By Greg Kozera, Shale Crescent USA It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Time flies. Fifty years ago, I left my childhood home in Pittsburgh and headed to my first engineering job after college, in Michigan. I was on my own. Dad died suddenly in August leaving Mom with[Read More…]
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Charleston Dirty Birds’ 2024 coaching staff preparing to soar
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – While past, present and future Charleston Dirty Birds fans are preparing for the holiday season, Dirty Birds manager PJ Phillips is busy preparing for the 2024 baseball season. He’s assembling his coaching staff, which will include an award-winning pitching coach and a long-time confidante as bench coach. When the[Read More…]
Media Advisory: Gov. Justice to celebrate opening of Bluefield’s Grant Street Bridge on Dec. 18 at 1 p.m.
West Virginia Press Association WHO: Gov. Jim Justice, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation Jimmy Wriston, P.E., and other local officials. WHAT: Gov. Justice will host an event to celebrate the opening of the Grant Street Bridge in Bluefield. The bridge, built in 1941 to provide access from downtown Bluefield[Read More…]
West Virginia Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy- North program graduates 101 cadets from Class 2-2023
West Virginia Press Association KINGWOOD, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy – North program continues to advance and mold young lives, as 101 cadets of Class 2-2023 graduated on Dec. 15 from their campus at Camp Dawson in Kingwood, West Virginia. “The dedication, devotion, pride, and[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito announces resources to help address Kanawha County flood damage
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On Dec. 15, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, announced resources from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support roadway construction efforts near Coonskin Park in Charleston, W.Va. and Big[Read More…]
WV Hive Network recognizes top clients and partners at annual open house
Beckley Mayor Rob Rappold declares day as ‘WV Hive Network Day’ Beckley, W.Va. – The West Virginia Hive Network presented 10 awards to entrepreneurs and partners at its annual Open House and Awards Ceremony on Dec. 15 at the Historic Black Knight Country Club. Beckley Mayor Rob Rappold, who attended[Read More…]
Fate set for Charleston Town Center mall garages: Here’s what we know
By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The saga of the Charleston Town Center mall parking garages continues. The garages will be auctioned off, according to a motion expected to be filed in the coming days with Kanawha County Circuit Court. The initial plan for the Capital Sports Center,[Read More…]
WVU creating live fire exercise facility for cybersecurity
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Long the domain of modern action movie tropes, cyber attacks are becoming less fiction than reality. In 2021, the owner of a pipeline system carrying fuel from Texas to the Southeast suffered a ransomware attack that caused gas supply shortages in[Read More…]
Dry spell decreases yields for local growers
By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling farmers hope for gray skies, as harvests were negatively impacted due to this year being the ninth driest ever recorded in the city, according to the National Weather Service. Wheeling’s average rainfall this year of 31.49 inches fell four inches short[Read More…]
Beloved country life columnist Alyce Faye Bragg dies at age 88
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alyce Faye Bragg, who chronicled farm life, local folklore and family adventures, past and present, in a popular self-titled column that appeared weekly in the Charleston Gazette-Mail for more than 30 years, died Tuesday at age 88. A Clay County native, Bragg spent[Read More…]
