By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The 22nd Biennial Bluefield Coal Show set for next month is on track. Committee members met Tuesday night at Fincastle on the Mountain to review plans and make sure all is being done to make the massive show possible. The show[Read More…]
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’15 to Finish’ aims to increase college-completion rates
Staff reports The Bridgeport News CHARLESTON — As colleges across the state kick off the fall semester, officials at the Higher Education Policy Commission are reminding students of the importance of earning at least 15 credit hours per semester to stay on track for graduation. Through its “15 to Finish”[Read More…]
Nominations sought for WV historic preservation awards
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office is seeking nominations for Our Legacy, Our Future Preservation Awards. Recommendations for nominees will be accepted until Sept. 15. Individuals, organizations, resources and historic districts are eligible. The program honors those who keep the state moving[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, Aug. 17
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘THIS IS NOT THE END OF HEATHER’S LEGACY’ Days after her daughter was killed during[Read More…]
Mike Hall new Justice chief of staff
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate Finance Chairman Sen. Mike Hall, R-Putnam, is Gov. Jim Justice’s new pick for chief of staff. “I am honored that Governor Justice has placed his trust in me, and I am eager to begin serving the people of West[Read More…]
On edge of access: Infant health in West Virginia — The second in a four-part series
Second in a four-part series By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — From a mile deep into a Wyoming County hollow, from a street named for her now-deceased father-in-law, Courtney Trent begins her journey. The 26-year-old expectant mother travels the winding, two-lane blacktop 30 minutes before she reaches Pineville,[Read More…]
Cleckley, first black person on WV Supreme Court, dies at 77
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Franklin D. Cleckley, who was the first black person to serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, died Monday at his home in Morgantown. Cleckley was 77. Current and former Supreme Court justices expressed[Read More…]
Tiffany Towner named Times West Virginian editor
Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Tiffany Towner, former editor at The Daily News in Batavia, New York, has been appointed editor of the Times West Virginian, publisher Julie Fox announced Tuesday. Fox said Towner brings forward-looking multimedia community journalism experience to the newspaper and its website, including an aptitude for[Read More…]
WV ‘Tuskegee Airmen’ leader inducted into state Aviation Hall of Fame
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia State College graduate who became one of the first five African Americans to graduate Army Air Corps pilot training before leading two all-black “Tuskegee Airmen” fighter groups into combat during World War II has been inducted posthumously into the[Read More…]
WV Craft Beer Week celebrates growth of local breweries
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s beer industry isn’t what it was 20 years ago. It’s not even what it was three years ago. While some consumers may still regularly break into a Bud Light or PBR, many are increasingly eager to try something new —[Read More…]
