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Month: January 2016
WV advances bill on concealed-carry without permit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For a second straight year, West Virginia lawmakers have taken up a bill to allow people to carry concealed handguns without obtaining permits. House Judiciary Committee members took up the bill (HB 4145) Wednesday morning, shortly after an early public hearing where proponents called the current $100 fee[Read More…]
Manchin to filibuster Obama’s FDA nominee
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced plans Wednesday to filibuster President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, saying Obama’s pick has close ties to the pharmaceutical industry and won’t be tough enough against opioid painkillers. During a speech on the U.S. Senate floor, Manchin[Read More…]
Railroad merger could hurt West Virginia
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Officials representing West Virginia are right to sound the alarm over the Canadian Pacific railroad’s attempts to acquire Norfolk Southern, one of the two major railroad companies serving West Virginia. The basis for their concern comes down to one thing – jobs –[Read More…]
Supreme Court should put brakes on the EPA
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Federal law uses statutes against conspiracy to stop plots to steal money from Americans before they can be implemented. But President Barack Obama is insisting a government conspiracy that will cost consumers billions be allowed to proceed until it is too late[Read More…]
Six-unit condo building in Canaan Valley burns
CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — Officials declared a vacation condominium building a total loss after a Tuesday afternoon blaze that firefighters battled into the night. Several area fire departments responded to the large structure fire, which officials said began at approximately 3:30 p.m. in building B of Talheim Village Condominiums on[Read More…]
Martinsburg sales tax collections top estimates
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Sales tax collections in Martinsburg have exceeded estimates through the first five months of the fiscal year. Mark Spickler, the city’s finance director, was recently informed by the state treasurer’s office that sales tax collections for September, October and November totaled $876,464.81. “That does not include December,[Read More…]
WV House of Delegates OKs prevailing wage repeal
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The bill to repeal the state’s prevailing wage laws passed the House of Delegates Wednesday as local lawmakers weighed its impacts and local labor officials were disappointed with the results. HB 4005 called for the repeal of the law that sets the hourly pay rates for workers[Read More…]
WVU journalism professor up for prestigious award
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University professor has been nominated for the prestigious Edgar Award. The award, named after Edgar Allen Poe, is presented each spring to honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in the previous year. John Temple, a Reed College of[Read More…]
Oak Hill hopes to connect to New River Gorge trails
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The City of Oak Hill has developed a trail concept which, if actualized, will connect its Main Street with more than 100 miles of trails within the New River Gorge National River. “It has been a dream of the National Park Service — and we buy into[Read More…]