MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Why in the world would you need a GPS device and have to know how to play a song on a xylophone at the same time? To go geocaching, of course, according to Laura Gassler, executive director of the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Geocaching is[Read More…]
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Ruling gives another edge to special interests
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — It is hard to argue that what the American political process needs is more money from the wealthy and special interests. But the Supreme Court has made sure that is what we are going to get. In 2010, the court’s decision on[Read More…]
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Tug Valley recalls the ‘Great Flood of ‘77’
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…]
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…]
