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CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia transportation officials are developing an alert system for travelers that will provide statewide information about accidents, construction and other traffic issues. The Department of Transportation plans to launch the West Virginia 511 system by November. It will offer real-time traffic information on several platforms, including a 511 telephone line, a [...]
Continue reading …OAK HILL (AP) — Secretary of State Natalie Tennant says a Fayette County resort has broken a Guinness World Record for the most zip-liners in an hour. Tennant was an official counter for Sunday’s event at ACE Adventure Resort. She says in a news release that the resort sent 184 people along a cable in [...]
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CHARLESTON (AP) — A Beckley man has claimed a $1 million Powerball prize. West Virginia Lottery Director John C. Musgrave says John Robinson is the fifth West Virginian to win a lottery prize of at least $1 million this year. Robinson’s winning ticket matched five numbers but missed the Powerball for the May 16 drawing. [...]
Continue reading …BRYAN CLARK Spirit Staff SHENANDOAH JUNCTION – There have been no serious injuries in the house fire in Shenandoah Junction. The fire at a home on 1st Street engulfed large portions of the home for a time. Initial scanner traffic indicated that an individual might have been trapped in the home, but firefighters on the [...]
Continue reading …MARTINSBURG (AP) — A West Virginia woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for trying to arrange the murder of a Virginia resident. U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says 50-year-old Brenda Lee Swisher of Augusta was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge John Preston Baily. Swisher pleaded guilty in January to [...]
Continue reading …WHEELING (AP) — A Northern Panhandle legislator who pleaded guilty to drunken driving says he’s changed his mind and won’t resign from the House of Delegates. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register reports that Democratic Del. Ryan Ferns of Ohio County says he won’t resign, but hasn’t decided whether to withdraw his re-election bid. Ferns received [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — More West Virginia public school students will be allowed to eat breakfast and lunch at school for free beginning in the fall. State education officials say West Virginia is one of only four states to be selected to participate in the Community Eligibility Option for the coming school year. Under this program, [...]
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HARPERS FERRY – The new director of the Harpers Ferry Job Corps Center said he is working hard to improve the prospects of students graduating and entering the job market. 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 [...]
Continue reading …I had planned to write this after the new CVS retail store being built in Charles Town was finished and the changes to the downtown streetscape were better understood. Folks would see the actual façade of the store and the context of how it all fit into downtown. Recent events in which a Charles Town [...]
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