Kanawha Knights group bringing a new oppportunity for youth to compete CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Kanawha Knights Independent Percussion is ready to raise a RUCKUS. The group is preparing for its inaugural 2018 season and is looking for percussionists and dancers, age 13-22, to attend Experience Camps being held at John Adams[Read More…]
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Opinion: Salute dedicated, compassionate people in hospice care
By Malene Davis November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and I encourage fellow West Virginians to be more aware of the innovative and compassionate end-of-life care available throughout the Mountain State. From humble beginnings here as a nonprofit, volunteer organization in 1983, West Virginia Caring has grown in service[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, November 6
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘IT’S UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE CHILDREN, MEN AND WOMEN, LAYING THERE’ A gunman armed with an[Read More…]
Armacell moving to former Mustang Survival site in Spencer, W.Va.
EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel SPENCER, W.Va. — A Roane County employer is moving into the former Mustang Survival facility and plans to add nearly two dozen jobs in the next 12 to 18 months. A news release from the West Virginia Department of Commerce says Armacell, which[Read More…]
Chamber to emphasize the good Mineral County, W.Va., has to offer
By Liz Beavers [email protected] Tribune Managing Editor KEYSER, W.Va. – As the Mineral County Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (CVB) looks to reinvent itself for 2018 and beyond, interim president John Lecky says the members need to emphasize the positive things that Mineral County has to offer.[Read More…]
Editorial: Regional Jail Authority deals with costly, unsafe, unsustainable cycle
From The Charleston Gazette-Mail: Taxpaying citizens of West Virginia are rightly concerned at the lack of oversight last week at South Central Regional Jail, where an inmate not only escaped, but his absence escaped detection for 37 hours. Todd Wayne Boyes, 43, escaped from the regional jail near Southridge Center around[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Should not miss out on a good bet – online gambling
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: West Virginia did not have to be put in the position of playing catch-up to other states on an excellent money-making opportunity, legalized sports and online gambling. But as of this week, that is where we are. It has been suggested for years that the[Read More…]
Tax bill would scrap rehab aid from federal historic credits for Wheeling, W.Va., buildings
Local historic buildings could suffer By CASEY JUNKINS theintelligencer.net WHEELING, W.Va. — A federal historic tax credit helped developers transform the former Wheeling Stamping Co. building into the Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Global Operations Center and the old Stone & Thomas building into the Stone Center, home to Williams[Read More…]
Editorial: Medical marijuana is serious subject not taken lightly
From The Dominion Post of Morgantown: You can find the medical marijuana survey at medcanwv.org. If you read the results of many surveys, you wonder whether to take them seriously. Of course, that is if they don’t jive with your opinion about that subject. However, when surveys are not taken[Read More…]
Editorial: Sharpe Hospital’s loss of Medicare, Medicaid funding causing issues throughout mental health care
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: For years, complaints have mounted at Sharpe Hospital in Weston, from lack of staffing to poor quality of care. Now, the hospital has lost the ability to be reimbursed through the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, leading to shakeup of how mental health care[Read More…]