By Pamela Pritt Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill moving through the West Virginia Legislature will allow co-owners of cows to receive raw milk, meaning the state would join a growing number of states which have allowed the sale of a product that has been banned for decades. But is[Read More…]
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Braxton player holds world record set in 1960
A column by Mickey Furfari for the Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Did you ever wonder what is the all-time highest number of points scored in a boys’ high school basketball game? Thanks to friend Dr. Larry Schwab, I found out who set the world record, and retired attorney[Read More…]
Europe Will Get Consol’s Ethane
Company agrees to ship product across ocean for cracking By Casey Junkins The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. – West Virginia leaders hope Odebrecht will build a multi-billion-dollar petrochemical complex near Parkersburg, but Consol Energy will not be supplying the proposed facility because the driller’s ethane is destined for cracking in[Read More…]
Businesses of all types need to protect data
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The computer data breaches with retailers such as Target, Neiman Marcus and Michaels have gotten plenty of headlines. But our private information is vulnerable in many places beyond the checkout line. The Identity Theft Resource Center reported 619 data breaches for 2013,[Read More…]
Clarksburg Council ousts member over conviction
By Jim Davis The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Clarksburg City Council voted 6-0 Thursday night to oust Zeke Lopez, despite the embattled councilman’s claims the move was unconstitutional and the first volley at getting rid of City Manager Martin Howe. By its vote, City Council determined during the[Read More…]
Disney’s Cinderella visits a Charleston hospital
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W.Va. Senate panel changes teacher pay bill
New version gives $1,000 across the board rather than percentage By Phil Kabler Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s bill to give pay raises to public school teachers and school service personnel advanced Thursday out of the Senate Education Committee — with a change intended to give[Read More…]
Eastern Panhandle buried in snow
By John McVey The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Volunteer spotters for the National Weather Service reported snow totals ranging from about 13 inches to about 18 inches across the Eastern Panhandle and northern Shenandoah Valley around midday Thursday. “You can add two or three inches to those totals before the[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Feb. 14
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MISERABLE COMMUTE MAY BE IN STORE FOR THE[Read More…]
