Logan Hinebaugh from Mountaineer Challenge Academy, tosses a bucket of trout in the Cheat River near Rowlesburg. 15 thousand pounds of fish went in at 20 stops along the Cheat.
By: Jennifer Graham | Posted: April 28, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. | Source: The Dominion Post
KINGWOOD — Trout for Cheat is celebrating it’s 20th year, according to Art George, president of the program. (more…)
Kanawha County officials say more than 1,800 turned out to cast ballots in the first week of early voting in Kanawha County at the six offered locations, with the bulk of those at the Voter’s Registration Office. (WCHS/WVAH)
By: Jeff Morris | Posted: April 27, 2018 | Source: WVAH
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — More than 1,800 turned out to cast ballots in the first week of early voting in Kanawha County at the six offered locations, with the bulk of those at the Voter’s Registration Office.
Early voting in West Virginia kicked off Wednesday and runs through May 5.
A news release from the Kanawha County Commission provided a breakdown of early voting numbers in the county as of 4:30 p.m.:
* Belle Town Hall, 114
* Cross Lanes Sheriff’s Detachment, 210
* Elkview Sheriff’s Detachment, 160
* Marmet Town Hall, 53
* Sissonville Library, 108
* Voter’s Registration Office, 1,172
Commissioners said they hoped the convenience of the multiple locations throughout the county would increase voters’ presence.
“I believe the citizens that live outside the city limits of Charleston will appreciate being able to vote in their community and not have to drive to Charleston to early vote,” Commission President Kent Carper said.
Carper said he believes the high turnout for Charleston is due to a great interest in the city of Charleston election.
All six voting locations will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28, and Saturday, May 5.
By: Ali Barrett, News Editor | Posted: April 25, 2018 | Source: The Daily Athenaeum
Starting May 4, Mountaineers will be headed off in all directions to pursue their summer vacations, jobs and internships and other fun plans. We talked to several students about their plans for the summer. Here is what they said:
llse Turner
Ilse Turner, a junior international studies and political science student from Virginia Beach, Va., said, “I got a really amazing opportunity; I got accepted to study at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan this summer,” Turner said.
Turner will be spending a month in Japan to study the Japanese language, culture and political science.
“When I’m not in Japan, I run a summer camp for adults and children with physical and intellectual disabilities,” Turner said. The camp is called Camp Horizon and is in Norfolk, Va.
Aurora Beth Harper
Aurora Beth Harper, a senior criminology student from Ivanhoe, Va. said she planned to go back to her hometown to work at a historical mansion, called Fort Chiswell Mansion.
“I’m [also] going to the beach three or four times,” Harper said.
She also plans to go to New York for a week.
Ally Supple
Ally Supple, a freshman journalism student from Barberton, Ohio, said, “I’m going back home for the summer and working at a local restaurant that I worked at before I came to college,” Supple said.
Supple said she had two big plans: Going to a Logic concert and traveling to Myrtle Beach with her boyfriend’s family.
Supple said she’d never gone to Myrtle Beach before, so she was “really excited.”
Jocee Chapman
Jocee Chapman, a junior geology student from Elkview, W.Va., said, “I might be going to the beach with my boyfriend and probably camping a few times with my family,” said Chapman.
“My family usually goes to this place in Burnsville, like you take a camper there and everything, but we recently sold our camper,” Chapman said.
Because of this, Chapman said her family is considering a stay in a Greenbrier cabin.
Chapman said she also plans to work at Wendy’s this summer.
Byron Querrey
Bryon Querrey, a senior marketing student from Ripley, W.Va., said had to take a class over the summer, but was also hoping to get a job.
“I had an internship over the spring, and they offered me a job at the beginning of summer,” Querrey said.
He work involved marketing campaigns and video work for Morgantown businesses.
“I think it’s cool making something that people will enjoy,” Querrey said.
Querrey said he may be going on vacation, but his main goal was making money.
By: Brittany Patterson | Posted: April 26, 2018 | Source: WV Public Broadcasting
A natural gas energy processor has agreed to pay a $610,000 civil penalty and install millions of dollars worth of equipment to reduce harmful emissions at hundreds of facilities across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. (more…)
Photos Provided Christina Cruikshank’s pit bull Lettie. (Photo Provided)
By: Jeffrey Saulton, Reporter | Posted: April 25, 2018 | Source: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
NEWTON — With an all-volunteer force, the “Bottom Of The Pit Rescue” has dedicated itself to helping a dog breed that suffers from a bad reputation, the founder said. (more…)
By: Evan Bevins | Posted: April 25, 2018 | Source: The Marietta Times
PARKERSBURG — That prescription you got filled then never finished doesn’t have to take up space in your medicine cabinet anymore — or pose a potential health and safety risk.
In an effort to keep unused medication from finding its way into the possession of curious children and pets, experimenting teens or experienced drug abusers, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency is once again sponsoring National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. There are 14 locations between Wood and Washington counties alone, and a number in surrounding counties as well, offering the service from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“You prevent the possibility of a kid getting ahold of it or a drug addict getting ahold of it,” said Sgt. R.E. Richardson, with the Parkersburg detachment of the West Virginia State Police.
Take Back Day, now in its 15th year, has worked in concert with the DEA implementing stricter controls on prescriptions and better education for physicians and pharmacists to address crimes related to medication abuse, Wood County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Robert Sims said.
“We really had an issue a number of years ago with people breaking into homes looking for those prescription pills,” he said. The Take Back Day “has been a mechanism that has helped us in some ways.”
Sims said there is a limit on what items can be brought to the Take Back events.
“It’s for pills only,” he said. “They do not accept liquids or needles or any type of inhalers or nebulizers.”
The locations in the Mid-Ohio Valley listed online at takebackday.dea.gov are:
Wood County
Washington County
Athens County
Calhoun County
Doddridge County
Jackson County
Pleasants County
Roane County
Tyler County
Wetzel County
Photos by Sue Knotts Roane County’s Lucille Westfall goes up for a shot against Wirt County’s Rylie Copeland. The Roane County senior chose Glenville State as her collegiate hoops’ destination on Monday.
By: Joseph P. Albright, Associate Sports Editor | Posted: April 25, 2018 | Source: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
SPENCER — The Glenville State women’s basketball 2018 recruiting class added a big piece after one of West Virginia’s top high-school players elected to take her talents to the Waco Center Monday inside Roane County High School. (more…)
Firefighters rush to extinguish a tractor-trailer fire on Interstate 79 in Kanawha County – WCHS-WVAH
By: Michelle Carroll | Posted: April 25, 2018 | Source: WVAH
Kanawha County, WVa (WCHS/WVAH) — All lanes of Interstate 79 northbound between the Elkview and Clendenin exits were back open about 2 a.m. Wednesday after a tractor-trailer caught fire. (more…)
Posted: April 24, 2018 | Source: Clay County Free Press
On Saturday, April 14, 2018, students from across the state competed in many different trades and technical skills in Fairmont, WV at SkillsUSA. Students from Clay County High School were there to represent their school as well as their great community. (more…)
Posted: April 24, 2018 | Source: Clay County Free Press
On Thursday, April 12, members of the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office, along with parents, grandparents, and community members, facilitated Get a Life for the eighth grade students at Clay County Middle School. (more…)
