PNC chief economist, Commerce Secretary Thrasher among speakers at annual West Virginia event CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s economy has seen a turbulent year, filled with budget uncertainty and lot of angst about the future of the state. That will make the 24th Annual West Virginia Economic Outlook Conference Oct.5 in Charleston[Read More…]
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Despite special cash infusion, WV tax collection $16M short
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia tax collection for August came up $16.4 million short of projections, but state Revenue officials are optimistic things will turn around in September. “We’re eager to get September numbers,” Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy said Monday. “We’re cautiously optimistic that, with[Read More…]
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee: West Virginia must ‘turn apathy into ambition’
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia University will help the state turn “apathy into ambition and recession into recovery,” WVU President E. Gordon Gee vowed Monday during his fall “State of the University” address. Speaking before the WVU Faculty Senate, Gee said West[Read More…]
Test scores show ‘aspiration gap’ among WV students
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Data released regarding the ACT college readiness assessment has revealed what state Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine called an “aspiration gap” among West Virginia students. According to the West Virginia Department of Education, nearly 70 percent of high school graduates are taking the[Read More…]
US high court asked to review WV justice’s role in gas royalties case
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Beth Walker’s participation in a high-stakes natural gas royalty case that could have had significant financial implications for energy companies in which her husband owned stock. Late[Read More…]
Manchin calls Pennsylvania cracker plant ‘renaissance of opportunity’
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal WEIRTON, W.Va. — Calling it a “renaissance of opportunity,” U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said construction of an ethane cracker in Western Pennsylvania is creating “come-back” opportunities for Northern Panhandle communities hard hit by the downturn in steel and coal. “It’s up to the[Read More…]
Overflow crowd attends Pleasants Power Station PSC hearing
By JOHN McVEY The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It was an overflow crowd Monday for a public comment hearing by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia on the proposed purchase of the Pleasants Power Station by Monongahela Power Co. and Potomac Edison Co. from Allegheny Energy Supply, all three[Read More…]
Trump nominates WVSP officer to serve as US Marshal
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lt. Michael T. Baylous, currently the public information officer for the West Virginia State Police, has been nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as a U.S. Marshal. The first wave of five nominations was announced Monday evening. U.S. Marshals are responsible[Read More…]
Gov. Justice discusses bond vote at Elkins town hall meeting
By TIM MacVEAN The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — More than 50 area residents and elected officials gathered Monday for a town hall meeting where Gov. Jim Justice spoke regarding the upcoming “Roads to Prosperity” bond referendum. If approved by state voters Oct. 7, the referendum would give the West Virginia[Read More…]
Huntington residents join in remembrance for 9/11 victims during Spring Hill ceremony
By BROOKE GRIFFIN The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Americans associate the national tragedy that was 9/11 with panic, fear and sadness, but also with the courage and heroism that followed in the aftermath. For Huntington residents at Spring Hill Cemetery’s Patriot Day ceremony Monday, these emotions were palpable. When one[Read More…]
