ELKINS, W.Va. — The third time was not the charm for the Randolph County Board of Education in its third consecutive attempt to pass an excess levy Tuesday night. The proposed levy failed by nearly 2,000 votes. The total votes for the levy were 4,457, or 41.23 percent, while votes[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
Mooney wins second term in WV’s 2nd District
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., has been re-elected in West Virginia’s 2nd District. “I’m feeling very good,” Mooney said. “There were five counties I did not win two years ago that we won this year. It’s looking good. I want to thank the voters for giving me the[Read More…]
Now we want to see those signs cleaned up
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Let us hope the energy displayed by candidates for office and their supporters in placing the thousands of campaign signs that litter our area is matched by their speed in removing them. It has been impossible for weeks to travel anywhere without having[Read More…]
Wood County voters OK $41M school bond issue
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Despite heavy opposition at times, Wood County Schools’ $41 million bond call passed Tuesday by a respectable margin. With 69 of 69 precincts reporting in, school bond was approved with 20,103 votes, or 58.67 percent in Tuesday’s unofficial results. The bond received 14,161 votes against, or 41.33[Read More…]
McKinley re-elected in West Virginia’s 1st District
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Voters in the 1st District soundly re-elected Congressman David McKinley Tuesday. With about 80 percent of precincts reporting in the 20-county district, the GOP congressman first elected in 2010 brought in 134,341 votes (67 percent) to challenger Mike Manypenny who collected 64,827 votes (33 percent). The margin[Read More…]
Jim Justice elected governor of West Virginia
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Reiterating the mantra of his campaign, newly elected governor Jim Justice told well-wishers at his victory celebration that he is tired of seeing West Virginia dead last in everything that counts. The Associated Press called the race for Justice at 9:17 p.m. Afterward, the billionaire[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, Nov. 9
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP WINS WHITE HOUSE It’s an astonishing victory for the celebrity[Read More…]
WV to get another Santa-themed train excursion
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thanks to Santa Claus, West Virginia’s excursion train season is getting longer, busier and more profitable. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad got the trend rolling six years ago when it landed a regional franchise to operate Polar Express trains, themed rides based on the Tom Hanks movie[Read More…]
WV prisons chief gets pay cut amid ethics inquiry
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein has had his pay cut by $10,500 a year amid an ethics investigation. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s administration also recently stripped Rubenstein of his second job title as deputy secretary of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. Rubenstein had served[Read More…]
Americans need a government willing to govern
A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — History will be made today. Will Americans choose progressive Democratic Party values that serve average families and the middle class — or will they choose conservative Republicans who favor the privileged elite, militarism, corporations and Puritanism? Will they choose the nation’s[Read More…]