Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SYRIA PEACE TALKS GETTING STARTED IN SWITZERLAND The[Read More…]
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WVPA Sharing: Column from Senator Jeff Kessler, president of W.Va. Senate
Editor’s Note: The West Virginia Press Association hopes to provide our member newspapers with regular columns from the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House and Majority and Minority leaders in both chambers, along with the other State Constitutional Officers: Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor and Commissioner[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: OP-Ed looks at economic impact of oil and natural gas industries
By Nicholas “Corky” DeMarco Executive Director West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association Oil and natural gas industries revitalizing economy CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In 2007, West Virginia ranked dead last in per capita income in the United States. In the next five years, our per capita income grew by about $1,000 a year, shooting us[Read More…]
WVPA Business Brief: Cunningham Energy merges with Pettey Oilfield Services
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Cunningham Energy, an Independent Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Company based in Charleston, has announced a merger with Pettey Oilfield Services Inc., according to Yahoo Finance’s Business Wire. The merger forms a new company, Cunningham Oilfield Services (COS), offering well services for oil & gas production companies. Cunningham[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Photo of Freedom Industries Bankruptcy hearing
The WVPA, through its Sharing Network, is providing a photo of Freedom Industries President Gary Southern as he left the company’s bankruptcy hearing in downtown Charleston Tuesday evening, Jan. 21, 2014. The WVPA thanks The Charleston Daily Mail and Photographer Craig Cunningham for providing this photo. Photo by Craig[Read More…]
By calling it ‘my city,’ Charleston’s mayor is leading
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This may be the toughest time for the area since the Battle of Charleston in the Civil War on Sept. 13, 1862. Many people still do not trust the water, which may harm state’s economy in the long term. Public[Read More…]
Poverty-stricken W.Va. counties may see extra help
An editorial from the Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Significant portions of West Virginia and Kentucky will soon have a new partner in trying to combat poverty in those regions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week announced that 29 of West Virginia’s 55 counties and 73 of Kentucky’s 120 counties[Read More…]
Chevron eyes $40 billion for drilling
By Casey Junkins The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Global oil giant Chevron has big plans for the Marcellus Shale underlying West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle and even bigger plans for the rest of the world, as the California-based company will spend nearly $40 billion to drill and frack this year.[Read More…]
Player’s grandma wearing 9-hour path to Fairmont
By Matt Welch Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — “It’s nine hours and 13 minutes. Exactly.” That’s what Ava Fullenweider said when asked how long it takes her to get from her home in New York to Joe Retton Arena on the campus of Fairmont State University, where her grandson,[Read More…]
Hancock County mourns three teens killed in wreck
By Stephen Huba For The Weirton Daily Times NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Students’ after-game plans and a fire department’s attempt to get to a reported chimney fire came to a deadly collision on state Route 8 Saturday night, taking the lives of three Hancock County teenagers. The accident resulted in[Read More…]
