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W.Va. tries to tackle childhood hunger and obesity
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — In West Virginia’s Mason County, children walk to the cafeteria together so they can start the day’s lessons with a side of whole grain waffles, cereal, fruit and milk. Here, among the coal mines and farms so familiar across Appalachia, the old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day is taken literally as a way to tackle two problems: improving achievement in a state that ranks 47th nationally in ...
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Trail permit sales jump in 2 W.Va. counties
BRAMWELL, W.Va. (AP) — Mercer and McDowell counties are becoming popular destinations for Hatfield-McCoy Trail System riders. Hatfield-McCoy Trail Authority executive director Jeff Lusk says permit sales for the Indian Ridge Trail in McDowell County are up 25 percent from 2012. Lusk tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that permit sales for the new Pocahontas Trail in Mercer County also are strong. This growth has created a need for more...
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TAS announces show info and auditions
The Aracoma Story, Inc. has announced its venue and upcoming auditions for the upcoming 2013 Summer Season’s productions. Along with “The Aracoma Story,” TAS has opted to do “The Wizard of Oz” as its summer offering. Auditions for both productions will be held Friday, May 10, from 3-7 p.m. and Saturday, May 11, from noon-4 p.m. at the Logan High School Theater. Rehearsals for “The Wizard of Oz” will begin on May 15 and the show runs from Ju...
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Family receives fallen soldier’s pouch
The North of France will forever be scarred by memories of past conflicts and loss, but a family thousands of miles away will never forget receiving an ammunition pouch carried by a young American soldier after it was discovered in a farmhouse near the town of Valenciennes. Alex Gilmour sacrificed his life for freedom during World War II in the North of France. It was his pouch, found 69 years after his death, which began its journey to his...
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Impaired suspect crashes stolen vehicle
A Logan County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a call in reference to a motor vehicle crash at Mudfork. The criminal complaint says when the officer arrived at the scene, he found Joseph Allen Marcum, 24, of Breeden, standing outside of the vehicle on the road. Bystanders told the deputy that Marcum, the suspect, was trapped in the driver’s seat, under the steering wheel upon contact with the vehicle. The bystanders also told the deputy the...
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Logan Lions Club supports local chess champion
In recognition of a local chess prodigy who has advanced quickly and now qualifies to represent the United States in the World Youth Championship, the Logan Lions Club held a fundraiser to help with travel expenses to the tournament, which is to be held in the United Arab Emirates. Advait “Adi” Patel has competed in and won several chess tournaments and is the 2012 US Junior Division VII Champion, US Junior Division VII Blitz Champion, the ...
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Shoplifter flees in attempt to avoid arrest
The criminal complaint says Terry Paul Browning, 36, of Simon, conspired with his wife to commit a shoplifting offense against Wal-Mart in the amount of $400.68. Browning was in his 2001 Chevrolet Silverado when he fled from officers, driving east on WV Route 73 towards WV Route 10, driving at a speed of approximately 65 miles per hour. The chase came to an end in the Middleburg Bridge area, where the vehicle was stopped and Browning plac...
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Shovel used as weapon during altercation
A Logan County Magistrate Court Criminal Complaint filed by the West Virginia State Police says officers responded to a call with injuries in the community of Saunders Fork. They found the victim with bruises to the left side of his face and neck. The victim told officers he and Alexander Dwayne Dalton, 28, of Chapmanville, got into a verbal altercation at Dalton’s residence and Dalton hit him in the face with a shovel, causing a deep bruis...
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Attorney Noone named Ala. Civil Air Patrol’s “Safety Officer of Year”
While known for regularly practicing law and performing music in the Logan area, many may not know that Attorney Robert “Bob” Noone is also a First Lieutenant and pilot in the Civil Air Patrol, an official auxiliary of the United States Air Force, as a member of the Alabama Wing of CAP. Recently at the Civil Air Patrol Wing Conference in Mobile, Ala., Lt. Noone was honored as “Safety Officer of the Year” and “Character Development Instructo...
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Street paving to take place this week
A joint project between the West Virginia Department of Highways (DOH) and the City of Logan is moving forward next week. Logan Mayor Serafino Nolletti says the project has been in the process for over a year now, along with new traffic lights, and other paving projects. Beginning Monday, paving will be taking place on Main Street up to Holland Lane, down Stratton Street, Washington Street and Jefferson Avenue. Mayor Nolletti says the p...
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W.Va. utilities propose $58M tree-trimming plan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power customers would foot the bill for expanded tree-trimming around transmission lines under a plan submitted to state regulators. The West Virginia Public Service Commission ordered the two American Electric Power subsidiaries to submit a plan after last summer’s storms left thousands of customers without power, some for up to two weeks. The Charleston Gazette reports that if the ...
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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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