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MARTINSBURG – April is a landmark month for Panhandle Home Health. This week marks 36 years since the nonprofit’s start, and in just a few weeks hundreds from across the Panhandle will pick up miniature golf clubs to take part in the organization’s big annual fundraiser. [cleeng_content id="t1" price="0.15" description="Read it now!"]Puttin’ for Panhandle Home [...]
Continue reading …New foundation exec: After more than a decade as executive director of the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation, Amy Owen will step down next month and a longtime Eastern Panhandle resident has been named as her successor. “Leaving the area and this community foundation will be a little heartbreaking,” said Owen, who is moving with [...]
Continue reading …Md. firm gets Shepherd underpass project SHEPHERDSTOWN — A Maryland firm has won the bid to build a pedestrian underpass at Shepherd University. Work by C. William Hetzer Inc. of Hagerstown will begin this spring and is set to be completed by the time students return to campus in August, according to school officials. School [...]
Continue reading …RAVENSWOOD (AP) — West Virginia officials hope a major tax break will help reopen a Jackson County aluminum plant. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is visiting Ravenswood on Monday for the signing of the legislation meant to aid Century Aluminum. More than 650 people lost their jobs when the California-based company shut down the smelter in [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — A West Virginia businessman is among those asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the federal health care overhaul. David Klemencic owns Ellenboro Floors in Ritchie County. Earlier this year, he agreed to become an individual plaintiff in the National Federation of Independent Business’ lawsuit targeting the federal law. Klemencic believes [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia Public Service Commission’s staff says the commission should take another look at noise from a wind farm in Mineral County. The recommendation came in a complaint filed by Keyser resident Richard Braithwaite. He wants the PSC to order Pinnacle Wind Farm owner Edison Mission Group to silence the turbines [...]
Continue reading …PARKERSBURG (AP) — A Wood County judge has approved a $4.7 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by former workers at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Parkersburg over the loss of accumulated sick leave benefits. Circuit Judge Robert Waters approved the settlement Thursday to be paid to 626 employees. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports [...]
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GORE, Va. – Engineers Without Borders International is bringing its expertise in solar technology to the United States, after spending decades honing its skills working to improve the lives of impoverished populations in developing countries. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng [...]
Continue reading …Harassment prevention is focus of seminar MARTINSBURG – Employment law attorney Carl D. Moore will lead a harassment prevention for managers and supervisors Thursday at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College here. The workshop, which begins with breakfast at 8:15 a.m. at the school’s Tech Center at 5550 Winchester Ave., is being put on [...]
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CHARLES TOWN— Travis “The Beast” Bagent, winner of more than 15 world championship titles in arm wrestling, now has a new fitness trend in his grip. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this article [...]
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