Red Riders to face improved Shady Spring team (The Steubenville Herald-Star)

WEIRTON - Many of the characteristics of this year's West Virginia Class AA state baseball tournament in Charleston are the same as last year's. Only a few details are different, particularly that Weir will face Shady Spring in the semifinals Thursday instead of the championship game.
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Charleston Considers Riverfront Development Strategy (WOWK-TV)

Charleston and Huntington developers say cities need to capitalize from the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. CHARLESTON -- West Virginia's largest two cities are on the banks of two of the busiest rivers in the state.
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Showdown in Coal Town: 16 Arrested in MJS Action (cmi santiago)

For the third time in one week, residents of the Coal River Valley of West Virginia and supporters from across the country met at Massey Energy's coal processing plant behind Marsh Fork Elementary School to demand that it be shut down and cleaned up.
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Soggy and Cool Southeast to Virginia (weather.com via Yahoo! News)

Wet weather, including scattered thunderstorms (and maybe a few severe storms), will again plague the South tomorrow, mainly east of the Mississippi River as a disturbance aloft continues its low-gear eastward journey.
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The Road Less Traveled (State Journal)

West Virginia's leaders are looking for ways to fix its broken pension system. For decades, West Virginia's government leaders have been known for a lot of things, but sound fiscal management is not one of them.
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Three W.Va. spellers fare well in national bee (Charleston Daily Mail)

WASHINGTON -- As day two began today in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, West Virginia spellers were holding their own. The bee began with 273 contestants on Wednesday morning.
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Albemarle First Bank Reschedules 2005 Annual Shareholder Meeting (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Albemarle First Bank, Charlottesville, Virginia today announced that its 2005 annual shareholder meeting has been rescheduled for July 26, 2005. The meeting will be held at 10:00 am at the Omni Hotel, 235 West Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Weir wins region title (The Steubenville Herald-Star)

RIPLEY - West Virginia Class AA defending champion Weir lived up to expectations Thursday by earning a repeat appearance in the state baseball tournament with a 7-4 victory over Roane County at Ripley High School in the Region 1 final.
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Missing Hiker (WRIC 8)

A Petersburg man is missing after leaving Central Virginia for a hiking trip along the west coast. 60-year-old John Donovan was hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from Mexico to Canada.
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Sayre, PA, Evening Times (Evening Times)

Athens graduate Chris Shores gets ready to throw a pitch for West Virginia State earlier this season. Shores and the rest of the WVSU baseball team are currently playing in the NCAA Division II World Series. ...
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Brooke teacher receives state honor (The Steubenville Herald-Star)

WELLSBURG - Mike Rafa said he's pleased to learn he's been named the 2005 West Virginia Outstanding Biology Teacher by the National Association of Biology Teachers.
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Tisha Campbell-Martin's Brother, Tai 'Quill' Campbell to Drop CD in 2005 (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Synergie Unlimited Records today announced the Fall 2005 CD release of Tai "Quill" Campbell, younger brother of prominent singer, actress and director, Tisha Campbell-Martin. She proudly admits that her brother is a true lyrical genius and their family musical treasure and secret. With diversity, creativity, seriousness, humor and wit, Quill brings a
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State revenues flush as budget year nears end (Charleston Daily Mail)

Most of the money has been spoken for, but West Virginia expects to end its budget year June 30 with a surplus in both tax and lottery revenue.
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Bringing the Business Back Home (WTRF)

Philippi-based Blackheart International is moving its manufacturing operations back to West Virginia. PHILIPPI -- Back in West Virginia after several years away, Blackheart International LLC of Philippi is preparing to begin manufacturing and to hire many people to do it.
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Judge allows plaintiffs in salmonella outbreak to sue companies (phillyburbs.com)

PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia federal bankruptcy judge has allowed more than 80 people who claim they were sickened by salmonella-tainted tomatoes to sue the company that supplied the tomatoes and the Sheetz convenience store chain.
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RHS band performs in West Virginia Strawberry Festival parade (Rhinelander Daily News)

The 105 Rhinelander High School band students who participated in the Buckhannon, West Virginia Strawberry Festival represented the community well, according to band director Larry Zunker.
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Rivers' Phoenix (WTRF)

West Virginia cities are looking at waterways as a recreational haven and a hot spot for economic development. Rivers used to be the backdoor of many cities.
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Virginia man killed in Jefferson County fall (Hampton Roads Daily Press)

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- A Virginia man died of injuries he suffered when he fell about 75 feet down an embankment in a popular recreational area along the West Virginia-Virginia border.
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Early Voting Begins on Bond Issue (WOWK-TV)

West Virginians will decide June 25 whether the state should sell up to $5.5 billion in bonds. Voters will start going to the polls Friday to decide whether West Virginia should sell up to $5.5 billion in bonds.
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Fighting sprawl, Virginia town seeks to save past (Reuters)

BUCKLAND, Virginia (Reuters) - Speeding west of Washington, D.C., on busy U.S. Route 29 -- past strip malls, fast-food outlets and row after row of new suburban homes -- it's easy to pass right by this tiny 18th century town.
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