Staff report The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Brooke County Schools Superintendent Toni Paesano Shute on Tuesday doubled down on her apology to Pittsburgh Perry High School for a sign at Friday’s football game in Wellsburg that read “Trump Perry,” this time noting that the “administration” failed for[Read More…]
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Teams prepare for 25th annual Roadkill Cook-off in Marlinton
By BETH HENRY-VANCE The Inter-Mountain MARLINTON, W.Va. — When the 25th West Virginia Roadkill Cook-off brings live music, crafts, exhibits and more than 100 vendors to Marlinton this weekend, the main attraction will of course be the unique food. Teams will cook up everything from bear, deer, squirrel, turtle and rabbit[Read More…]
Secretary of State hub office opens in Martinsburg
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Secretary of State’s new Eastern Panhandle business hub is now open for business. Located at Caperton Station at 229 East Martin Street, the hub opened earlier this month. It will serve as a satellite location for the WVSOS’s Business[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, September 27
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OUTSIDER POLITICS THAT BENEFITED TRUMP NOW LEAVES GOP IN DISARRAY The president and Senate Majority[Read More…]
Huntington awarded $2M for addiction treatment
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Federal grant funding totaling $2 million is headed into Huntington to help establish the city’s own Quick Response Team, a multi-agency method to devise individual treatment in the days following a person’s overdose, and the Turn Around program, a pilot project within Western[Read More…]
Facebook founder visits Belfry, Ky. students
By TRAVIS CRUM The Williamson Daily News BELFRY, Ky., — Belfry High School senior Lyndsay Coleman said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was laughing at her joke while playing a game she helped create in a photo the billionaire posted Monday. “He’s a very nice person,” Coleman said. “He went through individually[Read More…]
Zuckerberg visits Cabin Creek Health Systems
By ERIN BECK and LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg toured Cabin Creek Health Center in Dawes and participated in a roundtable discussion on rural health at the rural healthcare provider on Sunday. The two-hour visit Sunday afternoon was part of his effort to visit[Read More…]
Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Rodney Osborne was crushed to death in a Boone County coal mine in June, a key piece of safety equipment meant to prevent such fatalities had been turned off, according to a state investigative report made public on Monday. Osborne,[Read More…]
Nonprofit organization The Hub helps WV communities maximize their potential
By CHARLES YOUNG NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Since 2009, The West Virginia Community Development Hub, better known as The Hub, has worked with dozens of communities throughout West Virginia to help residents optimize the potential of their cities and towns. The nonprofit organization assists community members with identifying leaders[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin speaks out on health care bill
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said the best way for America to help those with dire health needs is for the Senate to defeat the Graham-Cassidy health care reform bill, a measure that could come before members this week. Manchin,[Read More…]