By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On April 19, Gov. Jim Justice signed into law Senate Bill 386, which makes West Virginia the 29th state to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. “We’ve done something that’s goodness in my opinion,” Justice said at the time,[Read More…]
Month: April 2017
Editorial: Level playing field for miners
The Journal editorial It has been pointed out that many of the miners who lost jobs because of former President Barack Obama’s war on coal and affordable electricity will never go back to digging coal, regardless of how energetic new President Donald Trump is in reversing the assault. That is[Read More…]
BUDGET BATTLE: Avoiding shutdown won’t be easy task
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — No matter how southern West Virginia lawmakers felt about the budget itself, they had one thing in common. Most of the legislators interviewed were not shocked about the governor’s decision to veto the budget passed on the last night of the session.[Read More…]
Law to protect teens from tanning harms
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill passed by the West Virginia Legislature earlier this month seeks to prevent teens from feeling the burn of tanning beds and the likely burn of skin cancer in the years to follow. With prom season in full swing and summer just[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, April 24
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, April 24, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. 100-DAY MARK NEARS AS BUDGET DEADLINE LOOMS As the symbolic milestone approaches, Trump juggles a renewed[Read More…]
New Game On Casino Online, What Should I Choose
New Game On Casino Online, What Should I Choose? Many gamblers love going to formal casinos, however they find that an excellent on line casino website online can provide fun like a stone casino and mortar, but all from the comfort of home. Both newbie gamblers who are in the[Read More…]
Get to know the list of poker sites that are actually and officially borne
Get to know the list of poker sites that are actually and officially borne Now there is a great technological change to poker gambling which can be played on one of the online poker sites that allows you to feel the gambling bets that are prepared in it. Until the[Read More…]
West Virginia Business College’s permit to operate revoked
By JOHN McCABE The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Citing West Virginia Business College’s failure to gain accreditation for the 2017-18 school year and its inability to offer its students financial aid, the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education on Thursday revoked the college’s permit[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court sides with Frontier in internet speed dispute
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Frontier Communications customers dissatisfied with their internet speeds and service won’t get their day in court. The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Frontier customers must settle their disputes over internet speeds through arbitration — not in a court of law.[Read More…]
Nearly 30 Buckeye Local High School students injured in accident in Ohio County
By SCOTT McCLOSKEY and IAN HICKS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — At least 26 Buckeye Local High School students and one adult were treated at local hospitals Thursday after their school bus left the road and crashed into a tree along W.Va. 88 about a mile south[Read More…]