CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jim Justice paid Mechel OAO $5 million in cash last week for Bluestone Coal in Southern West Virginia, about six years after selling them the same mines for $436 million. Justice, a billionaire and owner of The Greenbrier, sold the operations to the Mechel Russian conglomerate in[Read More…]
Month: February 2015
As West lacks snowfall, W.Va. ski resorts on a roll
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A warm December gave many southern New England ski areas a delayed start to the 2014-2015 snow season, while a winter plagued with high temperatures and low snowfall has kept a number of western resorts closed for much of the season and drastically reduced ski-able terrain at[Read More…]
Rhetoric masks reality on nursing home liability bill
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Jeff Kessler had harsh words and dire warnings on Wednesday for those seeking to reform legal liability for West Virginia nursing homes. “We are capping and trading the rights of the people of this state! You want to talk[Read More…]
Hardcore Charleston runners unfazed by cold
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It was warmer in Barrow, Alaska, than in West Virginia’s capital city Thursday as Marshall Spradling set off on his daily run from Robert’s Running and Walking Shop on Charleston’s West Side. Some sidewalks were buried under banks of dirty snow and ice. Cars slogged through streets[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Feb. 20
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. LATEST SNOWDEN LEAK DETAILS GOVERNMENT HACKING The NSA[Read More…]
Op-Ed: Boy Scout Amendment’s enabling legislation needs work
Last November, 51 of West Virginia’s 55 counties voted to change our state’s Constitution to allow certain nonprofit entities to operate for-profit activities without paying property taxes. The Summit Bechtel Reserve, located in Fayette County, is currently the only organization that qualifies for the amendment. Fayette County voted it down[Read More…]
WV landowners urged to grow potatoes
State Agriculture Commissioner Helmick envisions potatoes in 50 of 55 counties CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick is on a mission to create jobs by convincing West Virginian landowners to produce potatoes — lots of potatoes. Helmick plans to help West Virginians with tillable land plant five, 10 or 15 acres of potatoes at a time. He envisions[Read More…]
Senate panel OKs bill to expand broadband
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although opposed by some Internet providers in the state, a bill that would put broadband service on par with other government- regulated utilities passed out of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday. Sponsored by Sen. Chris Walters, R-Putnam, the committee’s chair, the bill would[Read More…]
Suspect charged in theft of Vienna boy’s wheelchair
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Bond was set Wednesday afternoon for a Vienna woman charged in connection with the theft of a wheelchair. Delores Katherine Jackson, 69, 1202 19th St., Apt. 1, Vienna, was charged with grand larceny, a felony, in the theft of a wheelchair from Brantly Poling, 3, of Vienna,[Read More…]
Parkersburg official sorry for affair with mayor
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Embattled city Finance Director Ashley Flowers released a public statement Wednesday saying she had an affair with Mayor Bob Newell. “It has affected many people, including my family, the City and Council members and for that, I am truly sorry,” she said in the emailed statement. During[Read More…]
