Charleston, W.Va. — Senate President Bill Cole and House Speaker Tim Armstead issued a statement today expressing disappointment over the failure of WorkForce West Virginia to implement the statutory requirements of the prevailing wage law as passed by the Legislature with broad bipartisan support, and signed by the Governor on March[Read More…]
Month: June 2015
Longtime Bluefield reporter Barbara Hawkins dies
PRINCETON, W.Va. — Barbara Hawkins, a “legend among reporters” and a “tireless advocate” for victims of domestic violence, has died following a long illness. Hawkins passed away Sunday evening, the Daily Telegraph confirmed Monday. She was the former long-time State Editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, and the founder of[Read More…]
New water leak in Dunbar means another outage
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Not more than a few days after a large water outage left 25,000 Kanawha and Putnam county customers without water, those same residents were faced with an outage again following a new water main break discovered Monday morning. The rupture was located in the area of 39 Dunbar[Read More…]
Contract awarded for state office building redo
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An eight-year saga to renovate Capitol Complex Building 3 has taken a major step forward with the awarding of a $34.28 million contract to a St. Albans building contractor. General Services awarded the contract to Paramount Builders to renovate the eight-story circa 1951 building designed by Cass[Read More…]
Flying the Confederate flag is different
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a crazed racist who wrapped himself in the Confederate flag massacred nine blacks at a South Carolina church, those defiant banners are being removed across the South. Great. They should come down, because flying the rebel flag became a symbol of[Read More…]
Rough Huntington storm leaves beauty in its wake
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After a tense 45 minutes or so during which a tornado warning was issued for Lawrence County, Ohio, and Cabell County, West Virginia, on Monday evening, the clouds parted long enough to allow some evening sun through, creating a vibrant rainbow that could be seen from downtown[Read More…]
W.Va. boys see tough loss in soccer semifinals
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Losing is bad enough, but losing and wondering “what if” is apparently worse. Two teams from West Virginia, the West Virginia Futbol Club 2002 B Black U12 Boys (Huntington-Charleston) and MUSC Shox U19 Girls (Morgantown) dropped close games Monday in the semifinals of the US Youth Soccer[Read More…]
EPA ruling comes too late for some power plants
WHEELING, W.Va. — As electricity producers turn off power plants and coal miners wait in the unemployment line, officials in West Virginia and Ohio applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision against the Environmental Protection Agency regulations on mercury emissions. Struck down Monday, the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards[Read More…]
Federal agency wasting money on corridor study
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — It often seems as though government organizations search out ways to throw away money. Take, for example, the Appalachian Development Highway System, established by Congress 50 years ago, to increase economic development in isolated Appalachian regions, through improved infrastructure.[Read More…]
John Manchin drops lawsuit against two brothers
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Dr. John Manchin II has filed to drop a $1.7 million lawsuit against his brothers, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and businessman Rock Manchin. Around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dr. Manchin, who was listed as the plaintiff on the suit, and his counsel filed a stipulation of voluntary dismissal[Read More…]
