By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After the Charlotte City Council voted to expand the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance to protect LGBT residents, North Carolina spent most of the rest of 2016 embroiled in the ensuing controversy and backlash against the state. Meanwhile, in West Virginia in 2016, five[Read More…]
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Holgorsen hopes underdog role ignites WVU
By BOB HERTZEL Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is ranked, has only two losses to a pair of teams that figured in the playoff picture until the final weekend, yet they are an underdog to a four-loss Miami team. Is this a comment on West Virginia[Read More…]
Va. police respond to chain-reaction crashes on I-77 amid heavy fog
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph FANCY GAP, Va. — Heavy fog and crashes delayed traffic both north and south Monday on Interstate 77 as travelers headed home or to other destinations the day after Christmas. Beginning at about 11:30 a.m. Monday, Virginia State Police began responding to a series[Read More…]
Capitol Complex Building 3 takes on ‘21st century’ look
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For those familiar with Capitol Complex Building 3, two things are immediately noticeable on a tour of renovations to the eight-story office building: Open, brightly lit interiors and panoramic views of the Capitol building and downtown Charleston. Those views were always[Read More…]
Local home gives hope to women recovering from addiction
By NATALIE SCHREYER Charleston Gazette-Mail On Dec. 29, 2014, Stephanie Vance arrived at Rea of Hope, a local home for women in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol. Two years later, she is clean and sober, and works full time as a house tech at the home. Rea of[Read More…]
Some companies selling out of Marcellus, Utica shale in the Ohio Valley
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Record WHEELING, W.Va. — Via a $1.24 billion deal, yet another company is selling out its Marcellus and Utica shale operations to focus drilling and fracking efforts elsewhere, marking a two-year stretch of firms opting out of the still-burgeoning play. After amassing and developing thousands[Read More…]
Tucker County native Loughry to take over as WV chief justice
By MATTHEW BURDETTE The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — From humble roots does a mighty oak grow. That’s certainly the case with Tucker County native Allen H. Loughry II, who will take over as chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Jan. 1. Loughry, who was elected[Read More…]
Marshall University gets $3M from court settlement
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Christmas gift that will keep on giving – that’s the way officials at Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and the Byrd Center for Rural Health described the more than $3 million in court settlement funds the university received Thursday.[Read More…]
Funding the fight against homelessness in the Ohio Valley
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Record WHEELING, W.Va. – From those sleeping beneath bridges to squatters in abandoned buildings , Lisa Badia can’t be certain how many homeless people dwell in Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel counties, but she counted 193 confirmed cases during November. Badia, executive director of[Read More…]
Tru by Hilton hotel planned for Lewisburg
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.Va. — City officials have approved a site plan for a new lodging establishment just across from Cinema 8 in the Gateway Commons shopping complex. Zoning officer Chuck Smith reported to city council Tuesday evening that the anticipated four-story Tru by Hilton hotel will[Read More…]
