PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A number of area children got to understand what it was like to rely on their other senses when they were not able to see during an Easter Egg hunt at City Park. Around a dozen children attended the Parkersburg Lions Club’s fourth annual Easter Egg Hunt[Read More…]
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Serious questions remain about Appalachian effort
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was among the group of lawmakers who signed on to introduce a bill that would reauthorize the Appalachian Regional Commission for another five years. West Virginia is the only state to lie entirely within[Read More…]
Ohio County board pays members to ‘phone in’
WHEELING, W.Va. — Ohio County Board of Education members are paid $160 for each meeting they attend, and now one member is calling for a limit to just how often members can “phone in” their participation and still get paid. Board member Tim Birch is proposing a change to existing[Read More…]
WVU women advance to WNIT semifinals
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An immense sense of sadness struck WVU senior point guard Linda Stepney as she peeked at the Coliseum scoreboard, on Sunday, March 29. Her women’s basketball team trailed Villanova, 62-58, with 29.1 seconds to play in this WNIT quarterfinals contest. Would this be Stepney’s final game in[Read More…]
West Virginians among many hit by IRS scam
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — More than 366,000 people around the country have been targeted by fake IRS agents, with over 3,000 falling for the ruse since 2013, costing victims $15.5 million, according to a federal investigator. The scammers make harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail in the largest scam[Read More…]
State leaders have rough roads to hoe — literally
A column by Matt Harvey, assistant managing editor of The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Our state’s pothole problem isn’t a breaking story. In fact, it’s lingered, festered, mushroomed — pick a descriptive word — until it’s really just yesterday’s news. But it’s reached a point where lack of action could[Read More…]
‘Perfect storm’ led to W.Va. heroin epidemic
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s a frequently cited statistic: West Virginia has the highest drug overdose death rate in the nation. In Kanawha County alone, emergency responders say they are seeing an average of two overdoses a day, according to Chaplain Mike Jarrett of the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority. Police say[Read More…]
Hoops great Hundley left us with tales, laughs
A column by Chuck McGill, sports editor of the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This was supposed to be a somber call, one of those inevitable and unenviable duties of a sportswriter. The phone rang, Nemo Nearman picked up, and we began talking about the passing of Rod Hundley,[Read More…]
Tammie Toler returns to post at Princeton paper
PRINCETON, W.Va. — Hugs and smiles were plentiful at the Chuck Mathena Center at noon on Friday, as Tammie Toler entered with her legal pad in hand and started visiting with her fellow Rotarians. Toler, editor of the Princeton Times, had been away from her regular news beat for almost[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, March 30
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, March 30, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS DOWN TO WIRE Differences still[Read More…]