MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It’s been a long, costly project but Berkeley County Schools Superintendent Manny Arvon is happy that renovation work at Martinsburg North Middle School is complete – and soon the fruit of that effort will be celebrated and open to the public. Speaking before Monday night’s board meeting,[Read More…]
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Parkersburg council asked to end pre-meeting prayer
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A national group is asking Parkersburg City Council to no longer say the Lord’s Prayer prior to public meetings. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to council requesting the prayer be discontinued. “Prayer at government meetings is unnecessary, inappropriate and divisive,” Patrick Elliot, staff[Read More…]
Heroin overdoses escalate in Parkersburg area
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Multiple heroin overdoses plagued the Mid-Ohio Valley over the holiday weekend, officials said. Numbers of confirmed heroin overdoses vary from different sources, but one fact is clear: there was an abnormally high number of heroin overdose situations over the weekend, said Lt. Greg Nangle with the Parkersburg[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, July 7
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. GREEK PREMIER RACES TO RESTART TALKS AFTER VOTE WIN[Read More…]
As needle use rises, officials fight related diseases
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Since there is no state law requiring a prescription for syringes, Patterson’s Drug Store’s new owner, Elaine Loizos-Hobday, uses her professional experience – and even gut instinct – to determine who is legitimately wanting to buy needles at the shop’s downtown location. That’s especially important now locally,[Read More…]
WVU, Ohio State drilling shale in real-time study
WHEELING, W.Va. — Researchers from West Virginia University and Ohio State University are grinding more than a mile deep into the earth at the Morgantown Industrial Park to determine how fracking impacts the Marcellus and Utica shale formations. Organizers believe the study at the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory[Read More…]
Save children from drug dens
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Sooner or later, a child in West Virginia is going to swallow a fatal overdose of heroin, die in a meth lab fire or be beaten to death by a drug-crazed adult. It will happen unless more is done to protect children[Read More…]
Huntington show draws dogs from 25 states
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Sunday was a good day for Blake Williams. Her German shepherd, who goes by the call-name Bliss, took first place in the herding group at the 98th American Kennel Club dog show at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington. There were 75 dogs in the herding[Read More…]
New 1,300-bed complex nearly finished at WVU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — By the end of August, more than 1,300 beds will be filled by WVU students — from freshman to seniors — at the university’s newest residential complex, University Park. The seven-acre complex, behind the Erickson Alumni Center on the Evansdale Campus, will be open for Resident Assistants[Read More…]
W.Va. meth lab seizures down significantly
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Methamphetamine lab seizures are falling fast in West Virginia. Law enforcement has reported 123 meth lab busts so far this year, down 20 percent compared to the first six months of last year — and a 66 percent drop since 2013. The meth lab decrease seems to[Read More…]
