Staff report The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Thursday announced that West Virginia has been awarded more than $5.4 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency for volunteering and service programs. “West[Read More…]
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D&E’s Augusta Heritage Center sets schedule for summer courses
Staff report The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College is planning an exciting assortment of affordable evening mini-courses with top notch instructors each week of the summer sessions starting July 10. Most courses meet every Monday through Thursday from 6-7:15 p.m. on the[Read More…]
Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling and East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry purchase completed by Alecto Healthcare Services
By LINDA COMINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Alecto Healthcare Services has completed its acquisition of Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling and East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry after a four-month process. Alecto, based in Irvine, Calif., finalized its purchase of the two hospitals from[Read More…]
Manchin wants questions to ask Comey
Staff report The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — As Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., prepares for former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey to testify before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he is asking West Virginians to send questions they would like him to ask Director Comey on their[Read More…]
Jenkins recognized by US Chamber of Commerce
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials with the United States Chamber of Commerce, state Chamber of Commerce and Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce presented U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., with the national Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Enterprise Award at a ceremony in Huntington on Thursday,[Read More…]
Teen Entrepreneurship Summit is June 11-17
Staff report Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The 40th annual Teen Entrepreneurship Summit at Camp Horseshoe will be held in Tucker County from June 11-17. Rising high school students in West Virginia will gather under the guidance of the Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association, a wide-ranging charitable organization celebrating[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, June 2
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, June 2, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW TRUMP-STYLE DECISION-MAKING LOOKS His withdrawal from the Paris climate accord is the latest example[Read More…]
Bluefield PD mourns loss of officer and friend
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Local police were mourning Wednesday the loss not only of a fellow officer, but of a friend who had died the previous day while protecting the community. Lt. Aaron Crook of the Bluefield Police Department died early Tuesday morning after a[Read More…]
Book chronicling WV’s pepperoni roll tells state’s history bite by bite
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Few foods, if any, tell the story of Appalachia the way the pepperoni roll does. Italian immigrants invented the beloved snack because it could be easily eaten underground in coal mines. Eventually, it made its way into bakeries, bread companies, restaurants and[Read More…]
WVONGA says new Leggett royalty decision ‘encouraging’
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court’s about-face on the legality of deducting post-production costs from royalty payments is “encouraging,” the head of the West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association said May 30. The court had ruled in November state law didn’t[Read More…]
