By TRAVIS CRUM, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington City Council members will conduct the first reading of an ordinance Tuesday night seeking to limit the use of shipping containers in the city’s neighborhood districts. The ordinance would limit using a shipping container as a structure for only commercial or[Read More…]
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Rise of HIV cases another effect of opioid epidemic in West Virginia
HIV cluster noted in Cabell County By Bishop Nash, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — For all of Appalachia’s much-profiled health concerns, HIV/AIDS has historically not been one of them. In 2017, when West Virginia flashed in national headlines detailing the carnage of the opioid epidemic, the Mountain State still had one of[Read More…]
Pearl S. Buck Birthplace hosting poetry workshop: ‘Take a Hike’
HILLSBORO, W.Va. — Poetry writers should mark the calendar: “Take a Hike” poetry workshop — lead by Kari Gunter-Seymour, Poet Laureate of Athens, Ohio — is set for Thursday, June 27, at the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace, located in Hillsboro, W.Va. The workshop, made possible with support from The Calvin W.[Read More…]
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Jefferson County, W.Va., cemetery of interest in Rockwool controversy
By Danyel VanReenen, The Journal of Martinsburg MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — An African-American cemetery located off a small, dead-end dirt road in Jefferson County has gotten a lot of attention lately. The cemetery, located along the side of Granny Smith Lane, is abound with old headstones, some with names still etched[Read More…]
Census Estimate: Population decline continues in Wheeling, W.Va., area
By Alex Meyer, The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — The city’s population continued to decline from 2017 to last year, according to population estimates released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Per the estimates, Wheeling’s population decreased by more than 200 people in that timeframe, from 26,993 to[Read More…]
Editorial: Battling drug abuse in West Virginia is daunting task
From The Wheeling News-Register: Deaths from drug overdoses tend to be the headlines regarding the scourge of substance abuse that continues to sweep West Virginia, Ohio and many other states. But the damage goes much deeper, as was pointed out last week during a meeting of the Brooke County Faith[Read More…]
West Virginia officials say they’re no longer losing voter registrations through computer issue
By Erin Beck, The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State officials say they believe they are no longer losing voter registrations, but they don’t know how many registrations may have been lost when the problem was occurring. Donald Kersey, general counsel for Secretary of State Mac Warner’s office, has said[Read More…]
Natural gas fire in Friendly extinguished
Gov. Justice ordered state resources to fight storage tank fire in Tyler County, W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va — New media reports success in extinguishing the fire that occurred Saturday after lightning struck a 1 million gallon natural gas condensate storage tank owned by Dominion Resources near Friendly, W.Va., in Tyler County. West[Read More…]
