By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — Both of West Virginia’s senators and its 1st District congressman are calling for Wood County to be designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. A letter signed by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.; and Rep.[Read More…]
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‘Welcome to your tape:’ Local school counselors discuss portrayal of mental health in popular television programs
By BRITTANY MURRAY The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Controversy has surrounded the way mental health is portrayed in television programs such as Netflix’s recent hit “13 Reasons Why,” but area school counselors feel the portrayal does have some accuracy. “I’ve read some of the research on that show where[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, May 10
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT TRUMP’S FIRING OF COMEY SIGNALS It throws into question the future of a counterintelligence probe[Read More…]
Congress probes WV opioid shipments
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A congressional committee has started an investigation into prescription painkiller shipments to West Virginia. The probe targets the nation’s three largest wholesale drug distributors — McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee also is looking into whether[Read More…]
White House could defund drug abuse office
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite a continually worsening national opioid epidemic, President Donald Trump’s administration is attempting to slash funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. A leaked memo cited in a Politico report reveals the White House proposed to decrease funding for the[Read More…]
Group protests Jenkins’ health care vote
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — About two dozen people gathered outside of U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins’ office at the federal building in Huntington to demonstrate Monday evening against his voting record. “Evan Jenkins voted in favor of the AHCA (American Health Care Act), which we believe is a[Read More…]
Shepherdstown man offers bus stop for adventuresome travelers
By TIM COOK The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Will Sutherland always enjoyed traveling the world. Now almost daily, the world shows up at his doorstep by way of a little yellow school bus. Sutherland draws national and international travelers to his home eager to sleep inside his refurbished school bus[Read More…]
Less than one week remains in state’s spring turkey hunting season
By CHARLES YOUNG The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia hunters have until Saturday to bag their turkeys. Each hunter in the state is permitted to kill only one bearded turkey per day and two total during the spring season, which runs April 17 through May 13. Turkey hunting[Read More…]
WVU’s Arnold Hall closes after 60 years
By JOHN LOWE The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As all of West Virginia University’s residence halls closed on Saturday, one of the oldest closed for good. Arnold Hall and Apartments, which opened in 1957 as an all-women’s dorm, closed its doors permanently after 60 years and over 35,000 residents.[Read More…]
Insperity champ Daly will be returning to Greenbrier Classic
Staff report The Register-Herald WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — With his win at the Insperity Invitational on Sunday, John Daly proved that he still has the game that helped him win two major championships and become one of golf’s biggest stars in the 1990s. His first win on the PGA[Read More…]