CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Wednesday, day 67 of the West Virginia budget impasse, state senators advanced a bill to raise about $78 million a year in new tobacco taxes — but without an amendment Senate leaders said is needed to assure passage in the House of Delegates. After lengthy, heated debate,[Read More…]
Month: May 2016
Repurposed state computers save WV schools $2M
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A special delivery to a Kanawha County elementary school Wednesday helped West Virginia education officials highlight $2 million in technology savings over the past two years. Chesapeake Elementary, which sits across the street from mobile homes and near coal-filled rail cars in its namesake Kanawha River town, was[Read More…]
Promise scholarship’s future is not in jeopardy
A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For many graduating high school seniors, the prospect of shelling out tens of thousands of dollars for a college education is overwhelming. But for the past 14 years, West Virginia students who attend in-state public schools and who have the[Read More…]
Extras sought for Welch filming of ‘Glass Castle’
WELCH, W.Va. — Filming for the motion picture “The Glass Castle” will be taking place Friday in Welch, and local residents are invited to be part of the action. Based on the 2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls, “The Glass Castle” details the life of Walls and her siblings growing up[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, May 19
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 19, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. EGYPTAIR FLIGHT CRASHES IN MEDITERRANEAN The cause of the disappearance of Flight 804,[Read More…]
Pipeline construction said critical if W.Va. to develop natural gas-related industries
By George Hohmann For the W.Va. Press Association WESTON, W.Va. — Pipeline construction in West Virginia is vital if the state hopes to attract factories that would use the region’s rapidly increasing supply of natural gas, according to an executive with a major energy company. Speaking at this week’s West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association[Read More…]
Charleston protesters decry water rate hike
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WV sees nation’s biggest decline in uninsured rate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In 2013, the year that full provisions of the Affordable Care Act began to go into effect, about 29 percent of West Virginia adults did not have health insurance. Last year, about 9 percent of West Virginia adults did not have health insurance. The 20 percentage point decline[Read More…]
WV Senate panel OKs 45-cent cigarette tax hike
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate Finance Committee members unanimously approved a 45-cent increase in cigarette taxes Tuesday — after rejecting a $1-a-pack hike on a party line 9-8 vote. Proponents of sticking with the 45-cent increase proposed in the Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s tobacco tax bill (SB 1005) argued that is[Read More…]
Randolph County school closures follow levy loss
ELKINS, W.Va. — After years of warning the public that schools would have to be closed if a levy wasn’t passed, and fresh from watching a levy proposal be voted down for the second time in last week’s primary election, the Randolph County Board of Education voted Tuesday to close[Read More…]
