By Emily Coppola for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph VIVIAN, W.Va. — Workers began clearing the 20-car Norfolk and Southern train derailment in Vivian on Sunday. On the scene, employees from Norfolk Southern, Donahue Brothers Inc. Emergency Railroad Services and Cranemasters worked to clear the scene. With the cars on their sides[Read More…]
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W.Va. Sen. Maynard: Allow contractors to bid on road work WVDOH can’t get to
By Greg Jordan for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Allowing West Virginia Department of Highways districts to bid out maintenance and repair projects they cannot address immediately to private contractors is an idea being explored by a state senator representing Mercer County. State Sen. Mark R. Maynard, R-6th[Read More…]
Republican committee drama brings up concerns over W.Va. Gov. Justice
By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Months before the start of the candidate filing period for the May 2020 primary, fractures among state and county Republican leaders have begun to appear, all centered around Gov. Jim Justice, a Democrat who switched to Republican. Nowhere have these[Read More…]
Discovery Channel travel program films episode in Lewisburg, W.Va.
By Tina Alvey for The Register-Herald of Beckley, W.Va. LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The Lewisburg-White Sulphur Springs area played host last week to Nick Kessler and Brian Fulmer, a pair of teachers who spend their summers tooling through small town America in a 1968 drop-top Cadillac. At each stop on their[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, July 22
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, July 22, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. Puerto Rico’s embattled governor won’t seek re-election After days of protests demanding[Read More…]
Fresh market goes mobile in Greenbrier Valley, W.Va.
Press release LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The newest mobile market in the Greenbrier Valley, “Off the Beetin’ Trail”, launched its first run at the Williamsburg Community Picnic Shelter on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Envisioned by Mary Surbaugh through the Lewisburg Farmers Market, this market brought locally grown fresh vegetables, locally produced and[Read More…]
Mon Health System CEO named to federal advisory panel
Press Release from Mon Health System: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – David Goldberg, president and CEO of Mon Health System with facilities in Morgantown and throughout North Central West Virginia, was selected to serve a two-year term on a top federal health care advisory committee. Goldberg’s service on the Advisory Panel on Outreach[Read More…]
President Trump returning to Wheeling, W.Va., on Wednesday for 2020 campaign fundraiser
By MIKE JONES, The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING — President Donald Trump will make his second visit in less than 10 months to Wheeling, a city he’s shown an affinity for since launching his political career four years ago. The president is scheduled to attend a private campaign fundraiser at[Read More…]
Data shows more than 10,000 homeless students in WV’s public schools
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There are 10,522 homeless students in West Virginia, a number so large it could fill the state’s largest high school more than five times. Homeless students account for nearly 4 percent of all students enrolled this past school year in kindergarten through[Read More…]