SISTERSVILLE, W.Va. – The newsroom of The INNformer is a place of keyboard clicking as stories take shape for the next issue. It is where locals stop by to chat up publisher-owner Charles Winslow, dropping morsels of news about the town of some 1,300 people hugging the Ohio River. Eventually,[Read More…]
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W.Va. congressman grateful for hearing technology
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rep. David McKinley knows from personal experience the challenges faced by people with hearing impairments. “I enjoy being the poster child for not being defeated by this,” said McKinley, R-W.Va. McKinley, 67, was 29 when he was diagnosed with audio sclerosis. He said the condition meant calcium[Read More…]
Winter tour of Bramwell’s homes attracts hundreds
BRAMWELL, W.Va. — The historic homes of the millionaire coal barons who opened West Virginia’s Flat Top Coalfields still draw people from far and wide. After 31 years, the winter tour of historic homes continues to bring visitors in from far and wide. “I’ve never been in this part of[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Dec. 15
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. GUNMAN TAKES HOSTAGES IN SYDNEY CAFEFive people have managed[Read More…]
WV getting “smoked” by tobacco marketing
Health advocates urge greater effort to reduce tobacco use CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With tobacco companies spending more than $120 million to market their products in West Virginia — nearly 25 times what the state spends on tobacco prevention programs — is it surprising that West Virginia has the highest smoking rates in the United States? No. At least not according[Read More…]
Mercer residents sound off to economic panel
PRINCETON, W.Va. — Sen. President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, Sen. Art Kirkendoll, D-Logan, and Sen. Ron Miller, D-Greenbrier, represented the Southern Coalfields Organizing and Revitalizing the Economy, SCORE, task force in Princeton Thursday night. Area residents used SCORE as a sounding board for local issues and ideas. Some of the ideas[Read More…]
W.Va. House to seat first black Republican woman
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jefferson County Delegate-elect Jill Upson knows all too well we’re not promised tomorrow. After her teenage daughter died in a car crash in 2010, Upson looked back on her life and realized something. “She didn’t waste a single minute,” Upson said. “Our time here is limited. Losing[Read More…]
Outhouse featuring state’s best view upgraded
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thanks to an army of volunteers, the mountaintop privy said to provide users with the state’s “best view from an outhouse” according to Jeanne Mozier’s guidebook “Way Out in West Virginia” has been replaced with a larger and more durable model. The old comfort station at Hanging[Read More…]
Judge sets hearing on Blankenship case gag order
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for next week on an effort by The Charleston Gazette and other news outlets who challenged a gag order she issued in former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s criminal case. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger set the hearing for 10[Read More…]
Home of the fearful
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It is difficult to find words potent enough to capture the horror, disgust and shame induced by a report that the CIA held terror suspects standing for 17 days at a time. Or that CIA operatives forced pureed food rectally into[Read More…]