By CASEY JUNKINS The Weirton Daily Times WHEELING, W.Va. — The $4.3 billion Rover Pipeline system, portions of which will include 42-inch diameter conduit, will send Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas across Ohio because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the project. The system — portions of which will run[Read More…]
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$250K grant to help refurbish Keith-Albee
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Restoration can officially begin on the seats of the historic Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center with the awarding of a grant from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. The $250,000 grant with matching funds from the Keith-Albee Foundation make the “Take a[Read More…]
West Virginia Northern Community College looks to train for future Belmont County ethane cracker
By ALEC BERRY The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A new program at West Virginia Northern Community College could help train local men and women to work at PTT Global Chemical’s ethane cracker near Dilles Bottom if the company ultimately decides to move forward with the plantIn July, WVNCC created[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court to mull final resting place for slain WWI Medal of Honor recipient
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A legal battle over whether the remains of a World War I Medal of Honor recipient murdered in Mason County in 1935 by the son of a Confederate general should be reburied in a place of honor at the new Donel C. Kinnard[Read More…]
Warm weather won’t linger long
The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Shorts, T-shirts and flip flops might feel like appropriate attire for Feb. 7, but the unusually warm temperatures aren’t expected to last. AccuWeather meteorologist Tom Kines said temperatures Feb. 7 are expected to be in the low to mid-60s thanks to a storm system[Read More…]
Changes to Civic Center plan include $1.8M for Wi-Fi upgrades
By ELAINA SAUBER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston City Council approved a nearly $3.4 million change order to the Civic Center renovation project on Monday, bringing its new price tag up to $92.3 million. The change order includes nearly $800,000 to install permanent sheet piling along what will be[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, Feb. 7
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. APPEALS COURTS WILL HEAR TRUMP TRAVEL BAN ARGUMENTS The federal government maintains the[Read More…]
Hundreds in Charleston ‘link up’ against travel ban
By ALI SCHMITZ Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Holding hands and linking arms, protesters gathered along Kanawha Boulevard, in Charleston, on Sunday in a human chain rally supporting Muslim-Americans. Hundreds of people attended the event, called Link Up for Love. It comes a week after President Donald Trump signed an[Read More…]
Showing Support: Residents gather in Elkins to rally for Trump
By BETH HENRY-VANCE The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — About 40 people came out Saturday to show support for President Donald Trump and actions he’s taken during his first few weeks in office. Mike House, pastor of the Ambassador Baptist Church, organized the rally with the help of Tom Rennix, of[Read More…]
Maestro Grant Cooper talks art, his life as an immigrant at Blennerhassett Museum
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The arts have a wide reach into the lives of so many different people and help them in ways that are not always clear, a composer and symphony conductor told people from around the community. The 2017 Blennerhassett Winter[Read More…]
