, the Municipal Home Rule Board reviewed and approved applications for Beckley, Grafton, Princeton and St. Albans as submitted, while applications from Moundsville and Oak Hill were approved with amendments. In[Read More…]
1975 fire that cost 300 jobs in Chester recalled
CHESTER, W.Va. – A year after the “The Towering Inferno” burned up American movie screens, Chester had “The Sprawling Inferno” – a fire known to local firefighters as “the big one,” a fire that, for years, stood as the most destructive in West Virginia history. Forty years ago today, that[Read More…]
President’s Own entertains hundreds in Beckley
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The line outside Woodrow Wilson High School’s auditorium started to form an hour before the first note was played by the United States Marine Band Wednesday night. A half hour before the band started to play the line was two deep and stretched half a football field. About[Read More…]
W.Va. officials discuss Mason County armory proposal
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The proposal to upgrade the National Guard Armory north of Point Pleasant to house female inmates on a satellite campus of Lakin Correctional Center, is being met with mixed reactions, though the general consensus is, there needs to be more information about it. This week, the[Read More…]
WVU panel to focus on coverage of race issues
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Professors at the Reed College of Media think they’re training the best and the brightest of future journalists in West Virginia and across the nation. That’s why the college’s administrators and the Center for Black Culture and Research invited a series of media experts to the school[Read More…]
Elkins estate auction to include 14 cars, much more
ELKINS, W.Va. — A local businessman’s vast collection of vehicles, memorabilia and other items is set to be auctioned off this weekend. An auction for the estate of the late Richard Duke Earle is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at 11th Street and Cole Avenue in Elkins. Earle, who is[Read More…]
Both teams cheer boy’s score from wheelchair
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Something special happened at Monarch Stadium on Tuesday evening. The newest member of the Moundsville Middle School football team scored a touchdown against rival Sherrard Middle School in the waning moments of the game. This despite the fact that sixth grader Isaiah Leasure suffers from a neuromuscular[Read More…]
Constitution needs defense
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — For more than two centuries, the Constitution has been the guarantor of our liberties as Americans. That has been possible only because our leaders, with rare exceptions, have been loyal to it. The late Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia felt very[Read More…]
