By Staff reports CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State highways officials say road crews are out this morning clearing roads, but warned that they are having a hard time keeping up with heavy snow. “People need to be realistic and know that as snow continues to fall there will be snow-covered roads,” said[Read More…]
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The AP shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, March 3
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, March 3, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OUTRAGE FOLLOWS RUSSIAN PUSH INTO CRIMEA Kerry calls[Read More…]
Fire damages Locust Hill Golf Course
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – An early morning fire at Locust Hill Golf Course spread throughout three buildings Friday, resulting in significant financial loss but no injuries. Around 7:15 a.m., emergency units responded to a call from the facility’s alarm system. Before the first units arrived on scene, the call was[Read More…]
Kanawha County Schools returning to tap water
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Schools in Kanawha County will resume using tap water next week. West Virginia’s largest school district has been supplying bottled water in schools for students to use and for cooks to prepare food with since January’s chemical leak into the Elk River but said that would end[Read More…]
Gov. Tomblin lifts state of emergency
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has lifted a state of emergency related to the January chemical spill into a public water supply. Tomblin issued a proclamation rescinding the emergency declaration Friday, more than seven weeks after it was issued. The emergency declaration covered nine counties affected by[Read More…]
America East early discount deadlines for rooms, registration near
WVPA encourages publishers, editor and advertising directors to attend Key deadlines are approaching for The America East Media Business and Technology Conference, the largest newspaper show on the East Coast. Set for set for March 31-April 2 in nearby Hershey, Pa., America East focuses on maximizing print profit and generating new digital revenue. Larry[Read More…]
Logan losing another historical structure
LOGAN, W.Va. — Another relic of the town of Logan is in the process of disappearing. URCO Incorporated purchased the property from the State Auditor’s Office for taxes and employees are currently razing the 102-year-old structure located on Hudgins Street across from the Logan Post Office. The building was[Read More…]
Fairmont students all agog at Japanese launch
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The countdown was on. “Five. Four. Three. Two. One. GPM!” yelled Simpson Elementary School third-graders as they watched the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory launch through a live stream from NASA’s IV&V facility in Fairmont on Thursday. The Harrison County third-graders were invited to NASA’s[Read More…]
‘Cupcake Bill’ gathering support in W.Va. Legislature
CHARLESTON – A bill making its way through the state Legislature might make some students and teachers want to celebrate – with something sweet and delicious like a cupcake. In 2008, a mandate from the West Virginia State Board of Education brought strict requirements on what students could be served[Read More…]
W.Va. slots operators seeing lemons
WHEELING, W.Va. – After 400 West Virginia club, tavern, restaurant and parlor owners paid a total of about $70 million for the right to operate slot machines in 2011, they believed their state Lottery Commission permits would be valid for 10 years. Members of the West Virginia Amusement & Limited[Read More…]
