Point Pleasant Register Editor’s Note: As we approach the November General Election, the Point Pleasant Register will be running articles allowing the candidates in contested races to introduce themselves and tell the voters why they are running for office. Each candidate is asked, in their own words, to respond to[Read More…]
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Record number of state schools represented in West Virginia Collegiate Business Plan Competition semi-finals
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The field of young entrepreneurs varies each year in the West Virginia Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition, and this year is no different as a record eight state colleges and universities are represented in the group of 2018-19 competition semi-finalists. A total of 30 semi-finalist[Read More…]
Officials gather to watch Huntington win $1M in Mayors Challenge
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Members of Huntington’s Mayors Challenge team gathered with city firefighters and police officers Monday morning at City Hall to watch the live announcement that the city was selected as one of the winners of the 2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge. Huntington Mayor[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, October 30
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. . ‘I’M GOING TO DIE’ Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life Synagogue recounts the morning[Read More…]
Capitol Police debut bike patrol at W.Va. Capitol campus
Capitol Police also recruiting certified law enforcement officers Release from the W.Va. Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – People who visit or work at the West Virginia Capitol Complex have a new resource for help and information, with the launch of regular bike patrols by the[Read More…]
Oglebay: Youth golf teaching facility one of largest in region
Release from Oglebay Resort: WHEELING, W.Va — Oglebay continues to be a leader in youth golf teaching facilities in the state and region. With an ongoing emphasis on golf instruction, Oglebay Golf Professional Shane Rice championed the youth golf development programs in 2018 by doubling participation to more than 245[Read More…]
Wheeling community gathers in response to Pittsburgh shooting
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Residents of Wheeling and the surrounding area are gathering together this afternoon to mourn and draw comfort from one another in the wake of a shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh on Saturday. A gunman, who allegedly spewed anti-Semitic slurs and[Read More…]
Pittsburgh temple shooting victim was West Virginia Wesleyan College grad
Staff, wire reports The Inter-Mountain PITTSBURGH, Pa. — One of those killed in the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh Saturday was a West Virginia Wesleyan College graduate. Daniel Stein, 71, was a 1969 graduate of WVWC. He and seven other men and three women were killed inside the Tree of Life[Read More…]
Charleston Jewish community stands together in wake of Pittsburgh shooting
By REBECCA CARBALLO Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A family walked past Charleston’s B’nai Jacob Synagogue and placed flowers on the doorstep Sunday, a day after a gunman entered a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, killing 11 people. “Our synagogue wasn’t targeted. These people probably have never been to our[Read More…]
Manchin optimistic about campaign; Morrisey touts supporting Trump
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — With a little more than a week until the election, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., says he likes where he’s sitting. During a stop at Democratic headquarters in Martinsburg on Friday, Manchin talked about his re-election chances as well as what he thinks[Read More…]
