WVPA advises member newspapers to have staff attend Lookahead, Legislative Interims and obtain Legislative Press Credentials during Jan. 6 visit to Charleston CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Newspapers sending staff members to the Jan. 6 Legislative Lookahead — sponsored by The Associated Press, AP member editors and the West Virginia Press Association[Read More…]
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Crews scurry to clean up after train derailment
By Bill Archer Bluefield Daily Telegraph VIVIAN, W.Va. — Train traffic through McDowell County is one of the constants of life, and when a major derailment occurs, alarms go up throughout the region. “We’re lucky it happened where it happened and when it happened,” Jimmy Gianato, director of the West[Read More…]
Marshall recommitment to engineering takes shape
By John Gibb Charleston Daily Mail HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A major feat of engineering is taking shape on the campus of Marshall University. That’s fitting considering the facility will be the future home to Marshall’s College of Information Technology and Engineering. The college is currently housed in the 52-year-old Gullickson[Read More…]
W.Va. raptor rehab center mourns loss of eagle
By Emily Gallagher Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A local bird rehabilitation center has lost one of its symbolic animals. The West Virginia Raptor Rehabilitation Center (WVRRC) announced that its beloved bald eagle Thunder passed away Dec. 21. Liz Snyder, director of operations of the WVRRC, said Thunder passed[Read More…]
Military Bowl unique for Herd
By Grant Traylor WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Military Bowl is a unique experience for players because it’s the only bowl game in college football played in the nation’s capital. In a town the nation’s leaders call home, there will be some of college football’s national leaders on the field when[Read More…]
Kids Health: Anti-poverty coalition finalizes legislative agenda
Group seeks higher minimum wage and targets meth, tobacco and soft drinks By GEORGE HOHMANN For the WVPA PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — After months of meetings and discussions, the “Our Children, Our Future Campaign to End Child Poverty” coalition’s approved 2014 state legislative agenda focuses on issues ranging from increasing the[Read More…]
Huntington church offers meal on Christmas Day
From a photo gallery by The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Five-year-old Isaiah Saul helps hand out plates of food as First Presbyterian Church hosts a community Christmas dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in downtown Huntington. Click here for more.
Fiesta plate spotted in Christmas classic
By Stephen Huba The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — In one of the most memorable scenes in the 1983 Christmas classic “A Christmas Story,” the mother induces her younger son, Randy, to eat his dinner by exhorting him to “show me how the piggies eat.” Randy, played by actor[Read More…]
Fallen soldier’s mother committed to annual wreath laying
By Jacob Messer For the Coal Valley News LOW GAP, W.Va. – Eight years ago, James Reese traveled to Family Memorial Gardens here to attend the funeral of SPC Scotty Ulbrich. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, Reese returned to the same cemetery in this tiny community to honor Ulbrich and other[Read More…]
An adoption story of hope, sacrifice and love
By Dave Boucher Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s a rare person who can grasp the magnitude of a moment as it happens. Julia Preservati is one of those people. The 9-year-old saw one of those times unfolding before her in September. So she grabbed a journal. Its[Read More…]
