By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When Courtney Proctor-Cross came to the Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Shelter on Monday morning to pick up some kittens to take the vet, she noticed a smaller black figure in the pen with the horse that animal control seized on Friday. “Is[Read More…]
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Manchin, Morrisey work to get out the vote for election
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With polls opening at 6:30 a.m. today across West Virginia, the two candidates for the high-profile U.S. Senate race spent Monday criss-crossing the state trying to woo every last undecided voter. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is running[Read More…]
Group opposing Amendment 1 files suit against WV secretary of state
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Vote No on Amendment One, a political group, filed a lawsuit against West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner in federal court Monday. According to the lawsuit, two women with the organization were standing more than 100 feet from the Mountaineer Mall,[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, November 6
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ELECTORATE TO RENDER JUDGMENT ON TRUMP ERA Democratic resistance vs. slash-and-burn politics: Voters across America[Read More…]
Fourth and fifth-grade classes urged to enter WV Arbor Day Poster Contest
Theme for 2019 is ‘Trees are Terrific … In the Right Place’; Free educational guide available Press Release from the West Virginia Division of Forestry CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia fourth and fifth grade students can showcase their artistic talents by creating posters for the 2019 Arbor Day contest. The poster[Read More…]
Natural gas to cost less in W.Va., Ky.
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia and Kentucky residents who heat their homes with natural gas will see somewhat lower prices at the start of the 2018-19 heating season than they did a year ago, while some rates in Ohio show a slight increase. In Kentucky, when base rates —[Read More…]
Jackson County program building ‘tiny homes’ for veterans in need
By BARBARA LEYTON Jackson Newspapers RIPLEY, W.Va. — Operation Jackson County Veterans is building tiny houses for vets in need. Stephen Hartley, a Marine veteran who served in Desert Storm and Somalia, and his wife Krista, started their 501c3 non-profit organization in 2016 when they lost a veteran friend to[Read More…]
Anti-vaccine billboards crop up as WV lawmakers talk loosening requirements
By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As a wave of anti-vaccine billboards are cropping up in cities across West Virginia, lawmakers are considering proposing new legislation to weaken vaccine requirements for school children. A group of lawmakers plans to propose a bill next session which would cut the[Read More…]
Canaan refuge drops plan to use commercial logging for habitat management
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — A plan to commercially log more than 1,600 acres of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge to achieve plant and wildlife habitat improvement goals has been dropped. The plan — announced to the public in August — was initially scheduled to[Read More…]