By JESS MANCINI [email protected] Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — An announcement is expected today of a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker chemical plant to be located in Wood County, sources told The Parkersburg News and Sentinel on Wednesday. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will make the announcement of the petrochemical[Read More…]
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The Associated Press shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Nov. 14
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. HEALTH CARE SIGNUPS FALL WOEFULLY SHORT Fewer than[Read More…]
The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg looking for a news editor
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The Exponent Telegram, a multi-media company serving a nine-county area, is looking for an experienced news editor to join our growing company. “Our news editor, a longtime trusted and valuable member of our newsroom management team, is retiring Dec. 31. The right candidate will have news gathering, layout[Read More…]
Inferno rages in Monongahela National Forest
By Heather Goodwin Henline Publisher and General Manager The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — A wildfire continues to rage in Pendleton County in an area near Smoke Hole, which, much to the dismay of state and federal forestry officials, is living up to that infamous name. The fire – burning[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares the 10 things you need to know Nov. 13
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. DOCTORS ADVOCATE FAR WIDER USE OF STATINS New[Read More…]
President Kennedy’s death being commemorated by prayer vigil
GLENVILLE — A “Commemoration Ceremony and Prayer Vigil in Memory of President John F. Kennedy” will take place at 6 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 22, 2013, the 50th anniversary of his assassination. The event will be in Glenville’s new City Square Park in the downtown. Glenville is located 15 miles[Read More…]
Wheeling News-Register editorial looks at WVU Presidential search
Finding New WVU Leader Outgoing West Virginia University President James Clements is doing one final, important service for WVU. In several ways his tenure provides a blueprint for what the university’s Board of Governors should look for in a successor. It was revealed Monday that Clements, who[Read More…]
The Herald Dispatch editorial looks at child poverty
Coalition working to reduce child poverty We all love rags-to-riches stories. Oprah Winfrey was the child of an unwed teenage mother and rose from a hard-scrabble Mississippi farm to become one of the richest women in the world. Andrew Carnegie began 12-hour shifts in a Pennsylvania cotton mill at age[Read More…]
The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington reporting on Sogefi plant adding 250 jobs
PRICHARD, W.Va. — The Sogefi Group plant will add 250 jobs in conjunction with a $20 million expansion of its auto parts plant in Prichard, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Tuesday morning. Word of the expansion comes after Tomblin met last month in France with Sogefi Group Chief Executive Officer[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares the 10 things you need to know today, Nov. 12
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know today, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. THOUSANDS SWARM AIRPORT, HOPING TO ESCAPE Relief,[Read More…]
