A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — We hear often from certain quarters that “facts matter” and that policy debates in this state should be more “evidence-based.” The Republican majority in the state Legislature agrees, and earlier this year it asked the Bureau of Economic Research at[Read More…]
Month: November 2015
WV home rule panel lets Bridgeport enact sales tax
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The West Virginia Municipal Home Rule Board on Monday gave Bridgeport the go-ahead to enact a 1 percent sales tax to finance a proposed indoor recreation complex. During a meeting in Charleston, the Home Rule Board unanimously approved the city’s amendment to its home rule plan seeking[Read More…]
West Virginia needs plan to attract high-tech jobs
An editorial from The Herald Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The size of the “high-tech” economy in the United States is not easy to define. Economists agree that it is more than the information services, research and computer industries we may think of first. It also includes vibrant growing businesses that run[Read More…]
Harpers Ferry is newest WV home rule city
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Harpers Ferry has been accepted into the West Virginia Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program Phase III, making it the first Class IV municipality to receive home rule status. The Municipal Home Rule Board met Monday in Charleston to decide on Harpers Ferry’s and Elkins’ home rule[Read More…]
WV student’s first photo wins national award
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Faythe Bailey, an eighth-grader at Martinsburg South Middle School, never thought that a simple photograph she had taken of a friend would turn into what it did. Bailey placed first in the Boys & Girls Club national photography contest in the 10-12 age group this past summer.[Read More…]
W.Va. ‘sugar artist’ competing on Food Network
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Steve Weiss has been competing in cooking challenges for 15 years, but this is his first-ever Christmas-themed competition. Weiss, the culinary arts program coordinator and instructor at Blue Ridge Technical and Community College, is competing for a $50,000 prize on Food Network Channel’s “Cake Wars: Christmas.” Weiss[Read More…]
Lawmakers tighten proposal for welfare drug tests
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers have narrowed their focus when it comes to drug testing welfare recipients, hoping that the smaller scope will both be more cost-effective and will catch more illegal drug users. The bill would establish a three-year pilot program operated under federal approval, which requires “reasonable suspicion” of[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Nov. 17
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. FRANCE LAUNCHES NEW AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIA’S RAQQA The strikes destroy the Islamic State[Read More…]
Fairmont police citing more for distracted driving
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Although police have been enforcing the law when drivers are caught with a mobile device in their hand, police are still finding that residents are not putting their phones or devices down while on the road. Sgt. David Wolford with the Fairmont Police Department said since having to[Read More…]
Miners lost in ’68 Farmington disaster remembered
MANNINGTON, W.Va. — On Sunday, Ralph Starkey sat about a mile away from where he and eight other coal miners were rescued in 1968 after a series of explosions went through the Farmington No. 9 mine. “It was right up there where we came out,” he said while pointing behind[Read More…]
