Staff report The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — As part of its Spooktacular festival, Tamarack is hosting a pumpkin painting contest. Members of the public are invited to enter the contest, and the first 100 people to register will receive a free t-shirt. Pumpkins are now available for purchase at Tamarack for[Read More…]
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The sky’s the limit: Charleston’s Yeager Airport marks 70 years of service
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Like many young boys growing up in the Charleston area, Nick Keller was fascinated by airplanes. He loved to go to Yeager Airport to watch the planes take off and land. “When I was 12 years old, I came up here[Read More…]
Harvest Time at the Mill is all about celebration of the farmstead, fall
By VICTORIA L. CANN The Weston News WESTON, W.Va. — Harvest Time at the Mill will be back for the second year at WVU Jackson’s Mill farmstead to bring the community together and celebrate the end of the year. Dean Hardman, farmstead program specialist, said they began the event last year[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, October 18
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HE ‘KNEW WHAT HE SIGNED UP FOR’ That’s what Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson says[Read More…]
Special session on highways reforms starts in slow gear
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A special legislative session primarily intended to update West Virginia laws to help gear up for a pending wave of highways construction and renovation projects following the Oct. 7 passage of a $1.6 billion road bond referendum got off to a decidedly[Read More…]
Revenue secretary: More people needed for road bond work
By ANDREA LANNOM For the Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy said more people are needed in the tax department in auditing, compliance and enforcement before even accounting for extra work under the Roads to Prosperity amendment. Hardy outlined legislation on the special session call[Read More…]
Local leaders in Steubenville, Weirton react to New York Times column
By PAUL GIANNAMORE For The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Local business and economic development leaders were incensed by a column that appeared in the New York Times last week depicting the Steubenville-Weirton area as ill-suited to thrive or recover from the Great Recession. The column, “Why Big[Read More…]
Justice Assistance Grant program funds go to drug task forces, school resource officers
Staff report NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A total of $1,125,875 in federal Justice Assistance Grant program funds have been awarded to 36 projects statewide. The money will fund Prevention Resource Officers and drug task forces around West Virginia. These funds are provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau[Read More…]
State senators look forward at Shepherdstown research forum
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It was a tale of two senators at Shepherd University’s research forum held Monday, with Sen. Joe Manchin D-WVa. addressing the country’s opioid crisis, while Shelly Moore Capito R-W.Va, stressed the importance for West Virginia to tap into the next cutting edge[Read More…]
Spotlight hits Huntington’s recovery needs
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A week ago, as first lady Melania Trump sat down within earshot of about a dozen infants suffering addiction withdrawal and asked what the White House could do for Lily’s Place, there was one glaring tangle of red tape on Rebecca Crowder’s[Read More…]
