By BRAD JOHNSON The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — A Virginia woman who is riding the 600-mile route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction on horseback as a peaceful protest recently passed through Randolph County on her way south. Sarah Murphy started her ride in Staunton, Virginia, on Sept. 26, heading[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SHUTDOWN THREAT LOOMS AS TRUMP DEMANDS WALL Pushing the government to the brink of a[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SENATE REBUKES TRUMP, SAUDI ARABIA OVER KHASHOGGI’S DEATH The Senate delivered an unusual rebuke of[Read More…]

By BILL LYNCH Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Ballet director Kim Pauley calls us “quite a cast of characters.” We’re the adult dancers who perform with the ballet and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra during their annual holiday production of “The Nutcracker,” which opens Friday night at the Clay[Read More…]

By TIM MacVEAN The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va.  — Randolph County Commissioners heard from the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office Wednesday regarding the implementation of a new website aimed at making government more transparent. J.B. McCuskey, West Virginia state auditor, made the presentation during the commission’s bi-monthly meeting and talked about[Read More…]

By MARK LAW The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register STEUBENVILLE, Ohio  — A recently refired steel mill in Mingo Junction will employ 1,000 people as the company that purchased it earlier this years pumps $500 million into the plant, its corporate vice president said Wednesday. Pete Vojvodich, vice president of human[Read More…]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — With Republican leaders in the West Virginia Senate talking about their plans for the next legislative session starting Jan. 9, Senate Democrats unveiled their priorities for the new year. Senate Minority Leader Roman Prezioso, D-Marion, issued a press[Read More…]

By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first space satellite designed and built in West Virginia was to begin a five-year, 310-mile high orbit of Earth starting at 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Wednesday from a launch site near Mahia, New Zealand, according to NASA’s Fairmont-based Independent Verification[Read More…]