Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR ENTERS FOURTH WEEK — DURATION, DEATHS[Read More…]
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Senate President Kessler appoints senators to juvenile justice task force
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Looking for solutions to the problems with the juvenile justice system, Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, appointed five senators to serve on the West Virginia Intergovernmental Task Force on Juvenile Justice. The task force was formed through an executive order earlier this year and is similar to the Justice Reinvestment Act[Read More…]
Contractors Association of W.Va. elects new officers
Flesher to head the Contractors Association of West Virginia CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Daniel B. Flesher, president of Trimble Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Morgantown, was elected president of the Contractors Association of West Virginia at the association’s Annual Meeting held July 10-13 at The Greenbrier. Flesher replaced Phil Weser, president and CEO of March-Westin Company, Inc., Morgantown, who will serve on[Read More…]
Charleston couple hopes to expand math camp
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Joseph Kusimo retired from an engineering career eight years ago to become the pastor of a small community church in South Hills, but he still has a love for mathematics he hopes to instill in the students he has tutored this summer. “I don’t think math should[Read More…]
Parkersburg family wins Band-Aid jingle contest
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Mary, Jake and Carter Eddy of Parkersburg are the winners. Mary Eddy has been notified that she and her sons Jake, 14, and Carter, 10, have won the national Band-Aid jingle contest. Using Band-Aid’s “Stuck on Me” jingle, the Eddys created a “Stuck on Bluegrass” jingle for[Read More…]
Bluefield firefighters first ones on the scene at interstate tunnel fire
By Bill Archer For The Register-Herald BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Lights in the southern end of the tunnel illuminate an odd design beside the catwalk near the left lane of the northbound tube of the East River Mountain Tunnel that transports I-77 from Virginia into West Virginia. Two firefighters who made the[Read More…]
WVPA Alert: Power outage at the WVPA office
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The electricity is off – and, with it, the telephones, internet, fax and coffee pot – at the WVPA office. It will be off until at least noon, Monday, July 28, according to the power company. The staff is working offsite as best it can. If you need to[Read More…]
Bid to halt mining near Kanawha State Forest rejected
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Following a four-hour hearing Thursday, the West Virginia Surface Mining Board late Friday announced that it had denied motions by the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation and 10 individuals to temporarily halt operations at Keystone Development’s new mountaintop removal coal mine on the eastern edge of Kanawha State[Read More…]
Judge allows WVU-IMG media rights deal
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia Radio Corp. official vowed to continue the fight in the ongoing WVU media rights lawsuit despite a judge’s ruling the contract between IMG and the university cannot be voided. Radio Corp. Executive Bob Gwynne used a basketball analogy to describe the company’s thoughts. “I[Read More…]
Firefighters avert tragedy in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Jonathan Shell was driving east to downtown Huntington about 8:30 a.m. Sunday. When he reached Camden Park, he saw smoke billowing from miles away. When he got closer, he feared the worst. “I knew it had to be one of Huntington’s biggest buildings,” Shell said. “It looked[Read More…]
