By GEORGE HOHMANN West Virginia Press Association SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Jeff Kessler’s push for a state fund that squirrels away some severance tax money for future needs has some industry support, but there’s no agreement on the details. Kessler’s “Future Fund” idea was among the[Read More…]
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Charleston infant OK after frantic, hour-long search
From staff reports Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Like a scene out of a television show, a Charleston woman went into a convenience store for only a few moments and left her car running to keep her 9-month-old baby warm. When she came out the car was gone. And[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Legislative Lookahead underway in Charleston
Editor’s Note: Following comments on twitter at #wvlookahead. CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The West Virginia AP Legislative Lookahead got off on schedule today despite snowy roads and cold weather. The first panel addresses the proposed Fund Future and energy production and taxation in West Virginia. Panelists include WV Senate President Jeff[Read More…]
Forces marshalled in Huntington to help homeless
By Dave Lavender The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When Missy Browning saw the severity of temperatures forecast to hit the Tri-State this week, she knew she had to act. Browning, who volunteers with Huntington City Mission, Harmony House and on medical missions, put out an urgent plea to her 1,600[Read More…]
Pendleton County spy base cited in Snowden leaks
By Rick Steelhammer Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — References to a National Security Agency communications-intercept operation at the Navy Information Operations Command base at Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, are included among documents leaked to the news media by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. According to a Dec. 10 article[Read More…]
Slow-motion plane crash in Buckhannon
Buckhannon’s Record-Delta publishes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but hustled out to cover a plane crash over the weekend and posted the news on Facebook: “According to corporal Jason Queen with the Upshur County Sheriff’s Department, James Meadows, 30, of Hendersonville, Tenn., was flying a single-engine Cirrus SR22 when[Read More…]
Fun while it’s bearable
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Snowtubers glide down their lanes at thrilling speeds during a sunny Saturday afternoon at Winterplace Ski Resort. Last week’s winter storm gave way to clear skies and decent weekend weather, and skiers, snowboarders and snowtubers traveled to Winterplace to take advantage of the snow — and the[Read More…]
Chamber full as Beckley council selects mayor
By Wendy Holdren Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — For the next two and a half years, former radioman Bill O’Brien will serve as the interim mayor for the City of Beckley. Every seat in Council chambers was filled Thursday night, with even more people waiting in the foyer to hear Council’s[Read More…]
W.Va. coal, timber baron Buck Harless dies
By Lucinda Bradford Williamson Daily News GILBERT, W.Va. — Mingo County entrepreneur and philanthropist James H. “Buck” Harless died Wednesday at the age of 94 at his home in Gilbert. Harless was well known throughout the state for being an exceptionally successful businessman while maintaining a down-to-earth nature. Harless began[Read More…]
Family’s 11-year New Year tradition is cold, wet, fun
By John McVey The Journal WILLIAMSPORT, Md. – Wednesday’s Polar Bear Plunge at River Bottom Park in Williamsport, Md., was Allen Artz Jr.’s first dip in the cold waters of the Potomac River on New Year’s Day, but for his father, Allen “Buck” Artz Sr., it was his 11th. “It[Read More…]
