By KIRSTEN RENEAU The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A sudden shift in the weather can be expected over the next few days as residents deal with the aftermath of storms that rumbled through the area Monday. A Harrison County 911 supervisor said she thought the damage was average for[Read More…]
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So, you wanna be a star? Local actors wanted for movie about supposed UFO crash
Staff reports The Preston County News & Journal KINGWOOD, W.Va — Regional actors of all ages seeking roles are invited to audition on May 7 at the Preston Community Arts Center in Kingwood for a part in a forthcoming feature film based on the historical incident of a supposed UFO[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, May 2
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. AP ANALYSIS: WHY ‘SMART COOKIE’ REMARK IS RATTLING SEOUL Trump’s unusual flattery of Kim Jong Un[Read More…]
Special session: Compromise coming for W.Va
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers return to Charleston this week for a special session to set a state budget for 2018, and the session might be a long one if House members can’t be convinced tax hikes are necessary. The special[Read More…]
Drunk driving fatalities are down in W.Va., but drugged driving arrests are up
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Last month Siera Burgess, a 26-year-old Lincoln County mother of three, allegedly mixed alcohol with benzodiazepines, then got behind the wheel of her car with kids in tow. Her car crossed the center line on I-64 in Milton, crashed into another[Read More…]
Providers say GOP plan would be ‘devastating’ for addiction treatment
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alex Shelton was that friend who shows up at your house in the middle of the night, barefoot, in the snow, and says “my car got ambushed.” He didn’t look sick. He was in his early 20s. Able-bodied. But while work is[Read More…]
Marcellus and Utica production still climbing in Ohio and West Virginia
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — While the rest of the U.S. saw natural gas production fall in 2016, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania combined to increase output by 2.5 billion cubic feet per day last year. That much natural gas is enough fuel to[Read More…]
National Guard on pins and needles over state and federal budget uncertainty
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, adjutant general for the state of West Virginia and commander of the West Virginia National Guard, is upset. “Apparently, I have failed the men and women of the National Guard,” Hoyer said from his office in Charleston.[Read More…]
Town hall meetings important to constituents
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Before returning to the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C., to decide the fate of the nation’s health care law and a spending bill to avoid shutting down government, many U.S. senators and representatives spent their recent two-week recess back in their[Read More…]
Airport officials take wait-and-see attitude on budget threat
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald MAXWELTON, W.Va. — Greenbrier Valley Airport officials have adopted a neutral posture regarding the Trump administration’s proposal to slash transportation spending by 13 percent, a move that would likely include privatization of the Contract Tower Program and elimination of Essential Air Service subsidies. Touching on[Read More…]