By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael says a revenue bill to be considered by the Legislature this week is itself not a tax increase, but instead represents a nearly $119 million tax cut next year for West Virginians. The[Read More…]
Month: May 2017
AG Morrisey visits Logan, speaks of opioid epidemic
By OWEN WELLS Civitas Media LOGAN, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey held a roundtable discussion at the Logan County Commission May 12 which covered topics from consumer protection to the opioid epidemic. The meeting included key stakeholders from Logan County from members of the commission to Sheriff[Read More…]
Hepatitis C cases on the rise; needle exchange program running again in Beckley
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — With the spread of hepatitis C on the rise, a local doctor is again trying to curb the public health crisis in Beckley with a needle exchange program. “West Virginia is heading toward No. 1 for hepatitis C in the U.S.,” said[Read More…]
Overdoses at jail part of national problem
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Overdoses at Western Regional Jail have escaped headlines, but a national expert says the issue of drugs within the incarceration system is not new or unique to West Virginia. In the last week of April, several female inmates suffered overdoses from an[Read More…]
Senate to allow firearm for Sergeant-at-Arms
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Leaders in the West Virginia Senate have decided to post an armed guard in the chamber during sessions. Andrew Palmer, one of several sergeants-at-arms employed by the Senate, has been authorized to carry a gun while the Senate is conducting business.[Read More…]
Bill seeks study of maternal deaths
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Heidi Heitkamp have introduced legislation they hope will help stop the rate of maternal deaths in the country. The goal of the bill is to boost resources to combat the problem by expanding maternal mortality review[Read More…]
Graduates craft creative caps for ceremony
By ALEX LANG The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Thousands of WVU graduates celebrated a major life milestone on May 13 by participating in commencement ceremonies. The University continued its weekend-long celebration with several Saturday events. Many students also decorated their graduation caps prior to the ceremonies. Engineering grad Bridget[Read More…]
Artwork on Ohio barn stirs memories for couple, preservationists
By JANELLE PATTERSON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel MOSS RUN, Ohio — Before the age of billboards and digital ads, buildings like the three-story barn along Ohio 26 in Moss Run, Washington County, served as advertising art for decades. Now that Mail Pouch barn, built in 1935, is showing off[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, May 15
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, May 15, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHY THIS NORTH KOREA MISSILE TEST IS DIFFERENT Pyongyang claims it can carry a heavy nuclear[Read More…]
Blankenship unleashes Twitter-storm aimed at Manchin, Feds
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The war of words that’s erupted between former Massey EnergyCEO Don Blankenship and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., stops short of drawing blood. Barely. Blankenship, 67, spent a year in federal custody for conspiring to violate federal mine safety laws, a[Read More…]
