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Students learn to appreciate history by songs

By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — As part of an oral history section of the folk music class at Elkins High School, students visited the Randolph County Senior Center on Thursday to learn from area residents about their lives and different parts of history. In the semester-long class,[Read More…]

WV Parkways Authority wants Turnpike tolls to remain past 2019

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Parkways Authority members unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling for tolls to remain on the West Virginia Turnpike after the current round of bonds are paid off in 2019, contending that removing the tolls is not in the best interest of[Read More…]

WV GOP opposes Manchin in Trump Cabinet

By ANDREW BROWN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Joe Manchin is to meet with Donald Trump this morning, according to a report from Trump’s transition team, and West Virginia’s Republican Party is upset that the president-elect reportedly is considering West Virginia’s lone Democratic member of Congress for a Cabinet[Read More…]

White House encourages passage of UMW benefit bill

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The White House on Thursday urged congressional Republicans to provide a long-term funding fix for the troubled health care and pension plans that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s retired coal miners, calling it “quite cynical” that leading lawmakers would[Read More…]

Revenue collections for November falls short by $4 million

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON — The bleeding in West Virginia’s revenue collections continued in November with numbers falling short of estimates by $4.1 million. However Department of Revenue Cabinet Secretary Bob Kiss said Thursday those numbers may be a bit deceiving. He said he anticipates a growing deficit moving forward, but maybe[Read More…]

Berkeley County Schools stand guard against heroin epidemic

Editor’s note: The following is the second part in a series tackling the heroin epidemic sweeping the nation, state and Eastern Panhandle. Part two focuses upon the heroin epidemic and its affects inside the Berkeley County School system. By JEFF MCCOY MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — As the region continues to be[Read More…]

Jamboree in The Hills is back

By FRED PACE The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Journal WHEELING, W.Va. — Jamboree In The Hills will return intact. Changes announced earlier this week concerning the country music show, owned by Live Nation, in Belmont County each July brought a wave of complaints from diehard fans of the country music festival. As[Read More…]

10 things to know: Friday, Dec. 9

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SOUTH KOREAN LAWMAKERS IMPEACH PRESIDENT The stunning and swift fall for Park Geun-hye,[Read More…]

Cacapon park dam will handle stronger storms

Upgrades cost $1.7 million By Kate Shunney The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS — Earthen dams at Cacapon State Park’s lakes have not failed during their lifespan at the park, and they’ll be even less likely to after upgrade work on them finishes in the spring. Excavation and prep work for[Read More…]

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