Editors, reporters should register before conference call CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association — as a service to member newspapers — is hosting an informational conference call and Q&A with officials from the Governor’s Office, W.Va. Department of Transportation and others involved in the upcoming road bond referendum. Officially, the referendum is titled “Special Election for[Read More…]
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Businesses, thrill seekers looking forward to Gauley Season
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Thrill seekers and businesses alike are gearing up for this year’s Gauley Season, which starts today. The New River Gorge CVB estimates more than 44,000 people raft the Gauley River during the season. Mandy Wriston, travel specialist with the New River Gorge[Read More…]
W.Va. Legislative Auditor releases September interim meeting schedule
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Legislative Auditor Aaron Allred has released the schedule for the Legislature’s September interim meetings: Use this link to see the schedule, which is also attached below: General Schedule link: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/committees/interims/intcomsched.cfm In PDF form: Interim Committee Schedule
Editorial: Waste of money if technology is not used
From The Inter-Mountain of Elkins: State government seems endlessly inventive in finding ways to waste huge sums of money on pie-in-the-sky technological ventures. Unfortunately, we West Virginians keep letting the folks in Charleston get away with it. About three years ago, state officials were talked into spending $150 million on[Read More…]
Editorial: Parkersburg’s future dependent on keeping, attracting young people
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Too often, elected officials and the citizens who put them in office are so focused on the challenges of the present (and past) that they lose sight of the opportunities that will propel them forward. During a Parkersburg Finance Committee meeting earlier this week, Councilman[Read More…]
Editorial: Innovation at BMC is inspiring
From The Journal of Martinsburg: The Eastern Panhandle is becoming a destination for leading-edge technology in the field of medicine thanks to advances at WVU Medicine’s Berkeley Medical Center. Recently, BMC became the first medical center in the West Virginia and the tri-state area to add the Mazor X, a[Read More…]
East River Mountain eyed for $2 billion hydroelectric pump station project
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, Va. — Tazewell County officials are applauding the news that a site on East River Mountain in Tazewell County is one of two in the region being considered for a $2 billion pumped hydroelectric storage facility. Dominion Energy announced Thursday morning that the[Read More…]
Editorial: No politics past this point
From The Dominion Post of Morgantown: School boards of the past were once as much about political patronage as championing education in West Virginia. But, by and large, that mentality in most school districts changed long ago, if it is not altogether gone now. Though we would like to believe[Read More…]
WV State Board of Education member Vitale arrested for DUI, leaving scene
The Dominion Post Staff Report MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Local leader and West Virginia Board of Education member Frank Vitale was arrested for DUI on Sept. 8, according to court records. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department charged Francis S. Vitale, 43, of Morgantown, with DUI and leaving the scene of[Read More…]
