By ADRANISHA STEPHENS The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Thanksgiving holiday is one of the busiest travel times of the year with notorious transportation delays, traffic and travel snags all occasionally holding up travelers. But a little foresight and some planning may help ease some travel headaches, experts say. Tuesday,[Read More…]
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Officials predict slight uptick in holiday travel
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch BECKLEY, W.Va. — According to the West Virginia Parkways Authority, more than 700,000 toll transactions will happen on the West Virginia Turnpike over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. “We look at Tuesday before Thanksgiving through the Sunday after it for traffic transaction counts on the West[Read More…]
Shoppers, retail workers share tales of Black Fridays past
By MEGAN ARCHER For The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Balloons filled with gift cards dropping from the ceiling. Lines around the block before the sunrise. The official kick-off of the Christmas shopping season. All of these things and more could describe the annual Black Friday traditions of residents in our[Read More…]
Most advanced weather satellite’s data helps Fairmont play ‘major role’
By JOHN DAHLIA NCWV Media FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The nation and its weather community breathed a collective sigh of relief early Saturday when the world’s newest and most advanced weather satellite launched into orbit. High Tech Foundation president and CEO Jim Estep watched as well. “The amount of data they[Read More…]
Manchin talks issues with Nicholas veterans
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., paid a visit to the Summersville American Legion space below city hall Monday afternoon, part of his Thanksgiving Tour. While the beginning of his visit was dedicated to a recitation of Senate Resolution 335, which named the week of[Read More…]
Charles Manson requested transfer to Moundsville Prison in 1983
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Long before Charles Manson became known as the mastermind behind several brutal 1969 murders across Southern California, he spent a significant portion of his youth living with relatives in McMechen. In fact, in 1983, Manson sent a handwritten letter[Read More…]
WVU Libraries releases materials, digital photographs from Congressman Rahall’s career
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Thousands of archival records and digital photographs from the Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II papers are now open for research at West Virginia University Libraries’ West Virginia & Regional History Center. In 1976, Nick Rahall II, a 27-year-old Beckley native, won the race for the[Read More…]
Women of Appalachia in the spotlight at Parkersburg Art Center
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Works of art that highlight the Appalachian region and its people are on display at the Parkersburg Art Center. The art center held an opening gala Sunday for the ninth annual Women of Appalachia Project (WOAP) Fine Art Exhibition[Read More…]
Parkways Authority to launch corporate sponsor program
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Parkways Authority will soon be seeking corporate sponsors in hopes revenue generated will help defray costs while also enhancing various services. The authority announced its plans last week to launch a corporate sponsor program for the 88-mile toll road.[Read More…]
Amtrak Cardinal ridership up 7.25 percent despite drop in Huntington
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ridership on Amtrak’s Cardinal train, the tri-weekly New-York-to-Chicago route that serves eight stops in southern West Virginia, saw a 7.25 percent jump in ridership for the 2016-17 federal fiscal year, according to company ridership and revenue reports. The Cardinal carried 112,432 passengers[Read More…]
