By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — Weirton parks officials continue to work toward long-standing plans to complete the paving of the Panhandle Recreational Trail, but note additional funds will be needed. The topic was among those discussed during Thursday’s meeting of the Weirton Board of Parks[Read More…]
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Officials talk past, present and future of coal mining in West Virginia
By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginians have long held coal mining in high esteem as many can trace their family’s prosperity back to a single miner. However, the trajectory of the industry is expected to continue to turn down as mining becomes more automated, with[Read More…]
Reaction to PEIA potential increases range from ‘frustrating’ to ‘just a mess’
By Beth Sergent, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Reactions have been as expected to the Public Employees Insurance Agency’s proposed increases in health insurance costs for West Virginia’s public workers. “I just think the whole thing is just a mess,” said Janie Burdette, a retired schoolteacher in Point Pleasant. “It’s[Read More…]
Election 2024: Proposed amendment would ban medically assisted suicide
By Mike Tony, HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginians have before them a matter of life and death. General election ballots will consider a proposed amendment that would add a section to the state Constitution that states: “No person, physician, or health care provider in the State of West[Read More…]
Gov. Justice signs legislation providing $13.6 million for WVSOM
West Virginia Press Association LEWISBURG, W.Va. – The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) on Oct. 18 celebrated a state appropriation of $13.6 million that will help the school with deferred maintenance issues on its main campus in Lewisburg, parts of which were constructed in 1922 when it housed[Read More…]
Bridge Day 2024: West Virginia’s largest festival returns this Saturday, October 19th
WV News Report FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Bridge Day, West Virginia’s largest single-day festival, draws thousands of visitors each year to celebrate the breathtaking beauty of the New River Gorge and the engineering marvel of the New River Gorge Bridge. Held annually on the third Saturday of October, the event commemorates[Read More…]
Planning underway for 106th annual Veterans Day parade in Welch
By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WELCH, W.Va. — Planning is now underway for the 106th annual Veterans Day Parade in Welch. The McDowell County parade is the longest consecutive running Veterans Day Parade in the United States. This year’s Veterans Day parade is once again being sponsored by the American[Read More…]
COLUMN: Find your diamonds
By Greg Kozera, Shale Crescent USA This week Lynnda and I attended an economic development, climate and energy conference held in Oil City and Titusville, PA the birthplace of the commercial oil industry. For decades the world oil price was set at the building where we ate lunch on Monday in Oil City.[Read More…]
A project of kindness — from one kid to another
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. — Aaron Raines, owner of Shenandoah Metal Fab in Shenandoah Junction, has a heart to help others — a trait that has been passed to his young son, Kip. Following Hurricane Helene, Aaron began gathering supplies to take down to North Carolina[Read More…]
Mon Power brings Rivesville solar energy farm online
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Every morning, the residents at house on a hill on Morgan Ridge Road in Rivesville can see the sun rise on Mon Power’s new solar farm. “We offered to put some hedges in so they wouldn’t have to look at it,”[Read More…]
