WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, will make stops in Parkersburg and Charleston this week. Today, Manchin will visit the Bureau of Fiscal Service in Parkersburg and then deliver remarks at Parkersburg High School’s commencement ceremony that evening. Wednesday, he will attend the Kanawha Valley Senior Services Picnic.[Read More…]
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West Virginia Attorney General: Western Union settlement deadline approaching
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Attorney General in West Virginia Monday issued a notice of a claims deadline for consumers in a settlement with Western Union. The Western $586 million forfeiture was part of a settlement announced in January 2017 from a multistate investigation of the[Read More…]
Northern West Virginia Panhandle counties need pollworkers for November
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Elections officials need pollworkers as older, experienced workers are retiring. Brooke County commissioners are thinking about combining some precinct locations, and one advantage of this is that fewer people would be needed to man the polls, according to Commissioner[Read More…]
Longtime federal warden joins W.Va. Parole Board as chair
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – After more than 30 years working in the U.S. corrections system, most recently as warden of West Virginia’s largest federal prison complex, Terence O’Brien is bringing his experience to the state Parole Board as its new chairman. Governor Jim Justice appointed O’Brien to a vacancy on the[Read More…]
Alberto to impact West Virginia until midweek at least
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — According to the National Weather Service, the impact of Alberto will be felt in the Mountain State until at least midweek. With heavy rains already clogging some of the state’s creeks and saturating the ground, there is a heightened opportunity throughout the[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, May 29
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. DIPLOMACY ACCELERATES AHEAD OF POSSIBLE US-NKOREA SUMMIT Senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol plans[Read More…]
At Normandy, West Virginia native finds a connection to home
By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Earlier this month, Huntington native Michael Propst set out for France with his wife for their 10th wedding anniversary. Between stops at museums and walking the streets of Paris, the couple took a cruise to Normandy. They visited the famous beaches where,[Read More…]
West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner: Memorial Day for those who ‘gave their last full measure’
By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Memorial Day and the sacrifices made by those who served in the armed forces were recalled and honored in the 61st annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Sunset Memory Gardens on West Virginia 95 in south Parkersburg. West Virginia Secretary[Read More…]
West Virginia Historical Society unveils new display to honor those who served
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian MANNINGTON, W.Va. — Not everyone came back with John Harney when he traveled overseas with a group in the late 1960s. So Memorial Day has always been the chance for the military veteran to pay tribute to the ones who didn’t come back with[Read More…]
West Virginia unclaimed property returns smash fiscal year record
The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Treasurer John Perdue’s Unclaimed Property Division has returned $15.9 million to current and former state residents as of April 30, smashing the previous fiscal year claim record by more than $600,000. The fiscal year ends June 30. Unclaimed property is any financial asset from[Read More…]
