By LUKE CREASEY The Herald-Dispatch WAYNE, W.Va. If you aren’t looking for them, there’s very little chance you’ll actually find them. But hidden back in the corner of Wayne High School are robots. No, not the kind that are replacing assembly line jobs or driving cars, but rather ones that[Read More…]
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Panel to congressional committee: Study effects of mountaintop removal
KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Trump administration had no reason to stop a study on the effects of mountaintop removal mining, a panel told Congress Tuesday. The study, called “Potential Human Health Effects of Surface Coal Mining Operations in Central Appalachia,” was put on hold and later[Read More…]
WVU Extension Service partners with the Polaris Foundation to improve ATV safety
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It’s a common sight in much of West Virginia — ATVs and UTVs rushing up secondary roads, riding along forest trails and running across the hills. Given their popularity, the West Virginia UniversityExtension Service is teaming up with the Polaris Foundation to improve safe riding[Read More…]
First WVU Tech women’s leadership conference sets students up for success
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Strong. Happy. Empowered. That’s what the word “she” stood for Friday where more than 70 women gathered on the WVU Tech campus in Beckley to participate in the inaugural Women’s Leadership Conference. WVU Tech officials said the refrain set the tone for[Read More…]
Gilbert dominates as W.Va. Power shutout Legends, 4-0
Home opener Thursday night against Augusta GreenJackets LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2019) — Logan Gilbert dominated in his second professional start, while the Power’s offense provided him with plenty of offensive support in a 4-0 shutout win over Lexington Tuesday evening at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. April 9 Box Score Gilbert (1-0) tossed[Read More…]
WV Gov. Justice, U.S. Sen. Manchin working together to promote state
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — They might not like each other these days, but Gov. Jim Justice and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are working together on ways to make West Virginia a hub for petrochemical production. Justice announced a meeting held Monday between[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, March 10
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, March 10, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NETANYAHU APPEARS HEADED TO RE-ELECTION It would be a historic fifth term as prime minister,[Read More…]
Virginia Nicholson, publisher of the The Herald Record, dead at 90
WEST UNION, W.Va. — Virginia Lee Nicholson, 90, owner and publisher of the The Herald Record in Doddridge County, died March 28. Nicholson’s family met with friends on March 31 at Spurgeon Funeral Home in West Union before a private burial. “Virginia was active at The Record Herald and took great[Read More…]
Route 2, I-68 Authority seeks community support of I-68 extension project in mid- and upper-Ohio Valley
By ERIC CRAVEY Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Growth of the Ohio Valley’s shale industry is leading officials in the region to raise awareness about infrastructure. About 15 elected and appointed officials met Monday in Fairmont with the Route 2, I-68 Authority, an appointed body that is pushing to[Read More…]
