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Company not at fault for fire at hotel started by off-duty employee
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court ruled that a construction company could not possibly be liable for a fire at a hotel caused by the company’s off duty employee’s dropped cigarette. The March 29 opinion affirmed the Circuit Court of Logan County’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Evanston Insurance Company against Powell Construction Company. The circuit court dismissed the suit for “failure to state a claim.” The underlying claim of th...
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Patels plays in chess Supernationals
Logan’s own chess prodigy got second place at his first Supernational event, and qualifies to represent the U.S. in a World Youth tournment to be held in December. Ten-year-old Advait “Adi” Patel played the Supernational, which is held every four years and hosted by the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tenn. This year, the event was from April 5-7. There were 5300 young participants and Adi faced higher rated competitors from differe...
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Judge won’t dismiss W.Va. DHHR whistleblower suit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A jury should hear allegations that West Virginia officials retaliated against two Department of Health and Human Resources lawyers for raising concerns about an advertising contract, a Kanawha Circuit judge has concluded. Judge Jim Stucky also questioned the public release of a search warrant request targeting lawyers Susan Perry and Jennifer Taylor in his April 9 ruling refusing to dismiss their whistleblower laws...
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4-day celebration planned for WVa’s 150th birthday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will celebrate its 150th birthday with concerts, parades, a 3-D movie projected on the steps of the state Capitol and fireworks shot from the roof of the state Capitol, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday. The sesquicentennial celebration will open with a statewide bell ringing at 1:50 p.m. on June 20 in recognition of 150 years of statehood. That evening, a Thursday, will be the first of three st...
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Tom Knopp to walk all 55 WV counties to raise money to feed the hungry
Tom Knopp, Director of the Good Samaritan Center in the Ceredo-Kenova area, plans to walk 25 miles in every county of West Virginia to raise awareness for the hungry and to raise money for the state’s two food banks and local community food pantries. He will begin his journey around the state’s 55 counties on Monday, April 22, at the Cabell County courthouse, walking from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., expecting to walk 25 miles each day. Resting ...
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<p>&#8220;Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is a vital educational tool for everyone in Southern West Virginia,&#8221; Del. Justin Marcum said. &#8220;The impact of this facility is not yet known, it is for our kids and our grandkids,&#8221; Mayor Darrin McCormick said.</p>
Ribbon cut at Southern’s new Tech Center
WILLIAMSON — Dignitaries from across West Virginia gathered at the Williamson campus of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Tuesday for the opening of the Applied Technology Center. “Two years ago, we had a vision,” Southern President Joanne Jaeger Tomblin said. “Today, that vision is a reality.” President Tomblin said community colleges are the driving force behind the economy of Southern West Virginia, and the entire s...
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W.Va. magistrate pay hikes prevail as session ends
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Magistrates and court staff in West Virginia’s smaller counties will see gradual salary hikes eventually totaling $737,000 annually after the Legislature successfully revisited a topic Thursday that stalled during the just-completed regular session. Ending a special session in two days, lawmakers passed that measure along with four others included on the agenda by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. The governor focused mostly o...
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UBB foreman agrees to give up license for 3 years
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A worker at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine has agreed to surrender his underground assistant foreman license for three years. The agreement settles allegations that Jeremy L. Burghduff didn’t turn on his methane detector when he was supposed to check for the explosive gas. An explosion at the former Massey Energy mine killed 29 miners on April 5, 2010. The state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training...
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Child abuse case yields 4 arrests
RED JACKET - After receiving a call on April 15th reporting a possible child neglect situation at a home located on Mitchell Branch Road in Red Jacket, West Virginia State Police (WVSP) Trooper D.L. Contos and Child Protective Services (CPS) workers from the WV Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) responding to the scene were appalled and heart broken when they observed multiple injuries on the faces and bodies of two young sisters...
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Appalachian Power to use helicopters to maintain some rights of way
CHARLESTON – Appalachian Power has announced the power line rights of ways in West Virginia that will be maintained by applying herbicides by helicopter on or about June 3. “The company generally makes aerial maintenance applications only in less populated areas where terrain and accessibility make it difficult for ground-based crews to safely clear rights of way,” John Ertz, senior utility forester, said. Rights of way in populated areas...
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Manchin: law-abiding gun owners support him
In a conference call with representatives of West Virginia’s media Thursday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says law-abiding gun owners in West Virginia support him. “I have spoken with lots of West Virginia citizens that are in favor of my common sense approach to gun control,” he said. “My proposals meet the test for law-abiding gun owners in West Virginia.” Manchin’s comments come just one day after his plan to expand background checks on fi...
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Wildflower hike this Saturday
The weather forecast for Saturday is sunny skies and temps in the 50s, perfect weather to observe the wonder of the spring season in the mountains during the annual Sue Browning Wildflower Hike at Chief Logan State Park. The hike, sponsored by Chief Logan State Park, Hemlock Hills Garden Club and Museum in the Park, will begin at 9 a.m. at the museum The event is named for a long-time member of the Logan Garden Club who helped establish t...
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Legendary county politician passes at 93
Funeral services for one of Logan County’s historical and political giants will be held Saturday at Honaker Funeral Home. Dan D. “Danny” Dahill, 93, of West Logan, died Mon., Apr. 15, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington after a short illness. Born at Glen Jean, Dahill grew up in Omar and McConnell, graduating from Logan High School in 1937 and Notre Dame University in 1942 with honors. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp on Feb. 3,...
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New W.Va. state budget passes Legislature
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Public schools and Medicaid are among the major spenders of a multibillion-dollar state budget passed Wednesday in the West Virginia Legislature, which also fixed three bills vetoed because of technical errors before beginning a brief special session convened by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. The House of Delegates voted 86-11 to approve the compromise spending measure, with Republicans opposing the bill including Minority ...
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Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats, turned away legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting repeated appeals from President Barack Obama and personal pleas by families of the victims of last winter’s mass elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Attempts to ban assault-style rifles and high capacity ammunition magazines also faced certain defeat in a...
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