Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. SOUTH KOREAN FERRY CAPTAIN GETS 36 YEARS IN PRISONThe[Read More…]
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Opportunity there for Democrats
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — At last, the ghost of Franklin D. Roosevelt has been banished from many West Virginia homes where he resided for three-quarters of a century. Does that mean Mountain State Democrats should emulate state Sen. Daniel Hall[Read More…]
W.Va. hospitals overloading nurses, union rep says
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Although local hospitals reported shortages of registered nurses in September, a representative with National Nurses United said there is no such shortage. “There is no shortage of RNs in the U.S.,” Michelle Mahon said. “There is a shortage of nurses willing to work in the deplorable conditions[Read More…]
WVU chief says Rockefeller archives ‘priceless’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A retiring U.S. senator visited the state in an official capacity Saturday for the last time while still in office. During a presentation at the Charles C. Wise Library at West Virginia University, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., formally presented a gift to the university. WVU President Gordon[Read More…]
Morgantown hospital opens $500,000 Ebola unit
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Healthcare continues to prepare for a possible Ebola outbreak as the threat of the disease still looms around the nation. In a matter of three weeks time, a construction team renovated a section of the Emergency Department at Ruby Memorial Hospital and turned it[Read More…]
Manchin still weighing run for governor in 2016
PARKERSBURG, W.Va.– U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says the next two years will determine if he seeks re-election to the U.S. Senate or returns to West Virginia to run for governor. Manchin, D-W.Va., will be the only Democrat in the West Virginia congressional delegation because the Republican landslide on Tuesday and[Read More…]
W.Va. mineral rights owners strike $100M deal
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va.– Mineral owners in Marshall and Ohio counties will receive more than $100 million worth of economic stimulus from signing Marcellus Shale lease agreements with driller Tug Hill Operating, local lawyers said Friday. Eventual production royalty payments could be worth much more during the course of several years, as[Read More…]
Legislators take global look at education
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When you are trying to improve, it often helps to study the best. In public education, that road leads to China’s largest and richest city, Shanghai. In 2009, students from the Shanghai school system surprised the world by scoring first in all[Read More…]
W.Va. public college enrollment down again
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fewer West Virginians are going to college. Total enrollment for all of the state’s public four-year colleges and universities decreased by 1.6 percent from 2013 to 2014, and has steadily declined for the past four years, according to new data from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy[Read More…]
Mobile home fire kills two Putnam County children
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two children died after being pulled out of a burning mobile home Sunday morning in Putnam County, firefighters said. A 3-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy died at Charleston Area Medical Center’s Teays Valley Hospital Sunday, said Mark Lambert, Deputy State Fire Marshal in charge of investigations.[Read More…]
