Topics http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120016 Members of VFW Post 8516 at Elkview provided the color guard for a ceremony in Clendenin in remembrance of the Sept. 11 attacks Wednesday....]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120016 Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120017 A year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands and spurred a pledge to improve security at Charleston’s City Hall, little of the $100,000 set aside for the task has been spent.City Council approved Mayor ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120017 Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120018 Images taken of 9/11 ceremonies and activities....]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120018 Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120019 In an outdoor ceremony at the state Capitol in which the weather was seemingly choreographed to fit the mood, more than 3,000 West Virginians gathered to pay tribute to those who died in last year’s terrorist attacks.Leaden...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120019 Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110036 In the days and months following Sept. 11, 2001, the effects of the attacks were felt in nearly every courthouse and public building in West Virginia. Evacuations and threats were reported for days following. In Charleston,...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110036 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110037 If practice makes perfect, events of the past year have pushed the West Virginia Office of Emergency Services a long way toward reaching that unreachable goal.After coordinating the statewide response to last September’s te...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110037 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110038 A big convention had downtown Philadelphia booked solid. A hotel by the airport would have to do, serving as home base for a weeklong honeymoon of shopping and sightseeing. The date: Monday, Sept. 10, 2001.In the morning, a...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110038 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110033 T. Ford-Ahmed was in her car, driving to teach her morning public relations class at West Virginia State College, when she heard a caller on a radio show saying an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center.The DJ laugh...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110033 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110034 Michael Pettry wasn’t sure how he felt when terrorists attacked New York and Washington last Sept. 11. But the 21-year-old aspiring composer knew he had to express himself in some way.“After Sept. 11 I felt like I needed to...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110034 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110039 Sept. 11 has become one of those dates by which Americans measure time — before, and after. Although my family did not lose anyone in the attacks, our lives have changed profoundly. My 13-year-old son, Kevin, and I witness...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110039 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110031 Former Charleston Area Medical Center administrator William H. Kincaid pleaded guilty Monday to obstruction of a federal audit. In a hearing before U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden II, Kincaid, 39, of Charleston admitt...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110031 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110032 In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the state Public Service Commission installed a policy to restrict public access to maps and other documents that show the locations of power lines, natural gas pipelines and water supplies. http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110032 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110035 Church services Area churches will offer the following Sept. 11 anniversary services and events: Christ Church United Methodist and the Charleston Baptist Temple are inviting other churches to jo...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110035 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110030 Tuesday’s move to a heightened state of alert over possible terrorist attacks was a “common-sense decision,” but should not keep West Virginians from going about their business as normal, said Gov. Bob Wise.Wise, along with...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209110030 Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209100003 A Charleston family business is planning a Sept. 11 tribute to be held in New York City’s Madison Square Garden.David Dodd, owner of Event Productions, has spent the past several months producing the remembrance ceremony, t...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209100003 Tue, 10 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209090006 Karen Greenblatt doesn’t need an anniversary to remind her of Sept. 11 in New York City. She lived it, and lives with it every day.Standing there amid the helpless crowd outside her Soho apartment in Lower Manhattan, she wa...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209090006 Mon, 09 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209090007 Looking back on the events of Sept. 11 is how the country can move forward, Gov. Bob Wise said at a Sunday afternoon memorial service in Cross Lanes.“A year later we’re more somber, we’re more vigilant, we’re more prepared ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209090007 Mon, 09 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080023 HUNTINGTON — Against the cloudless sky and deep blue waters, Dr. Paul Wesley Ambrose, 32, grinned at the camera as he leaned against the side of a boat. He held in his arms a 4-foot-long mahi-mahi he caught earlier that day off the North Carol...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080023 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080021 MORGANTOWN — Eight days ago, a drunken football fan spied Sohail Chaudhry outside Mountaineer Field. Chaudhry was quietly doing his job, delivering the West Virginia University student newspaper. The drunken man must have n...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080021 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080022 Friends fondly remember Huntington native Dr. Paul Wesley Ambrose, who died Sept. 11 when his plane crashed into the Pentagon. The following quotes were taken from the American Medical Student Association Web site, where Paul served as legi...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080022 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080020 The new spiritual leader of the state Islamic Association sees himself as a bridge builder. After the tragedies of Sept. 11, he sees that role as more important than ever.Mohammad Jamal Daoudi is the new imam, or spiritual ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080020 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080019 After the towers fell, old friends in Morgantown started calling: Are you safe. Where were you when it happened. Did you — here, they often paused, barely able to comprehend the thought — see it.<...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080019 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400