MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Nearly half of the 12 educators selected for this year’s Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Award are from the Eastern Panhandle – including four from Berkeley County and one from Jefferson. Honorees were featured at a ceremony hosted by the Arch Coal Foundation in Charleston on Monday at[Read More…]
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Logan celebrates its heritage with displays, events
LOGAN, W.Va. — Coal Heritage Week in Logan has been a retrospective experience for many residents as classic cars lined the street outside of the courthouse, self-guided walking tours and storefront posters informed passersby of a building’s history and a play celebrating mountain life and culture landed in the middle[Read More…]
Asbestos find halts clearing of Vienna plant site
VIENNA, W.Va. — The word on the street in Vienna was asbestos was found in materials being cleared from the Johns Manville site. “That’s true,” Mayor Randy Rapp said Monday. “The first load from one particular pile. That’s it,” he said calmly. “We were having debris removed and Waste Management[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, March 31
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MARATHON IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS TO END WITH MIXED[Read More…]
Senator Capito talks about Environment and Public Works Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During her weekly Senate update for the people of West Virginia, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., discusses the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee field hearing in Beckley on March 23, her support for the Senate GOP Balanced Budget and legislation she introduced to reauthorize the Appalachian Regional Commission[Read More…]
Small Business Administration conference Thursday in Fairmont
Free event offers SBA training and special Regulatory Fairness Roundtable FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Sixth Annual Dynamic Networking for Small Business (DYNET) Conference is Thursday, April 2, at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center in Fairmont. The free day-long event begins at 8:30 a.m. and a special Regulatory Fairness Roundtable with Brian[Read More…]
$5.6 million grants aiding recreational trails, transportation alternatives
Funding to assist 42 projects across West Virginia — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and representatives from the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration’s West Virginia Division Office have announced over $5.6 million in Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grants that will assist 42[Read More…]
Raleigh one of four W.Va. counties to gain judge
BECKLEY, W.Va. — In the last five years, Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge John A. Hutchison said, the increase in child abuse and neglect cases and criminal cases, many of which are drug-related, has become overwhelming for the county’s three circuit judges. But with the help of the West Virginia[Read More…]
Tax credits for historic properties possible
State officials providing ‘simple process’ form, eligibility information — BECKLEY, W.Va. — Acquiring tax credits for historic properties is easier than many people expect, says a tax-credit program coordinator with the West Virginia Historic Preservation Office. “It’s a simple process that’s really a matter of completing one form,” Jennifer Brennan of the WVHPO[Read More…]
Parkersburg paper partner in grocery promotion
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Parkersburg News and Sentinel and Marietta A.M. on Wednesday will begin a new promotion with local Foodlands and Par-Mar/BP convenience stores. The promotion is reminiscent of the old television game show “Supermarket Sweep” where the contestant who loaded the most groceries with the most value in[Read More…]
