BUFFALO, W.Va. — When Nick Middleton was hired as a principal engineer for a Toyota plant in Michigan, he expected to sit in an office or mull around a workroom at the Toyota Technical Center all day. Instead, he found himself driving across the country with a team of more[Read More…]
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A sad end to Century’s Ravenswood smelter
An editorial from the Daily Mail editorial page of the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The permanent shuttering of the Century Aluminum plant in Ravenswood may be no surprise, but its inevitability doesn’t make it less unfortunate for the community and the state. “This news surprises no one who has been[Read More…]
Nearly 90 arrested in North Central W.Va. drug bust
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Law enforcement from more than a dozen police agencies fanned out across Harrison County to try to round up 87 suspects in a Greater Harrison Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force investigation. As of Tuesday evening, 70 individuals had been arrested, according to Bridgeport Police Chief John[Read More…]
Governor backs media right to attend meetings
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Tuesday, July 28, that the state Division of Highways (DOH) should not exclude The Dominion Post — or any media — from public meetings. Also on Tuesday, state Department of Transportation Secretary Paul A. Mattox Jr. apologized for comments made by District[Read More…]
Wheeling man, 77, lovingly cares for historic bridge
WHEELING, W.Va. — On just another muggy July Tuesday on the west end of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, working-age adults with nowhere to be at 10 a.m. shambled down the sidewalks as drivers eastbound on Virginia Street patiently waited at the traffic light. Then, the thrum of tires on metal[Read More…]
Drug test kits a good idea
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Has the drug abuse crisis in West Virginia gotten that bad? That we’re giving away drug test kits parents can use on their children? It has. Parents in Kanawha, Cabell and Putnam counties will be able to obtain the kits, beginning next[Read More…]
Embattled Wood County GOP chairman retains seat
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Rob Cornelius remains chairman of the Wood County Republican Executive Committee after a unanimous vote by an arbitration board for the state party. According to a copy of the board’s decision provided by Parkersburg Mayor Jimmy Colombo, the board ruled that a June 18 special meeting in[Read More…]
Consol Energy loses $600 million in second quarter
BECKLEY, W.Va. — After more than $600 million lost in the second fiscal quarter, Consol Energy announced it will halt new drilling until next year and delay a planned initial public offering of a unit holding its steel-making coal assets. The company Tuesday reported a loss of $603 million, or[Read More…]
Governors’ meeting good for W.Va., Justice says
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Fewer than half of the nation’s governors attended last weekends’ National Governors Association Summer Meeting at The Greenbrier resort, but those who did perhaps got a different picture of the Mountain State than the one with which they arrived, the resort’s owner said. Jim Justice,[Read More…]
Snake sightings up with rainy W.Va. summer
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — There have been several posts on social media this summer about people in the region being bitten by poisonous snakes. Pictures have also been posted where persons have killed either copperheads or rattlesnakes, the only two types of poisonous reptiles in our neck of the woods. A[Read More…]
