Mitch Vingle The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ye olde notebook: As the college football season winds down, the bowl picture becomes clearer and clearer. It’s not full HD resolution crystal clear yet, mind you, but we’re getting there. As we’ve reported before, West Virginia University will most likely land[Read More…]
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Holiday turnpike travel hits highest level in decade
By Andrea Lannom Register-Herald Reporter BECKLEY, W. Va. — More people traveled along the West Virginia turnpike during the six-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period this year than any year in the past decade. Gregory Barr, general manager of the West Virginia Parkways Authority, said the good weather and lower gas[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Nov. 29
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CHARTERED AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN COLOMBIA; 5 SURVIVE The British Aerospace 146 jet operated[Read More…]
Memorial will honor state highway workers killed on the job
By JAKE JARVIS The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s Division of Highways is planning to build a memorial at the Williamstown Interstate 77 welcome center to honor all of its highway workers who have died on the job. The idea for the memorial came from DOH employees in[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin speaks of hope for McDowell County
By GREG JORDAN The Bluefield Daily Telegraph KIMBALL, W.Va. — Hopes for what a new president’s administration could bring to southern West Virginia were the subject of a senator’s recent lunchtime stop at a McDowell County restaurant. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. stopped Nov. 22 at the Ya’Sou restaurant in[Read More…]
Marietta under consideration for TV series
By PEYTON NEELY Special to the News and Sentinel MARIETTA, Ohio — Earlier this month, the City of Marietta was recognized as a semi-finalist in The Small Business Revolution on Main Street Contest. Marietta is in the running with eight other towns in the United States to win a grant[Read More…]
State, country seeing sharp declines in bee populations
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. — In October, seven types of bees were added to the endangered species list for the first time in history. All seven species originate from the Hawaiian islands, however, bee populations across the world are declining. West Virginia has also experienced declining bee populations[Read More…]
Likely Senate president hopes economic issues, not social, will be focus of session
By ANDREA LANNOM Register-Herald Reporter BECKLEY, W.Va — Sen. Mitch Carmichael, the odds on favorite to be the new Senate President when the 83rd Legislature convenes in 2017, says he hopes economic issues, not social issues, will command lawmakers’ attention. Carmichael, R-Jackson, said he wants the agenda to focus on the[Read More…]
No guarantees jobs in coal industry will return
By SOPHIE QUINTON The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The small green sign outside the employment center in this eastern Kentucky town said “JOB FAIR” and “TODAY!!” Inside, people hunched over applications for coal mining jobs in the western part of the state, and in Illinois and Indiana. Cy[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, Nov. 28
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. BUSY SLATE FOR TRUMP IN NEW YORK The president-elect has more top posts to[Read More…]