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Cabell County’s soaring drug deaths hard to explain
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell County recorded a heroin overdose fatality rate nearly 13 times higher than the national average in 2013, and those deaths keep mounting as experts near and far struggle to explain why. Evidence of nine such deaths in 23 days underscored Huntington’s plight this past January and[Read More…]
Profiting from wild West Virginia
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Imagine a bobcat suddenly springing through the air, headed straight for your face. A Wetzel County hunter had the experience a few days ago, and he can prove it. He’d been out[Read More…]
Berkeley County man a cigar-box guitar hero
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Steve Reneker has been playing the guitar for about 50 years, and loves performing solo as well as jamming with others who share his love of music – especially when it’s for a good cause. His passion reached a new level in 2007, when he began making[Read More…]
Wood County native makes, sells skis in Colorado
GOLDEN, Colo. — Vienna native Chris Peters manufactures snow skis in Colorado for a living. How does a West Virginia native end up owning a ski-producing company, 7 Mile Skis, in Colorado? For Peters, a 2001 graduate of Parkersburg High School, making snow skis is an extension of a sport[Read More…]
Matewan museum tells story of mine wars
MATEWAN, W.Va. — It started here on May 19, 1920, when seven men carrying Winchester rifles and pistols got off the Norfolk and Western’s No. 29 out of Bluefield under gray clouds and light rain. Within a few hours the climax of West Virginia’s mine wars would occur, a shootout between[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, May 18
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, May 18, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. ISLAMIC MILITANTS KILL HUNDREDS AS THEY TAKE IRAQ’S[Read More…]
Charleston Civic Center’s new LED lights reducing power usage by 75 percent
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With your next sporting event or concert at the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum, officials say you can expect “crisp” lighting and clearer viewing for televised programming. The Charleston Civic Center and Ephesus Lighting, the leader in high-output LED lighting in sports and entertainment venues, Friday unveiled a new high-output LED[Read More…]
Buckhannon’s Strawberry Festival in full swing
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Deann Baughman of Buckhannon and her family sit in the same spot every year to watch the various parades in the West Virginia Strawberry Festival. It’s a family tradition that’s been going on for the last five years. But that’s what the Strawberry Festival, which is in[Read More…]
Wheeling lawmaker considers run for Congress
WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Sen. Ryan Ferns says he’d consider running for Congress next year if three-term U.S. Rep David McKinley decides to enter the governor’s race. Ferns said he’d been approached about running for West Virginia’s 1st District congressional seat even before his 2014 election to the state[Read More…]
