Month: March 2015

Capito to oppose U.S. attorney general nominee

WHEELING, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she will oppose confirmation of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee to succeed retiring Attorney General Eric Holder. Capito, R-W.Va., said she met with Lynch for 30-45 minutes last week and discussed numerous topics ranging from heroin abuse to Obama’s use of[Read More…]

State needs to reinvest more in higher education

An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The list of needed renovations and repairs on West Virginia’s college campuses is growing and likely to get longer. The state is simply not providing public four-year colleges with enough funding to maintain their aging campuses, according to a consultant’s report to[Read More…]

Governor strikes park lodge funding from budget

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin called a bluff from legislators, eliminating a directive that would have provided more than $50 million for improvements at two state parks, among several line-item vetoes he issued Monday. On the next-to-last day of the legislative session, lawmakers had inserted the directive to[Read More…]

South Charleston library gets unclaimed windfall

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Used to collecting overdue library fines, South Charleston Public Library officials got a much bigger payout on Monday, when a representative of the state Treasurer’s Office presented the library with a unclaimed property check for nearly $17,000. “Here’s your little slice of heaven here,” said Roger[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, March 24

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. U.S, AFGHAN PRESIDENTS TO FINALIZE PLAN FOR AMERICAN[Read More…]

W.Va. school officials still to review Common Core

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Education will conduct a review of the Common Core standards even though legislation requiring the state superintendent to do so failed to pass both houses before the session ended. Superintendent Michael Martirano told the Daily Mail during an editorial board meeting last week[Read More…]

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