By DAVE LAVENDER The Herald-Dispatch MILTON, W.Va. — Build it, and they will come. And as Kim Cooper has learned, think about it long enough, and pay attention and a great corn maze design will come. Kim Cooper, whose family is in the 17th year of their Cooper Family Farms[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Monday, September 11
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. IRMA MOVES INLAND AFTER BATTERING FLORIDA Now downgraded to a tropical storm, Irma is racing[Read More…]
WVDEP: Photo entries being accepted for 2018 ‘Roadsides in Bloom’ calendar
Deadline to submit photos is Oct. 1 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) and the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) are now accepting photo entries for the 2018 Roadsides in Bloom Calendar. The deadline to enter a photo is Oct. 1. The rules[Read More…]
Editorial: Film Office not a big loss for West Virginia
From The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Former bureaucrats and their bitter lobbyist hangers-on appear to be trying to raise a fuss to distract from the fact their responsibilities have been absorbed quite handily by another government office. They picked the wrong target. When the West Virginia Legislature made it clear[Read More…]
Editorial: It all comes down to jobs and people
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: Over the past few years, much has been debated about the state’s tax structure and legal system serving as impediments to economic growth. Toss in over-regulation on the state and federal level, and many feel the deck is stacked against the Mountain State. Opponents[Read More…]
Doddridge case called a boost for surface owners in Marcellus gas region
By Ken Ward Jr. The Charleston Gazette-Mail Two Doddridge County residents have won a court ruling and a jury verdict that advocates for surface owners’ rights say provide a boost in the ongoing struggle over the impacts of the Marcellus Shale gas-drilling boom in northern West Virginia. Last week, a circuit[Read More…]
Future of Children’s Health Insurance Program remains uncertain in W.Va.
By Erin Beck The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Janet Allio, school nurse at Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary, remembers wishing she could do more to help families who made too much for Medicaid, but couldn’t afford private insurance, before the Children’s Health Insurance Program began. “They’re able to have[Read More…]
Opinion: Celebrate sobriety during National Recovery Month
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: By Tammi Lewis Valley Health Systems September is Recovery Month, when we celebrate those who have stopped using drugs and alcohol, gotten sober and achieved the gift of recovery. There is no cure for addiction. Recovery from substance use disorders is a process that takes time;[Read More…]
Cabell County $2.8M behind in jail bill
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON – Fiscal year 2017 was a tough year financially for the Cabell County Commission, and while the year may be over, the county is still feeling its effects. After surviving a lawsuit prompted by budget cuts as well as the unpredictability that[Read More…]
Opinion: We are at risk of losing an entire generation to drugs
By Samantha Perry Editor, The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Is a society defined by how it lives, or how it dies? Are the good deeds of hard-working people who conquered a hill-heavy, geographically treacherous terrain overshadowed by those who now choose to meet their maker via a needle in the arm[Read More…]
