By Erika Elaine Wells The Journal KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. – While some people are flocking to stores to scoop up a turkey for Thanksgiving, others are going the local route. This year, consumers may seek more options when purchasing a bird for holiday meals after major turkey producer Butterball released[Read More…]
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$52 million contract awarded for U.S. Customs training center in Harpers Ferry
By Mary Stortstrom The Journal HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. – A major contract has been awarded for the construction of 250-room student dormitories and a student center at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Center in Harpers Ferry. The nearly $52 million contract award was announced in a[Read More…]
Bridgeport to get new suite hotel by Hilton
Exponent-Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Mark Dellana, Genesis Partners executive director of development at Charles Pointe, is pleased to announce that a “109-suite Homewood Suites Hotel by Hilton is scheduled to break ground by early spring of 2014 and open by the spring of 2015 in Charles Pointe.” Charles Pointe is[Read More…]
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Commands must be in Czech language for Beckley police dog
By Brandi Underwood Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — With one year with his new partner in the books, Cpl. Jamie Bloom of the Beckley Police Department said that it’s been his most rewarding year in his 12-year law enforcement career thus far. He gives the credit to his sidekick and[Read More…]
W.Va. highways department competes with shale gas industry for truck drivers
By Phil Kabler Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In making preparations for the coming winter and the need to secure snow and ice removal, the biggest issue facing the state Division of Highways is staffing, deputy state highways engineer Ron Smith told legislators Monday. “We’re having a very difficult[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things you need to know for Wednesday, Nov. 20
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday ,Nov. 20, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. IRAN SUPREME LEADER: SANCTIONS WON’T FORCE CONESSIONS Ahead[Read More…]
NASA program in Fairmont plays key role in latest Mars mission
By Jeremiah Shelor Times-West Virginian staff writer FAIRMONT — At 1:28 p.m. Monday, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and set off for Mars. More than 900 miles away, in a viewing room at the site of NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) program in Fairmont, officials[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know for Tuesday, Nov. 19
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT His girlfriend claims[Read More…]
Farmington mine disaster recalled
By Jessica Borders For The Register-Herald MANNINGTON, W.Va. — The families and friends of the miners who lost their lives in the 1968 Farmington mine disaster promised back then that they would never forget that tragic day. Forty-five years later, they are still paying tribute to those fallen heroes.[Read More…]