CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The latest estimates have set a late 2016 completion date for renovations to Capitol complex Building 3 – or nearly 6½ years after initial plans to reopen the eight-story office building. Administration Secretary Ross Taylor told legislators Tuesday a redesign of the project is 90 percent complete,[Read More…]
Month: September 2014
Appraiser for Clarksburg projects convicted in Pa.
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The appraiser hired in May to value property for the latest Charles Pointe tax increment financing (TIF) proposal was under indictment for federal bank fraud at the time. James E. Lignelli was convicted shortly after, on June 11, of three counts of federal bank fraud in Pennsylvania.[Read More…]
Strategic plan for Clarksburg is long overdue
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The city of Clarksburg has seen good times and bad times. During the 1950s, ’60s and early ’70s, the city was a booming commercial center with a bustling downtown district. It was known for glass manufacturing, and Harrison County was the[Read More…]
Ohio County again to discuss stiffer smoking ban
WHEELING, W.Va. — The Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health wants to get new opinions about its tabled plan to expand its smoking ban. During a board meeting on Tuesday, chairman Dr. John Holloway suggested a subcommittee be formed that will talk to those who would be impacted by an expansion[Read More…]
Parkersburg housing, hotel complex in works
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Construction will start next year on the housing and hotel components of a multi-million-dollar development atop Fort Boreman Hill, the developer said on Tuesday. “We’re talking to a couple of contractors right now,” said Pat Minnite Sr. of the PM Company. The PM Company will develop the[Read More…]
Kessler says tank rule fix circumvents Legislature
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, said Tuesday an interpretive rule on the Water Resources Protection Act “steps on the power of the Legislature” by not allowing the rule to be properly corrected and vetted. Some legislators had called for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to convene[Read More…]
Fashion in football: Today’s biggest trend
A column by Bob Hertzel for the Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Word came out of College Park, Maryland, this week that a tortoise can change its shell and the Terrapins, who will face off at home against West Virginia on Saturday, will do so wearing some slick, patriotic new[Read More…]
W.Va. inmates producing food for prison tables
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Using land already owned by the state and the prison population to work the fields, West Virginia inmates are producing some food for tables in other prison facilities across the state. The commissioners of Agriculture and Corrections reported on the cooperative project to two joint committees Tuesday[Read More…]
Problems that led to UBB disaster still out there
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A scathing report released by the legislative committee on Labor and Worker Safety Issues on the Upper Big Branch mine disaster that took the lives of 29 miners was released in Charleston on Monday. The comprehensive report brings together the mistakes, the[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, Sept. 10
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. OBAMA TO OUTLINE STRATEGY TO COMBAT ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTSThe[Read More…]
