CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association is posting photo galleries from Convention 2015. We will work to add captions and remove duplicates as time allows. The photos by Dalton Walker of the WVPA.
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WVONGA ‘SHALESafe” Conference set for Oglebay
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association SHALESafe Conference will be held Aug. 31 – Sept. 2, 2015, at Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling. “This conference features a great mix of classroom training, interactive demonstrations of safety procedures, and thought leaders on safety leadership and culture,” said Corky DeMarco,[Read More…]
W.Va. state workers protest new paycheck schedule
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State employees stand to lose millions of dollars in wages because of a quirk in switching state pay periods from twice monthly to biweekly, according to the findings of an employee grievance. The mid-year switch from 24 pay periods a year to 26 is prompting a series[Read More…]
Mountain State settlement checks go out next week
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Checks will go out sometime next week to the about 2,000 former Mountain State University students who are due payment as part of a more than $18.5 million settlement with the now-closed school. That’s according to Charleston-based attorney Anthony J. Majestro, the lead lawyer who represented former[Read More…]
A boost for health and learning
A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Sen. Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, has devised an excellent plan to help West Virginia in multiple ways. He wants to raise the state cigarette tax — which would deter Mountain State teens from becoming hooked on life-destroying nicotine. He would use[Read More…]
What are tax credits for, anyway?
A column by Daily Mail editorial writer Laurie Lin from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A tax credit program the West Virginia Legislature revised and renewed in the final hours of its 2014 session is in the news again. Why? Well, it appears the major beneficiary of the program is[Read More…]
New Wheeling water plant shows its stuff
WHEELING, W.Va. — In the first true test of its ability to handle a threat to Wheeling’s water supply, the city’s new water treatment plant passed with flying colors, according to Public Works Director Russell Jebbia. Last week’s discovery of elevated blue-green algae levels on the Ohio River near Pike[Read More…]
Wheeling publishes 140-page football section
WHEELING, W.Va. — While it’s true the calendar tells us that fall doesn’t begin until Sept. 23, here in the Ohio Valley we have our own official reminder. The leaves have yet to turn and the weather may still produce sweat from our bodies, but the return of high school[Read More…]
WVU opens art museum on Evansdale Campus
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The fine arts came a little closer to home for West Virginia University students this week. After months of planning, WVU officially opened its Art Museum, located near the Creative Arts Center on the Evansdale Campus. The new building houses two large galleries purchased and donated by[Read More…]
Philippi school hostage crisis ends with no injuries
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — A hostage situation at Philip Barbour High School that drew dozens of law enforcement agents to the facility Tuesday afternoon and made national headlines ended without violence, police said. At about 1 p.m., a 14-year-old male student brandishing a pistol would not allow his classmates or the[Read More…]
