Month: September 2015

Jackson’s Mill Jubilee kicks off Labor Day Weekend

JACKSON’S MILL, W.Va. — A Central West Virginia family tradition is once again ready to welcome visitors when the 41st Annual Jackson’s Mill Jubilee kicks off, this Labor Day Weekend. The all-volunteer board of directors, has issued the following release: The Jubilee will continue a celebration of Appalachian Heritage at Jackson’s[Read More…]

Editorial: Labor ruling another example of overreach

From The Charleston Gazette Mail — A Daily Mail Editorial: The Obama administration is at it again. The National Labor Relations Board’s Democratic majority voted last week to radically rewrite labor law and expand joint employer liability — a move that affects thousands of small businesses, franchisees, temp agencies and subcontractors across the[Read More…]

MSHA proposes to expand coal mine ‘proximity detection’ mandate

By Ken Ward Jr. The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal regulators said this morning that they want to expand the requirement for coal-mine operators to install life-saving “proximity detection” devices on certain underground mining equipment with a new rule that’s been in the works for years. The U.S. Mine Safety[Read More…]

First Energy asks for $75.8 million increase over two years

By Andrew Brown The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — First Energy is asking for an additional $75.8 million from customers over the next two years to cover past and future costs associated with the company’s tree-trimming programs. On Monday, the parent company of MonPower and Potomac Edison filed a request to increase its[Read More…]

About 70 types of sales exempted from state tax

DAVID BEARD TheDPost.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monday, Aug. 31, was sales tax day for the Joint Select Committee on Tax Reform. Members learned that there are more than 72 types of sales exempted from the tax. Some of those may be reconsidered, committee leaders said. It can often boil down[Read More…]

Inter-state sales could boost state revenues

By Pamela Pritt  REGISTER-HERALD REPORTER CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia could get more than $100 million in extra revenue if state residents who purchase goods via the Internet were subject to sales tax, according to a study done by the University of Tennessee. The school did the study for the Streamlined[Read More…]

Dr. Gee proposes moving WVU Tech campus to Beckley in fall 2017

By Cheryl Keenan FOR THE REGISTER-HERALD MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — WVU President Dr. E. Gordon Gee will recommend today to the WVU Board of Governors that the university close the WVU Institute of Technology campus in Montgomery in two years, moving it to Beckley. Meeting with WVU Tech faculty and staff[Read More…]

Bank robber dead after shootout with police

By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUE FIELD, W.Va. — A man who attempted to rob two downtown Bluefield banks Tuesday morning is dead after a gunfight with police. Bluefield Police Chief Dennis Dillow said the suspect first attempted to rob First Century Bank on Bland Street where he left[Read More…]

News-Register Column: Flat land and economic growth

By Mike Myer The News-Register State Secretary of Commerce Keith Burdette told legislators last month the big reason businesses don’t come here isn’t taxes, regulations or lack of an educated workforce. It’s the dearth of flat land in the Mountain State. Really, that’s no surprise. Why try to construct a[Read More…]

Qualified lending customers a rare find in West Virginia

By John McVey The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. —  Local banks that are members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh would make home loans to low-income families if they could find low-income families who could afford a home. “That’s the challenge – we have a limited area in which[Read More…]

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