Recently added articles from The State Journal:
Charles Town Firm Brings Local History to TV
Aug 08, 2008; Ford, Christine Miller ... KEARNEYSVILLE - While many television viewers across West Virginia and Virginia would describe "Road Trip to History" programs as fascinating, the program's creator Wayne Bronson feels his job goes far beyond mere entertainment. When Bronson takes his camera and sound equipment into a ...
Better World Club Helps Drivers While Protecting the Planet
Aug 08, 2008; Bonnstetter, Cathy ... Drivers in West Virginia and elsewhere who want to protect the environment while driving have an option these days. Since 2002, Better World Club has offered roadside assistance, insurance and travel planning to its members while actively working to help clean the environment and keep it ...
Is the Panhandle Still a Bargain for Commuters?
Aug 08, 2008; Ford, Christine Miller ... BUNKER HILL - When you drive 180 or more miles to work each day as some Eastern Panhandle commuters do, gas station fill-ups at $4 per gallon add up to big money fast. Nonetheless, area real estate agents predict higher gas prices will not end the trend of Washington area workers buying ...
Jefferson Dinner Showcases Locally Produced Foods
Aug 08, 2008; Stone, Gretchen Mae ... Peaches with raspberry sauce and West Virginia wine helped to kick off Jefferson County's first catered farm dinner to showcase locally grown and raised foods and the farms that produce them. The event's organizer, Fresh Feast on the Farm owner Jane Tabb, hopes the event will bring an ...
Soul Food: Charles Town Church is Home to Eatery
Aug 08, 2008; Ford, Christine Miller ... CHARLES TOWN - With hundreds of people coming every day to Oakland Church for Bible studies, sports, preschool classes, church services in Spanish and other happenings, leaders of the Charles Town congregation quickly found themselves with three problems: breakfast, lunch and dinner. "We ...
Officials, Business Owners Propose Customs Port in Bridgeport
Aug 08, 2008; McDaniel, Alexis ... CLARKSBURG - Ports of Entry, bonded warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones are part of the vocabulary of the world marketplace, but they don't exist in north central West Virginia - yet. An unofficial group of business owners and elected officials has been meeting for months, with the goal ...
Berkeley County Assessor's Office Tries 4-Day Work Week
Aug 08, 2008; Williams, Walt ... Imagine having a three-day weekend every weekend. That's the option given to the staff of the Berkeley County Assessor's Office, and, according to county Assessor Preston Gooden, it's working fine. "They actually love it because it gives them a long weekend," he said. In ...
State Fair Pumps Up Greenbrier County Economy
Aug 08, 2008; Simpson, Debbie Schwartz ... FAIRLEA - With West Virginia's Biggest Garden Party as the theme, the State Fair of West Virginia will open its gates Aug. 8 for the a nine-day run. The crowds for annual event give a major boost to the area's economy, according to Marlene Pierson-Jolliffe, State Fair manager "In ...
More Seek Help With Food, Rent, Health Care
Aug 08, 2008; Ford, Christine Miller ... CHARLES TOWN - Michele Goldman is hearing the sentence "I never thought I'd be here asking for help" more than ever these days. Goldman, the director of the Eastern Panhandle Free Clinic in Charles Town, said she's heard those words come out of the mouths of all sorts of people who come ...
New Drug-Testing Rules Lead to Confusion
Aug 08, 2008; Williams, Walt ... CHARLESTON - A new state law that took effect at the beginning of July requires contractors working for the state to go the extra step when drug testing employees, but so far it has cost one contractor a job. MEC Construction of Bridgeport lost out on a state Department of Transportation ...
Bush Addresses Coal Association With Energy Solutions
Aug 08, 2008; Ali, Ann ... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - It may have seemed easy enough to predict the topic of the day at the West Virginia Coal Association annual meeting July 31, but coal was only one energy word in a string of many. "I want to talk about energy today," President George W. Bush told the crowd of ...
MTR Gaming Considers Selling Assets, Cutting Debt
Aug 08, 2008; Harris, Linda ... MTR Gaming CEO Ted Arneault said the board of directors is willing to sell more noncore assets to cut corporate debt. The board's focus, Arneault told analysts during a conference call discussing the company's second quarter numbers, is to maximize shareholder value through a variety of ...
Parkersburg Eyes Baseball Team
Aug 08, 2008; Harris, Linda ... Some Wood County officials are studying the possibility of bringing a minor league baseball club to the community. "We're talking about it, doing a little planning to see whether we can come up with a strategy that would provide the type of facility necessary," said Keith Burdette, ...
Short Lines, Excursion Rails, See Steady Business
Aug 08, 2008; Darst, Paul ... High fuel prices have been both a burden and a blessing for tourist railroads in West Virginia. The surge in prices means railroads that run diesel locomotives must pay more, but those higher fuel costs also mean more people are staying closer to home for vacations, said Cindy Butler, ...
State PSC's TrAIL Decision Draws Reactions
Aug 08, 2008; Kasey, Pam ... MORGANTOWN - Approval Aug. 1 of a 500-kilovolt power line across northern West Virginia by the state Public Service Commission quickly drew two significant reactions. Gov. Joe Manchin affirmed that he will propose a new transmission tax - and threatened to oppose the line if the tax is ...
State Inspectors Have Hands Full With Railroads
Aug 08, 2008; Darst, Paul ... West Virginia has more than 2,000 miles of railroads, according to the West Virginia Department of Transportation. Ten state inspectors and some federal railroad officials are responsible for inspecting all those miles of tracks, a job that keeps them busy, said Ira Baldwin, of the West ...
Anywhere But Ansted, Alderson or Anmoore (Again)
Aug 08, 2008; Ali, Ann ... Forbes Magazine recently released its 2008 rankings of the best states to do business, and for the second year in a row it placed the economic dunce cap on West Virginia, asking it to sit in the corner of last place. And to one economist, the diagnosis is that the Mountain State is ...
Berkeley, Jefferson Brave More School Enrollment Bumps
Aug 08, 2008; Ali, Ann ... As students in the Eastern Panhandle prepare for the upcoming school year, boards of education are preparing for surges in enrollment as best they can. So far this year, they seem to be winning the fight. "We're in the process of planning a new elementary school, so that will ...
Heartland Corridor, Intermodal Facility Move Forward
Aug 08, 2008; Darst, Paul ... Getting products to and from international markets could be made easier in West Virginia by the fall of 2010 thanks to two public/private partnership projects that are slowly transforming part of southwestern West Virginia. The Heartland Corridor and the Prichard Intermodal facility both ...
Severstal Acquisition Includes Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Aug 08, 2008; Harris, Linda ... OAO Severstal Inc., the Russian steelmaker aiming to increase its toehold in the U.S. steel industry, has completed its acquisition of Esmark Inc., a deal that includes Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel. Severstal purchased nearly 39 million Esmark shares - about 94 percent - prior to the Aug. 4 ...