By Brett Dunlap Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG – It has been much more than a simple three-hour tour for the assistant superintendent on Blennerhassett Island as he and his wife have been stuck on Blennerhassett Island since last Friday. Assistant Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park Superintendent Miles Evenson, his[Read More…]
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‘Country Roads’ writer to sing at Huggins’ Fish Fry
By Jim Bissett Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As Bill Danoff remembers, the concrete on the floor of the space they were using as a dressing room that day wasn’t entirely dry. No matter. The trio, which included Danoff, his then-wife, Taffy, and a smiling, shaggy-haired singer named John[Read More…]
Home lost, firefighter hurt in Morgantown blaze
By Ben Conley The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighter Josh White is in fair condition in Pittsburgh’s West Penn Burn Center following a Thursday morning blaze that destroyed a Dug Hill Road home. White was one of two firefighters taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital by Mon EMS.[Read More…]
W.Va. should keep its promise to students
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Under the cloud of $300-plus million state deficits projected in FY 2016-2017, state and education officials met Tuesday to discuss the PROMISE Scholarship, West Virginia’s merit-based scholarship program for in-state students. Of course, some legislators want to redirect those funds elsewhere.[Read More…]
Official says W.Va. could be bottling more water
By Whitney Burdette Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.VA.–Since 10,000 gallons of crude MCHM leaked out of a storage tank along the Elk River three weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of West Virginians have abandoned the tap in favor of bottled water. By now consumers have probably selected their favorite brands,[Read More…]
Tucker County ski resort opens four-wide zipline
The Herald-Dispatch DAVIS, W.Va. — The new color-splashed billboards just put up in Canaan Valley say it all, Timberline — “Ski, Zip.” West Virginia’s only family-owned ski resort, Timberline Four Seasons Resort in Davis, W.Va., has joined a growing number of ski resorts around the country installing ziplines as an[Read More…]
More bottled water on tap in W.Va.
By David Gutman Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin wants West Virginia American Water to provide bottled water to the nine counties where tap water was contaminated by the Elk River chemical leak earlier this month. Tomblin wrote to Jeff McIntyre, president of West Virginia American,[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Jan. 31
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. AP EXCLUSIVE: NAVY YARD GUNMAN LIED CONVINCINGLY TO[Read More…]
Scouts brave frigid temps in Cranberry Wilderness
By Suzanne Stewart Pocahontas Times MARLINTON, W.Va. — Nothing tests survival skills better than freezing temperatures, several feet of snow and no cell phone service. Boy Scout Troop 289 of Madison and Troop 31 of Charleston held the annual Winter Camporee at Cranberry Glades last weekend where scouts learned how[Read More…]