Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MIDDLE EAST BUSINESSES GROW WARY OF TRUMP The GOP presidential candidate’s call to[Read More…]
Month: December 2015
U.S. Jenkins Column: Highway bill is a victory for West Virginia
By U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins West Virginia has many road projects that have been long promised but never completed. Some are actually seeing progress, like Route 35 in Mason and Putnam counties, which is on schedule to be fully upgraded. Others, like the King Coal Highway, Coalfields Expressway and Tolsia[Read More…]
Weirton joins WV cities with local sales tax
WEIRTON, W.Va. — Weirton City Council approved the final readings to ordinances that amended the business and occupation tax – eliminating the wholesale tax – and creating a 1-percent sales tax under home rule during Monday’s council meeting. Mayor Harold Miller said the new sales tax will generate an estimated[Read More…]
Beckley named laziest city in lazy West Virginia
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Beckley was recently given the title of being the laziest city in the second most slothful state in the nation. A study conducted by The County Health Ranking & Roadmaps found 36 percent of Beckley’s residents report getting no physical activity whatsoever. That may count for the[Read More…]
Elkins preps for biggest public works project ever
ELKINS, W.Va. — The city is mere steps away from embarking on the biggest public works project in municipal and county history. Project officials, city representatives and contractors gathered Monday at Elkins City Hall during a pre-construction meeting to discuss the impending $37 million Elkins Water System Improvement Project. The[Read More…]
Huntington remembers attack on Pearl Harbor
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After Japan launched its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, while asking Congress for a declaration of war, called it “a date which will live in infamy.” Monday marked the 74th anniversary of the 110-minute attack that killed more than[Read More…]
Mine safety violations should be a felony
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The verdict in the trial of former Massey Energy Co. chief executive Don Blankenship likely fell short of pleasing any of those with a keen interest in the trial’s outcome. Blankenship himself undoubtedly had hoped that he would be acquitted of all charges[Read More…]
South Charleston Islamic Center draws crowd
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hadeel Boawrshi heard bombs from her apartment at night. But it wasn’t until her husband was kidnapped and murdered, his body left on the side of the road, that she fled to America three years ago. “I had to leave my country because my life and my[Read More…]
WV auditor Glen Gainer won’t seek re-election
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s longtime state auditor, Glen Gainer III, won’t seek re-election next year, ending nearly 25 years as the state’s official bookkeeper. Gainer, a Democrat, was elected auditor in 1992 and served six consecutive four-year terms. “The decision not to run for re-election has not been an easy[Read More…]
WV school board member files ethics complaint
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As an expected decision on funding Fayette County’s controversial school consolidation plan nears, a West Virginia Board of Education member has filed an ethics complaint against the board’s president regarding related issues. State school board member Bill White said he signed a complaint Thursday against board President[Read More…]
