The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHY US DEFENSE SECRETARY MATTIS STEPPED DOWN Jim Mattis resigned after clashing with President Donald[Read More…]
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‘Reasonably necessary’? How natural gas drilling is changing WV’s landscape
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail AL SHAW and MAYETA CLARK Pro Publica CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lee Martin loved her 104-acre farm in Wetzel County, West Virginia. The family raised chickens there and rode horses. The kids played in mud puddles. They all took walks in the woods. Flat land[Read More…]
WVU Medicine CEO outlines his vision to more than 300 system leaders
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Health System President and CEO Albert Wright offered his vision for the future of the system, and healthcare in the state, to more than 300 system leaders Wednesday afternoon. “We’re accomplishing amazing things as a healthcare system,” he said during[Read More…]
WVU professor says West Virginia has great songwriters, could use more help supporting them
By BILL LYNCH Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Texas is not the center of great American songwriting, Travis Stimeling said, despite what the Lone Star State might like the rest of the country to believe. The WVU musicology professor, musician and author of “Songwriting in Contemporary West Virginia: Profiles and[Read More…]
Study shows Atlantic Coast Pipeline opposition could negatively affect WV economy
By CHARLES YOUNG NCWV Media CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Opposition to natural gas pipeline projects has the potential to negatively impact West Virginia’s economy, according to a study conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute. If coordinated efforts to slow or block pipeline projects like Dominion Energy’s Atlantic[Read More…]
Fur-ever a penthouse view? Huntington-area shelter dogs flown to new homes in New York
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As they sat outside the Huntington Tri-State Airport Jet Center on Wednesday, the 17 dogs that formerly resided at the Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Shelter had no idea what the future had in store for them. They had no idea they were[Read More…]
Seven West Virginia state parks and forests are making plans to offer New Year’s hikes
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Seven state parks and forest in West Virginia will be offering a First Day Hike on New Year’s Day in an effort to get more West Virginians outdoors in 2019. “Hiking is a year-round activity and the experience is different each time,[Read More…]
West Virginia veterans nursing home owes vendors millions
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A nursing facility managed by the state Department of Veterans Assistance owes more than $5 million to vendors, according to the governor’s office. Gov. Jim Justice announced the accounting error at the Veterans Nursing Home Facility in Clarksburg[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, December 20
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. COULD AFGHANISTAN BE NEXT AFTER SYRIA PULLOUT? The abruptness with which President Trump turned the[Read More…]