By Beth Vorhees
Doug Prichard has his sights set on West Virginia’s coyotes. He heads the Smokie Hill Coyote Hunt Club. He pays $25 for each coyote killed. Prichard is seeking state assistance to help pay for the rewards. He spoke to “West Virginia Morning” host Beth Vorhees.
By Cecelia Mason
The WV Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in one of the Eastern Panhandle’s most controversial development cases. A developer who was denied a permit to build houses on battlefield land near Shepherdstown is asking the court to reverse the county’s decision. The Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association has challenged the development. (2:57)
By Emily Corio
After several years of hearings and protest, the Longview power plant is under construction. Company officials and politicians gathered in Monongalia Co. Wednesday morning to break ground. There were no protesters in sight. Instead, the company chartered two buses to bring in state officials who have shown support for the project.
By Beth Vorhees
A federal jury has returned the death penalty for to Mingo county residents convicted of murdering a drug informant. George Lecco and Valerie Friend face the first death sentences in WV in more than 40 years, for federal charges.
In WV courts, there is no death penalty, one of 12 states without one since 1965. Jack Canfield was Gov. Hulett Smith’s press secretary when the death penalty was abolished in the state.
In 2004, Republican Brent Benjamin knocked off then-Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw in the nastiest and most expensive court race in West Virginia history.
Most of the money spent on that race came from outside groups – trial lawyers went after Benjamin, while business groups and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship attacked McGraw. Blankenship alone spent an estimated $3 million on the race.
Now for the first time, Justice Benjamin is talking at length about that race. He says he won because of McGraw’s mistakes, not Blankenship’s money. Scott Finn reports.
By Kristin Murdock
Delinquent businesses owe Cabell County more than one million dollars for the past two tax years. Now the county has a way to make them pay up. A 2004 bill regarding personal property taxes went into effect last year. The law gives delinquent business owners two choices: pay up or lose your business license.Cabell County sheriff Kim Wolfe plans to start shutting down businesses on July 1.
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By Emily Corio
Allegheny Power has updated its application to build a high voltage power line through North-Central West Virginia. For one, the price tag has increased, and now West Virginia customers will have to pick up some of the cost. Emily Corio reports.
Host: Beth Vorhees
“Inside Appalachia” is West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s regional newsmagazine.
Inside Appalachia Rundown – May 26, 2007
By Cecelia Mason
Last month marked the 90th anniversary of when America entered the Great War. President Woodrow Wilson called it the war to end all wars. More than 4 million Americans were mobilized for World War One. Only four remain. One of them is 106-year-old Frank Buckles of Jefferson County. As we head into Memorial Day weekend, Cecelia Mason talks to Buckles about his memories of two wars, his life today, and his gratitude.
This story was was produced as part of our series, Aging With Grace and Dignity.
By Rob Rhodes
Charleston artist Joseph Mullins helps tell the story of West Virginia’s Veterans’ Memorial.
By Mike Youngren
Arlington National Cemetery is the final home for more than a quarter million souls who earned the right to be so honored. Three years ago, we had the story of young man from West Virginia who was finally laid to rest in Arlington. He wasn’t unknown, but he was nearly forgotten. His story is one of our favorites. It first aired May 27, 2004 on “Outlook.” It was rebroadcast May 24, 2007. Once again, here’s how Harold Stalnaker came home.
By Emily Corio
There’s a growing interest in the potential of wind energy in WV. So far, there’s only one wind project operating. It is in Tucker County; another is under construction in Grant County. Several more projects are in the pipeline – some awaiting state approval and others in court. Cong. Nick Rahall and a National Academy of Sciences study are calling for more scrutiny of wind farms’ effects on wildlife.
Read Story Wind farm studies
By Jean Snedegar
An Elkins artist has started a series of weekend art and nature workshops at Water Gap Retreat to feature what he believes is best about the Potomac Highlands. Not only will participants learn about subjects from caving to movement to art, they will also sleep inside art.
By Greg Collard with Scott Finn and Anna Sale
Charleston is a unique newspaper town. It’s the smallest in the country to have two competing newspapers – The Charleston Gazette and The Charleston Daily Mail – operate under what’s called a Joint Operating Agreement, or JOA.
The Department of Justice approves JOAs. They allow newspapers to share business functions while competing against each other in covering the news. The goal is to preserve competing newspapers.
But this week the Justice Department sued the company that owns the Gazette. The lawsuit accuses the Daily Gazette Company off illegally trying to shut down the Daily Mail. The federal lawsuit says the problems started three years ago after the Daily Gazette Company purchased the Daily Mail. Now the Justice Department wants a federal court to rescind that purchase. Greg Collard reports.
Read story DOJ sues Gazette, MediaNews Group
Read federal lawsuit Anti-trust complaint
By Beth Vorhees
Dr. Corley Dennison is the Dean of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University. He discusses the history of Justice Department enforcement in the news, and explains how joint operating agreements work.
By Martin Booth Tracy, Kentucky Public Radio
The town of Murray in Kentucky was home to a navy chaplain who arrived there to build a church and ended up coining a phrase immortalized in American Pop Culture. For Memorial Day, here’s an essay about Reverend Howell Forgy and his famous slogan.
By Scott Finn
Our reporter Scott Finn grew up in Iowa, but he’s lived in West Virginia most of his adult life. He’s reported on dozens of surveys that rank West Virginia at the top of the bad things and the bottom of the good things.
But one survey last week caught his attention – one that says West Virginia is the least average state in America. That led him to try to answer a nagging question – why he chooses to live here.
By Keri Brown
For now, the decision on table games will be settled at the polls, not in the courts. Yesterday, the State Supreme court of Appeals decided not to consider a challenge to West Virginia‘s table games law.
Meanwhile, the media campaign for casino games in West Virginia is in full swing in the four counties with racetracks. But not everyone is betting on games like black jack and roulette to move the states economy forward. Keri Brown takes a look at both sides of the issue and files this report.
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By Emily Corio
High School seniors in the state are getting ready for graduation. This fall many will head to college. For two students, getting a degree won’t mean going into debt. They are both recipients of what’s considered the largest undergraduate scholarship in the country. Emily Corio reports.
By Kristen Murdock
A high-profile murder trial in Cabell County is on hold for another few months. Judge Alfred Ferguson on Tuesday delayed the trial of Cherylethia Holmes of Detroit, better known as ‘Bunny’. Holmes is being charged ordering the killing of a prostitute in July 2004 in Huntington. Her new trial date is set for August 14th.
Holmes is also a person of interest in the 2005 Huntington shooting that killed four area young people. But her lawyer says she is not responsible. Kristin Murdock reports.
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