Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SUPREME COURT: PRAYERS BEFORE GOVERNMENT MEETINGS CONSTITUTIONAL Writing[Read More…]
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Out-of-state cash fueling Mooney’s run
CHARLES TOWN, W.VA. – Conservative Alex X. Mooney notes on his website the “continued momentum” for his campaign for Congress, and the fact that he’s raised more money than his fellow Republicans combined. But what Mooney doesn’t tout is how little of his campaign income is coming from West Virginia[Read More…]
Unclaimed property listed in newspapers generates interest
CHARLESTON. W.Va. – Electronic claims filed by rightful owners of unclaimed property more than tripled in in the month after state Treasurer John Perdue inserted the spring 2014 unclaimed property listing in newspapers around West Virginia. The unclaimed property inserts, included in the largest newspapers in each of all 55 counties, typically[Read More…]
Keystone pipeline would curtail oil derailments
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Flames shot in the air and black smoke billowed from the James River in downtown Lynchburg, Va., last week when a CSX train carrying crude oil from the Bakken field in North Dakota derailed, sending three rail cars into the[Read More…]
Two inducted into W.Va. Sports Hall of Fame
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bob Pruett and Fern Lee “Peachy’’ Kellmeyer capped storied legacies Sunday evening. Rakeem Cato and Jon Elmore added more hardware to their burgeoning careers at the 68th annual Victory Awards Dinner at the Charleston Civic Center. More than 400 athletes, coaches and family members attended the[Read More…]
W.Va. farm group supplying fresh food statewide
ROCK CAVE, W.Va. — In Dale Hawkins’ eyes, TV dinners marked the decline of backyard gardens and local farms. As a steady stream of packaged, processed foods filled grocery store shelves, the taste of each meal declined as well, in his point of view. “That’s not how it worked 50[Read More…]
Huntington residents mark Israel’s independence
HUNTINGTON — “There’s so much to celebrate about Israel,” Rabbi Jean Eglinton said as she sat in the shade at Pullman Square during the fourth annual statewide West Virginia Israel Independence Day Celebration. The event commemorates the rebirth of ancient Israel as a modern independent nation in 1948,[Read More…]
Marshall County gas plant soon to start pumping
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — The two de-ethanizer superloads that recently traveled to the Williams Energy Oak Grove natural gas processing plant stretch 41 yards into the air, while 600 contractors busily work to prepare the facility to start pumping this month. Investing roughly $4.5 billion to process Marcellus and Utica shale[Read More…]
Americans Need To ‘Make Stuff’
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register Wheeling, W.Va. — In March, the highest unemployment rates in West Virginia and Ohio were, respectively, Wetzel County at 12.7 percent and Monroe County at 12.5 percent. Why? In a word: Ormet. Both counties had fairly high[Read More…]
Berkeley smoking ban protest to escalate
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Local residents who are concerned about a proposed ban on public smoking that’s being considered by the Berkeley County Health Department are focusing on Tuesday’s board meeting when members may take action on the new, more restrictive regulations. If implemented, the comprehensive “indoor air quality” regulation would[Read More…]