WILLIAMSON, W.Va. – Thirty seven years ago today, the waters rose quickly as the heavy rains fell from the skies. No one was truly prepared, nor did they imagine in their wildest dreams that the Tug River would reach levels that covered homes and businesses. Williamson was devastated, and[Read More…]
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PSC ruling revives hopes for Mason County plant
NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — A collective sigh of relief could be heard from the manufacturing sector of Mason County on Thursday after Felman Production received a favorable ruling from the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. Without the ruling, Felman Production officials had said its New Haven plant, which[Read More…]
Morgantown ranch for troubled boys expands
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With its pastoral hills, Ponderosa Ponds Road normally runs on the quiet side. Just not this week. The sounds of construction — hammers, saws, heavy equipment — are ringing across the ridges as volunteer crews work to make Grace House a go. The house will be the[Read More…]
Collegiate athlete compensation overdue
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — With a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Northwestern University football players should be considered employees of the school, and could even unionize, much attention has been focused on the finances of big-time college athletics. That attention is long overdue. For[Read More…]
Hundreds attend prayer vigil for Princeton editor
PRINCETON, W.Va. — A loving community collectively turned their hearts heavenward Thursday night, praying for a speedy and complete recovery for Tammie Toler, a person who had touched each of their lives in a positive and meaningful way. Deborah Clay organized the prayer vigil and asked several of Toler’s family[Read More…]
‘Mountain Monsters’ back for another season
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The search for things that scream, roar, howl, grunt, screech and sometimes kill in the Appalachian night has been a monstrous success for the six West Virginia-born hunters and trappers who form the cast of Destination America’s “Mountain Monsters” series, now back for a second season[Read More…]
Charleston Daily Mail founder pledged fairness
Editor’s note: This is one of several stories published by the Daily Mail on Friday, April 4, to commemorate the newspaper’s 100th anniversary. Click here to see them all. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One hundred years ago this Sunday, a former Alaskan governor purchased a small bankrupt newspaper in Charleston, W.Va.[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, April 4
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, April 4, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT’S NEXT IN MALAYSIAN PLANE SEARCH An intensive[Read More…]
WVU student newspaper hiring summer editors
A post from the Facebook page of The Daily Athenaeum Interested in becoming a part of our team? We are hiring editors for the summer semester and the 2014-15 school year. Editors are responsible for the daily production of the newspaper, as well as updating The DA’s website and social[Read More…]
W.Va. spill may lead to change of course
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Forty years ago, little did we know that Vietnam and Watergate would one day be referred to as watershed events. Events that mark a unique or major historical change of course in our nation. It’s safe to say that the Jan.[Read More…]
