Why West Virginia needs co-tenancy
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Charleston, WV, CVB unveils ‘from the Hip’ marketing campaign
By Lori Kersey The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new marketing campaign from the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau aims to highlight four “pillars” of tourism in the city — art, food, music and recreation. The CVB unveiled its “From the Hip” campaign during an event at Black Sheep Burrito and[Read More…]
WV Northern Panhandle tracking rain, river crest predictions; Second round of river flooding expected
By ALAN OLSON The Intelligener of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — With the threat of more rain forecast today after days of wet weather, local first responders and emergency management officials are taking steps to ready their communities against potential floods. Friday afternoon, Office of Emergency Management Director Tom Hart said numerous agencies[Read More…]
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West Virginia Senate advances bills to make public information less public
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Public information could be a little less public, under two bills advanced by the Senate Thursday. That includes legislation to make contractors’ employee wage records confidential (Senate Bill 474). The documents, which have to be filed to comply with the West Virginia[Read More…]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central WV hosting ‘Day of Introspection’ on drug addition on Feb. 26
BBBS partnering with WVU School of Public Health; Charleston to host Icelandic solutions to drug addiction CHARLESTON, WV – Along with other local and statewide organizations, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia is pleased to co-sponsor the “Day of Introspection,” an event for the community to hear from[Read More…]
U.S. Attorney unseals indictment charging 12 with operating pill mill
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 69-count indictment has been unsealed, charging 12 individuals with operating a pill mill. The indictment charges the owners, managers and physicians associated with HOPE Clinic, which operated as a purported pain management clinic in Beckley, Beaver and Charleston, as well as Wytheville,[Read More…]
Drug firm loses bid to keep opioid lawsuit out of West Virginia county ravaged by OD deaths
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The nation’s largest prescription drug distributor has lost its bid to keep a lawsuit against the company out of rural Boone County, an area hit hard by the opioid epidemic. A federal judge in Charleston rejected McKesson’s claim that it has no duty[Read More…]