BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., stressed the importance of public service as he reflected on his life and career during a fireside chat at West Virginia Wesleyan College Tuesday. Rockefeller was accompanied on stage by longtime ABC News anchor Ted Koppel. Koppel facilitated the conversation, interjecting from[Read More…]
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Chemical spill may have affected health of 100,000
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Roughly 100,000 residents may have suffered skin reactions, eye irritation, nausea or other ailments after exposure to MCHM following the January leak of the chemical into the Kanawha Valley’s Elk River water supply, according to new estimates made public Tuesday. The estimates are based on physician reports[Read More…]
D’Antoni courtship over, Marshall changes course
A column by Charleston Daily Mail Sports Editor Chuck McGill CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mike Hamrick put the full-court press on Mike D’Antoni. The ultimate press breaker: A multi-year, multi-million dollar contract. Hamrick, who is in his sixth year as Marshall’s athletic director, courted D’Antoni, the Los Angeles Lakers head coach,[Read More…]
Concord University selects new president
ATHENS, W.Va. — The Concord University Board of Governors has selected Dr. Kendra Boggess as the university’s 12th president, contingent upon approval by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, university officials announced late Tuesday evening. The action was taken during the board’s meeting Tuesday on the Athens campus. Boggess[Read More…]
Utility plans $56 million W.Va. power grid update
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Construction on a $56 million transmission improvement project will begin in Fayette County come November, and representatives of Appalachian Power Company hosted a public workshop Tuesday at Midland Trail High School in order to gather community feedback before construction officially gets underway. The project’s final result —[Read More…]
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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, April 23
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SUPREME COURT DEALS BLOW TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION By[Read More…]
Moundsville councilman blocks wide load in street
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Councilman Phil Remke is so serious about keeping wide-load trucks out of places in Moundsville they are not supposed to be that he pulled out in front of one to stop it while traveling near the intersection of Seventh Street and Grant Avenue on Friday –[Read More…]
GOP making gains in West Virginia
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Rep. Shelley Capito ought to be pleased there hasn’t been much attention paid to her Senate race by national pollsters. They are something like the press, after all. They like good story lines – i.e.,[Read More…]
Grim statistics: Overdose deaths still climbing
An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The latest statistics from the Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities paint an alarming picture for southern West Virginia. The number of drug-related illnesses, and drug-overdose deaths, are still climbing — and at a troubling rate — in the[Read More…]
