CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials for West Virginia American Water weren’t sure Monday how long the intersection at Florida Street and Third Avenue would be closed, after a sinkhole opened at the intersection on Charleston’s West Side. Water company spokeswoman Laura Jordan said a large sinkhole opened up at the intersection about[Read More…]
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Tomblin trade mission picks up steam in Japan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than halfway through his Japanese trade mission, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has met with senior Toyota Corp. executives, hosted receptions in two cities and met privately with Japanese companies to promote continued investment in the state. The governor and about 15 state and local economic development[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, May 19
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1.RAMADI ROUT PUTS U.S. IRAQ STRATEGY UNDER SCRUTINY The[Read More…]
Charleston protesters cite water quality, rate hike
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A group of area residents concerned about water quality and a potential rate increase gathered outside West Virginia American Water’s treatment plant in Charleston on Sunday. Advocates for a Safe Water System, a group formed in the aftermath of the 2014 water crisis that affected thousands of[Read More…]
Troubling decision from W.Va. Supreme Court
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In its seemingly never-ending campaign to make this state as friendly to plaintiffs’ lawyers as possible, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week issued a baffling decision with implications for the state’s struggle against prescription drug abuse. In a[Read More…]
Drug firms shipped 40M pain pills a year to state
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over five years, out-of-state drug wholesalers shipped more than 200 million doses of two popular prescription painkillers to West Virginia, while turning a blind eye to suspicious orders from “pill-mill” pharmacies, according to the latest filing in a state lawsuit against the companies. The release of the[Read More…]
WVU grad from Nepal worried from afar
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The closing months of Ritu Dhungana’s final semester in the WVU political science doctoral program was rough. But not like others who complain of dissertation lengths, cramming for exams and pulling all-nighters. Dhungana is from Katmandu, Nepal. In April, the well-known tourist spot and Nepal’s largest city[Read More…]
Huntington site of annual ‘Art in the Park’
Cabell County’s soaring drug deaths hard to explain
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell County recorded a heroin overdose fatality rate nearly 13 times higher than the national average in 2013, and those deaths keep mounting as experts near and far struggle to explain why. Evidence of nine such deaths in 23 days underscored Huntington’s plight this past January and[Read More…]
Profiting from wild West Virginia
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Imagine a bobcat suddenly springing through the air, headed straight for your face. A Wetzel County hunter had the experience a few days ago, and he can prove it. He’d been out[Read More…]
