CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An ABC News report is calling into question the conduct of the state Supreme Court’s chief justice. The report, titled “Lear Jet Justice in West Virginia: A ‘Circus Masquerading as a Court,’” was released Tuesday. It claims an attorney helped raise thousands of dollars for Justice Robin Davis’[Read More…]
Month: December 2014
Statehouse celebration lights up the night
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A festive audience gathered Tuesday night for the annual Joyful Night celebration on the south side of the state Capitol building. The holiday season kickoff event at the Capitol Complex featured music by the Morgantown High School and Winfield High School marching bands, the Appalachian Children’s[Read More…]
The gag order in the Blankenship case goes too far
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When 29 men died underground at the Upper Big Branch mine in 2010, the state of West Virginia watched and grieved. People were saddened and outraged. They wanted to know what happened and why. With the indictment of former Massey[Read More…]
W.Va. state revenues see healthy November bump
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With state tax collections for November exceeding estimates by $30.54 million, and topping November 2013 figures by $38.2 million, , Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss was able to declare for the first time in his tenure, “We had a very good month.” With tax collections coming in 11.5[Read More…]
W.Va. meth lab busts drop by 40 percent
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Methamphetamine lab busts in West Virginia have dropped 40 percent this year, according to the latest count released Tuesday by State Police. West Virginia law enforcement officers seized 290 of the clandestine labs through the end of November, down from 500 labs found by this time last[Read More…]
Pipeline could yield $25 million for W.Va. counties
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — By 2020, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline — a proposed joint-venture project to transport natural gas from the Marcellus Shale to Virginia and North Carolina — could generate millions in local property tax revenues for North Central West Virginia. That’s according to projections provided by Dominion, one of[Read More…]
Sheriff says W.Va. shooter should not have had gun
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The shooter in a four-person murder rampage was prohibited from having a firearm, Monongalia County Sheriff Al Kisner said Tuesday, Dec. 2. Jody Hunt was the suspected gunman in a three-site shooting spree in the Morgantown area on Monday, Dec. 1. Four people were killed — Doug[Read More…]
Monongalia shootings renew gun debate
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — “We have a perfect storm coming.” That’s how the FBI manager at the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), in Bridgeport, recently described the volume of gun sales in recent years. We don’t know the status of the firearm that was used[Read More…]
Santa visits Huntington children’s hospital
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — He didn’t ask for much. Just a toy car. He has two at home, but when Tyson Sanders got a chance to talk to Santa in person on Tuesday morning, he told him he’d like to have one more. It was something the 5-year-old had been looking[Read More…]
Oil, gas officials say W.Va. tank law goes too far
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia say the state’s requirements for above-ground storage tanks are unfair and are harming the industry. James McKinney and Jon Hildreth, both board members of IOGA, spoke Tuesday in Parkersburg, saying the rules which are meant to[Read More…]
