A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A report issued by the Alliance for a Just Society this week reiterates what everyone knows: minimum wage workers in West Virginia and across the country cannot make enough money to actually support their basic needs. This shocking news comes[Read More…]
Month: October 2015
Justice pays off back taxes in McDowell County
WELCH, W.Va. — Billionaire gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice made a final payment toward more than $1 million in back taxes owed to McDowell County on Wednesday. McDowell County Sheriff Martin B. West said Bluestone Coal Corporation, owned by Jim Justice, made a payment of $166,592 Wednesday, satisfying the tax bill[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, Oct. 15
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. OBAMA TO KEEP TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN BEYOND 2016 The president’s decision casts aside[Read More…]
Greek church’s ‘old pros’ carry on kibbee tradition
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jenna Bsharah and Lorena Ammar share many things — the same birth year, a lifelong membership to the St. George Orthodox Cathedral, a friendship so old they’ve lost count of its length. At the age of 90, the two recently got together to share in an activity[Read More…]
Brooke County schools may stock overdose drug
WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Brooke County Schools may become the first school district in the state to stock Narcan, a drug used to revive people who have overdosed from heroin; and the school board has cut travel for staff development to reflect a statewide cut in education. On Monday the Brooke[Read More…]
Divided Wood County board OKs free school meals
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Starting today, all Wood County School students eat breakfast for free. A divided Wood County Board of Education approved a free meals program Tuesday, providing free breakfast for all of Wood County’s public schools and free lunches for students attending Title I schools. The board voted 3-2[Read More…]
W.Va. governor signs three-state accord on oil, gas
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, along with Ohio Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, signed an accord Tuesday aimed at maximizing development of oil and gas resources in the Appalachian Basin. Tomblin and Taylor both discussed the new agreement during the 2015 Tri-State[Read More…]
More focus needed on State Police Crime Lab
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Last week, Harrison County Circuit Judge John Lewis Marks Jr. was not a happy man. Anyone who knows the even-keeled adjudicator knows it takes a good bit to get a stir out of him. So we take added note with the issue[Read More…]
Charleston part of nine-city seafood health push
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Go fish. To be specific, go eat fish and all manner of seafood. That was the message of a new national public health campaign that includes the city of Charleston, announced yesterday at Charleston Town Center with celebrity chefs, state officials, blood screenings and a local chef[Read More…]
Groundbreaking set for final section of U.S. 35
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After years of uncertainty, plans to build the last remaining four-lane section of U.S. 35 are under way. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will be among elected officials attending a groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. today to commend the 14.6-mile grade[Read More…]