CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Entities owned by Jim Justice, from his famous Greenbrier resort to mining and agriculture companies, owe at least $3.9 million in delinquent property taxes to at least six cash-strapped Southern West Virginia counties for the just-completed tax year, records show. Justice’s companies owe property taxes on real estate[Read More…]
Month: April 2016
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, April 15
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, April 15, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NEW YORK DELIVERS ROWDY NIGHT OF CAMPAIGNING A wild night in politics culminates[Read More…]
WV state auditor to leave office eight months early
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Longtime West Virginia Auditor Glen Gainer will leave office May 14, about eight months before the end of his sixth term in office. Gainer, 56, had announced in December that he would not seek a seventh term, but he said at the time that he would serve out[Read More…]
WV Power arms prevail in home-opening win
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Minor league baseball returned to Charleston for the 2016 season on Thursday with all the familiar sights and sounds. Rod “Toastman” Blackstone was leading the crowd in chants and tossing charred pieces of toast to fans. “Wheeler” Bob Friedman, a ballpark staple here since 1973, was back[Read More…]
W. Va. Democratic Party hosting Democratic gubernatorial candidates forum
W.Va. Public Broadcasting televising Goodwin, Justice, Kessler at statewide forum CHARLESTON, WV — The West Virginia Democratic Party to host Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Forum on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 11 a.m. The forum will be broadcasted live statewide in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting and will be held at[Read More…]
Tomblin awaiting lawmaker budget agreement
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Wednesday he doesn’t plan to call the West Virginia Legislature into special session to pass the 2016-17 state budget until there’s agreement on how to close a $270 million budget shortfall — and he said that hasn’t happened yet. “I think there’s a[Read More…]
Most WV state employees to move to biweekly pay
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Most West Virginia state employees will move from twice monthly to biweekly pay, beginning in May, after a vote by three government officials on Wednesday. The Enterprise Resource Planning Board — made up of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, state Auditor Glen Gainer, and state Treasurer John Perdue —[Read More…]
National frat withdraws WVU colony recognition
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Gamma Delta Crescent Colony of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity at WVU has been withdrawn by the national headquarters, according to a WVU press release. The colony will have 30 days to appeal the decision. According to a press release from the Delta Tau Delta national headquarters,[Read More…]
WV authorities confiscate 131 cockfighting roosters
FORT GAY, W.Va. — An anonymous tip led to 131 roosters being saved from a cockfighting operation in Fort Gay this week, according to authorities. After an investigation prompted by the tip to Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Shelter Director Scott Iseli, a team of local authorities raided the suspected cockfighting[Read More…]
Fox News analyst speaks in hometown of Wheeling
WHEELING, W.Va. – When fellow Fox News political journalists wondered why Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s message seemed to resonate with working-class voters when he entered the race, Chris Stirewalt drew upon his Wheeling roots to provide the answer. “I said, ‘I know these voters. They are mad. They are[Read More…]
