Month: September 2017

Gov. Justice pushes for road bond approval

By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Gov. Jim Justice said the upcoming vote for the state road bond referendum will be one of the most important votes residents in the state will ever make. Justice, Chief of Staff Mike Hall, Transportation Secretary Tom Smith and[Read More…]

Justice: $1.6 billion bond referendum essential to W.Va. future

By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va.  — Gov. Jim Justice and other state officials promoted the upcoming $1.6 billion bond referendum vote as essential to progress in the state during a conference call with state media organized by the West Virginia Press Association Thursday afternoon. Called the Roads to[Read More…]

Officials make pitch for road bonds

By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Education Association views the upcoming road bond vote as very much connected to the fate of education in the Mountain State. “If we don’t figure out ways to stimulate economy, then we can’t help the true education problem – the[Read More…]

Gov. Jim Justice continues push for road bond support

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice continued his push for road bond support Thursday saying he believes the initiative will stimulate the economy and bring jobs to the state. Residents will vote Saturday, Oct. 7, whether to approve the referendum. In a Thursday conference call with[Read More…]

Justice plans town halls in Parkersburg, Ripley

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — Gov. Jim Justice brings his Roads to Prosperity Road Bond Referendum tour to the Mid-Ohio Valley today.   The governor is scheduled to hold town hall meetings in Parkersburg and Ripley on the $1.6 billion road bond. He says approval of the[Read More…]

Upcoming deadlines for voter registration, early voting, for special election

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — With the special road bonds election around the corner, Secretary of State Mac Warner encourages residents to remember a few key upcoming deadlines. Residents will vote on Oct. 7 whether to approve the issuance of $1.6 billion of state bonds to build and upgrade[Read More…]

W.Va. Treasurer’s unclaimed property inserts readied for circulation

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer’s John Perdue is readying another unclaimed property bulletin for statewide insertion into newspapers, beginning Sept. 21 and ending Oct. 5.   Insertion dates are Sept. 21, Sept. 28 and Oct. 5. Some copies are direct mailed to homes.   Each year, the Treasurer’s Office publishes[Read More…]

Fourteen West Virginia Guard members on way to U.S. Virgin Islands

By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Fourteen members of the West Virginia National Guard boarded planes Wednesday to fly to the U.S. Virgin Island and help with flood assessment there. West Virginia National Guard Adjutant Gen. James Hoyer has been in contact with the commander of the[Read More…]

WV GOP Reps. vote to cut MSHA budget

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As coal mining deaths in West Virginia increase this year, all three of the state’s U.S. House members voted this week for additional cuts in the coal mine safety enforcement budget for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Reps. David[Read More…]

Belmont County ethane cracker decision due by end of the year

By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — An ethane cracker with a cost estimate as high as $6 billion could be confirmed before the end of 2017, a project Belmont County Port Authority Director Larry Merry said would allow the Upper Ohio Valley export finished products[Read More…]

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