CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Aaron Allred, legislative manager & legislative auditor for the West Virginia Legislature, has released the following agenda for Tuesday and Wednesday’s January 2017 Interim meetings: Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 Convene Adjourn Committee Place 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Agriculture and Rural Development House Finance 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Tax Reform[Read More…]
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Media Alert: Ski event set for Tuesday Canaan Valley Resort
MEDIA ALERT: West Virginia Division of Tourism and West Virginia ski industry officials celebrate ski season and recognize January as National Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month in West Virginia with an 11 a.m. event Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Canaan Valley Resort. What: The 2016/2017 ski season is in full swing[Read More…]
More coal production per worker: Tunnel Ridge Mine driving company sales increases
By CASEY JUNKINS The Weirton Daily Times WHEELING, W.Va. — Strong sales from Ohio County’s Tunnel Ridge Mine allowed Alliance Resource Partners to market 32 percent more Appalachian coal from July 1-Sept. 30 compared to same period in 2015. Also, data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration show the[Read More…]
Montgomery ponders life after WVU Tech moves to Beckley
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — How do you move an entire college campus? Carolyn Long, the president of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, is still trying to figure that out. There’s no road map to follow, no handbook to read. Long and her faculty and staff[Read More…]
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races looks to reign in business amid new competition
By JENNIFER R. YOUNG The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — In days gone by, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races was one of the only gambling and racing destinations for the Washington, D.C., area residents to choose from. They would come to Charles Town by the busload. These days, there[Read More…]
Experts give advice in setting New Year’s resolutions
By LEAH NESTOR Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — With 2017 upon us, the tradition of resolutions, especially as they pertain to weight loss, have not been lost. According to a PollFish survey, eating healthier and exercising more ranked as the No. 1 resolution of 2017. Weight loss resolutions came[Read More…]
Raleigh recycling center turns around 200 tons per month, changes the way kids think about trash
By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — We bag it up, drop it off and forget about it. But recycling gathered across Raleigh County and parts of Fayette, Kanawha, Monroe and Wyoming counties begins a new journey. One or two employees work on the ground level of the Raleigh[Read More…]
MU professor aims to create pocket museum with Clio app
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — What started out as a one-off assignment from Marshall University associate history professor David Trowbridge a few years ago has become a hive for historical research and activity that grows by leaps and bounds each day. Since its launch in 2012 and with[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail West Virginian of the Year: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In April 2014, after months of criticism over the botched roll-out of healthcare.gov, part of his signature health care reform law, President Barack Obama stood in the White House rose garden and nominated a new person to be the public face of[Read More…]
Sexual Predators: Offenders typically plan sex abuse
(Editor’s Note: The following is the second in a Jackson Newspapers series dealing with the tactic of “grooming” used by sexual predators.) JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. — Sexual offenders recruit children by establishing a trusting relationship-spending time with them and listening to them. They may treat the child as special, giving[Read More…]
