BECKLEY, W.Va. — It hasn’t been quite a month since the New Orleans Saints left The Greenbrier and headed back to Louisiana, putting an exclamation point on a busy summer at the Greenbrier County resort that included professional tennis, PGA Tour golf and NFL football. After a short break, The Greenbrier[Read More…]
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Common sense for Common Core
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — We ask again that common sense be used when it comes to Common Core. Somehow, the effort to repeal Common Core standards in our state school system without having any replacement for it was thwarted during the legislative session. Thankfully so, as[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, Sept. 16
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. HOW GOP CANDIDATES HOPE TO TAKE ON TRUMP Shifting their strategy for the[Read More…]
Greenbrier County sawmill’s comeback celebrated
SMOOT, W.Va. — The sawmill that shares this small community’s name was filled with activity Monday morning. Employees were unloading enormous tree trunks, feeding roaring saws and sorting wood by source and grade. Those activities are signs the Smoot sawmill is making a comeback after a blaze engulfed the facility[Read More…]
Lawsuit abuse climate better, but perception lags
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers made great strides earlier this year to tackle the problems of lawsuit abuse in our state. They have miles to go. Or, at least, the word has not yet gotten out about how much they did accomplish,[Read More…]
As coal value declines, W.Va. loses tax revenue
WHEELING, W.Va. — The assessed value of West Virginia’s coal reserves and coal mining equipment dropped a combined $1.1 billion between the 2013 and 2015 tax years, costing the state about $26 million in property tax revenue over that span. In those two years, the value of oil and natural[Read More…]
Common Core response “historic,” school chief says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A comprehensive review of West Virginia’s Common Core-based education standards has generated more than 200,000 comments, state school officials said Monday. Calling the amount of feedback “historic,” state Superintendent Michael Martirano gave legislators their first update of the review at a Monday interim meeting of the Joint Education[Read More…]
12 days and counting for Sylvester, 50 feet up
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the waters of Davis Creek passed languidly 50 feet below, Sylvester the house cat meowed loudly and uneasily shifted position in his nook far up the trunk of a dead birch tree where he has spent the past 12 days. “Our son did an Internet search[Read More…]
Imprudent property purchases bring bills, headaches
A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia state government went on a buying spree in recent years, and the bill has come due at a time when the state can least afford it. A legislative audit reveals that the state has an “overextended stock of[Read More…]
Despite industry woes, Bluefield Coal Show to go on
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Coal industry officials from across the country are preparing to descend upon Bluefield this week. Despite the current depressed state of the industry, a huge crowd is still expected for the 21st Biennial Bluefield Coal Show. The industry gathering gets underway Wednesday morning at the Brushfork National[Read More…]
