By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers for EQT Corp., on Tuesday, urged a new lineup of state Supreme Court justices to find that the company is permitted to deduct a variety of post-production expenses when it sends checks to a group of mineral royalty owners covered[Read More…]
Month: May 2017
Environmentalists, Dominion argue over pipeline’s effect on mountaintops
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the Atlantic Coast Pipeline heads toward its final approval or rejection from federal regulators, its developers and its opponents are arguing over whether it will require the removal of 19 miles of ridgeline in West Virginia and a similar amount[Read More…]
Officials eye school menu changes
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain PHILIPPI, W.Va. — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Monday that school meals will no longer have to meet certain federal requirements, and local school officials say the decision may have an effect on the meals served to area children. In 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free[Read More…]
Wheeling City Council: County-wide smoking ban would burn Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — City leaders fear an absolute smoking ban at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack would cripple the business, but Wheeling-Ohio County Health Administrator Howard Gamble said the public deserves protection from secondhand smoke. During Wheeling City Council’s meeting Tuesday, Councilman Dave Palmer[Read More…]
West Virginia ranks No. 4 as most gambling-addicted state
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — According to a recent release from WalletHub, West Virginia is the fourth most gambling-addicted state in the nation. The study, inspired by the upcoming Kentucky Derby on Saturday, reported Americans lose roughly $100 billion through gambling each year. WalletHub analysts compared 50[Read More…]
April big unclaimed property month in West Virginia
Treasurer’s U.P. division pays out $1.4 million in claims CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginians are creatures of both the old and new, as evidenced in April by the way they filed for $1.4 million in unclaimed property. Electronic claims are the favorite way to file for lost assets, both in[Read More…]
Capito introduces legislation to accelerate broadband access in rural America
From the office of U.S. Sen. Capito: GO Act creates new “Gigabit Opportunity Zones” to better connect low-income, rural communities WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., today introduced tech neutral legislation to accelerate the development of high-speed internet in low-income and rural communities. The Gigabit Opportunity Act or GO Act expands broadband in[Read More…]
WVDOH Informational workshop set for Beckley Z-Way projects
Release from the WVDOH: BECKLEY, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Highways will hold an Informational Workshop on Monday, May 22, 2017, at Daniels Elementary in the cafeteria located at 351 4-H Lake Road, Daniels, Raleigh County, West Virginia on the proposed Beckley Z-Way Projects. This meeting complies[Read More…]
WVU Today: Engineering alumnus travels world during remote year
Keyser native lived as digital nomad MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University alumnus Tyler Hartman was selected for a year-long journey across the world through Remote Year, a program designed for digital nomads to travel the world while maintaining their jobs by working remotely. Hartman, a native of Keyser, graduated from[Read More…]
W.Va. Secretary of State to present ‘Jennings Randolph School’ designation
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Secretary Warner will begin a statewide tour to recognize high schools who have achieved the Jennings Randolph School designation starting Thursday, May 4, 2017. His first stop will be at Man High School in Logan County at 8:30 a.m. He will then travel to St. Joseph Central Catholic[Read More…]
