Mister Bee's new owners chip in for strong future
By By Brett Dunlap Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - The new owners of Mister Bee Potato Chips want to bring the company back to the forefront of people's minds throughout the...
View ArticleGoing medieval: History kept alive through combat, crafts
By By Alan Olson The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. - While camping, crafting and mock combat each has a strong and enduring presence in the modern day, other 21st-century...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Lobbyist spending continues at record pace
Lobbyists' spending this year is continuing at a record-shattering pace, according to financial disclosures filed with the state Ethics Commission.After blowing away all January-April spending records...
View ArticleMothman Festival draws thousands
By Marcus Constantino POINT PLEASANT - Although nearly 40 years have passed since the first sightings of the Mothman took place in West Virginia, Point Pleasant has embraced the legend of the mythical...
View ArticlePolice search for robbery suspect
By Staff reports Charleston police are asking for help looking for a man they say robbed a drugstore in Charleston Friday evening. The man reportedly came into the CVS pharmacy on Oakwood Road shortly...
View ArticleSuicide awareness walks planned around WV
By Erin Beck Andrea St. Clair can't remember what song she sang in the talent competition on July 15, 2002, even though she was selected for the next round, but St. Clair, who was 15 at the time,...
View Article2 Maryland men charged with illegal gun trafficking
By The Associated Press ELKINS, W.Va. - Two men have been charged with illegally trafficking guns from West Virginia to Maryland.U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld says a federal grand jury in Elkins...
View ArticleW.Va. schools get sustainability grants
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Sixteen schools in eight West Virginia counties will share more than $12,200 in grants for sustainability projects.The grants are provided by the state...
View ArticlePulitzer Prize winner, Huntington native to speak at UC luncheon
By Anna Patrick Julia Keller, a Huntington native and winner of the Pulitzer Prize will speak on two occasions in Charleston this week. Among other things, she'll talk about practically growing up on...
View ArticleGreater Kanawha Valley Foundation announces grants
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Board of Trustees, at its Sept. 16 meeting, approved five grants to be funded for the third quarter of 2015. The five grants involve 22 partner agencies, and...
View ArticleCitynet in Pocahontas fiber dispute
By Eric Eyre A Pocahontas County property owner is suing Citynet, alleging the company illegally ran fiber-optic cable across the family's 800-acre farm as part of a state-funded project that expanded...
View ArticleThings to do today: Sept. 20, 2015
MusicMOLLY O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE with TODD BURGE AND JIM SNYDER with ALASHA AL-QUDWAH: 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets $20. At the door $15. D Street Art and Music Series. LaBelle Theater, 311 D St., South...
View ArticleSpending time in the no-spin zone with Sylvester the cat
In my other role here at the newspaper as a general assignment reporter, I've written a few stories over the years that were of interest to me but not so much to our readers.Some of them involved a...
View ArticleCompetency question raised again for man convicted in 1988 murder
By Joel Ebert Last week the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals once again heard a case related to a man currently serving a life sentence after he admitted to killing his former girlfriend and...
View ArticleEssays on Faith: Tend to your fruit
By By Gene Monk In the springtime, after the last frost, it is time to plant some garden vegetables. At the end of every gardening season when it's time to take down the tomato stakes, clean up the...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Legislative receptions continue in off-season
Getting back to lobbyists' spending disclosures for May-August: Naturally, there weren't many legislative receptions in the off-season, but there were some.The largest was the West Virginia...
View ArticleLocal company president takes on 100-mile bike race
By Lori Kersey On Nate Orders' first - and likely last - attempt at the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, he accomplished something a lot of participants don't: he finished the 100-mile mountain bike race in...
View ArticleNew West Virginia invasive species said to be pesky - and tasty
By Rick Steelhammer Look out, rock snot, zebra mussels and Asian carp! Another aquatic invasive species with an exotic name - the Chinese mystery snail - has begun to move into West Virginia's...
View ArticlePope likely to shift to pastoral message on 1st day in Cuba
By By NICOLE WINFIELD and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated PressHAVANA (AP) - Pope Francis opens his first full day in Cuba on Sunday with what normally would be the culminating highlight of a papal...
View ArticleMemorial planned to honor fallen Wheeling firefighters
By The Associated Press WHEELING, W.Va. - A memorial is planned at Wheeling's Heritage Port to honor the city's fallen firefighters.Firefighter Bob Heldreth tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling...
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