By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia public health officials are circulating a preliminary plan to combat the opioid crisis, emphasizing the need to start addiction treatment sooner in places like hospital emergency rooms and jails. The short-term plan aims to reduce opioid-related deaths in a state[Read More…]
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy to be honored with march, speech and music
HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Celebrations of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. are planned around the region for the King holiday this Monday. The annual Martin Luther King Jr. traditional freedom march and program will once again take place in Huntington and on the campus of Marshall University[Read More…]
Top legislators discuss West Virginia Forward
Editor’s Note: This story is the final of a four-part series previewing the 2018 West Virginia legislative session. By CARTER WALKER Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s two congressional leaders joined West Virgina University’s Rob Alsop in Charleston last Friday to discuss legislation impacting the “West Virginia Forward” program.[Read More…]
Construction to begin on Mid-Ohio Valley compressor stations in West Virginia
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Construction will start around the end of the month on three multi-million-dollar compressor stations in Calhoun, Doddridge and Jackson counties for the recently approved Mountaineer XPress natural gas pipeline. Each station will cost about $100 million, said Scott Castleman,[Read More…]
West Virginia Commerce Secretary Thrasher gives update on China development deal
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher says dirt could be flying this year in connection with an $83.7 billion deal with China to help develop West Virginia’s petrochemical industry. “Like anything of that magnitude, you have to do everything one step at a[Read More…]
International Energy Agency predicts ‘decade of stagnation’ for coal
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The International Energy Agency does not believe President Trump’s plans to overturn Obama-era environmental regulations will do much to bolster coal markets, as the Paris-based organization predicts a “decade of stagnation” in demand for the carbon-rich mineral. The agency[Read More…]
Survey shows bald eagle numbers growing in Southern WV
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Saturday, 23 volunteers braved single-digit temperatures and 15 mph wind gusts to scan the skies above Bluestone Lake and the New River to confirm that an eagle population is alive and growing in Southern West Virginia. Those taking part in the[Read More…]
Archaeologist to explain artifacts found under Harpers Ferry street
By TIM COOK The Journal HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Call it uncovering local history, with some metaphorical dirt under your fingernails. About 1,200 artifacts from this historic town’s everyday past were found underneath an original thoroughfare during a recent street reconstruction project. A special presentation by the Baltimore-based archaeologist is scheduled[Read More…]
West Virginia candidate for U.S. Senate Blankenship to hold town meeting in Logan
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch LOGAN, W.Va. — A former coal company CEO who went to prison is hosting a town hall meeting for voters next week as he revs up his U.S. Senate candidacy. Ex-Massey Energy boss Don Blankenship’s campaign said in a news release the meeting will be Jan. 18[Read More…]
NASA IV&V Educator Resource Center passes STEM knowledge to teachers state-wide
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian WHITE HALL, W.Va. — Since she started her current job eight years ago, Pam Casto has been seeing growth happen. As the education specialist at NASA’s Independent Verification & Validation (IV & V) program in Fairmont, the growth she has seen within the organization[Read More…]
