Month: June 2017

WV high court rules work-release inmates don’t qualify for workers’ comp

By KAYLA ASBURY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man on a work-release crew whose hand was injured in a wood chipper is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled last week. In a unanimous decision, the court affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Board of Review’s[Read More…]

Youth athletic competitions bring tourism money to WV communities

By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It was a typically hot, typically cloudless, typically dehydrating June day. Acre after acre of minivans, pickups, SUVs, sedans and other typical vehicles were parked on grassy fields. Hundreds of boys and girls and young men and young women, from travel[Read More…]

Sunny days help lure anglers to West Virginia Bass Tournament

By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel ST. MARYS, W.Va.  — Good weather and river conditions throughout the weekend led to what organizers said was a very successful 34th annual West Virginia Bass Tournament. The annual festival was held throughout the weekend around the St. Marys Marina with 244[Read More…]

Turnpike tolls doubling?

By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — If Gov. Jim Justice’s plans for the West Virginia Turnpike come to fruition, toll fees may double, but passenger cars could use the toll road as often as they like for only $8 a year. “If House Bill 103 passes in[Read More…]

More than 800 US flags retired in Huntington ceremony

By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than 800 American flags were retired Sunday during the American Legion Post 16 Flag Day ceremony. The flags were collected from across the community, including those collected by other posts and the Daughters of the Revolution, or DAR, and were properly retired[Read More…]

Chester native gets first Tony Award nom

By STEVE RAPPACH The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — Greg Anthony Rassen has accomplished quite a bit in his music career. He has worked with some of the top orchestras in the country and has lent his talents to singers, television shows and Broadway musicals throughout nearly two decades in[Read More…]

Report: $50B invested In Ohio natural gas drilling

By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio – Companies spent more than $50 billion to extract and move natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale in Ohio from 2011 to 2016, according to a new study from Cleveland State and Youngstown State universities. As contractors[Read More…]

10 things to know: Monday, June 12, 2017

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, June 12, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about[Read More…]

Attorney General Morrisey alerts consumers to misleading tobacco settlement promotion

CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey alerted individuals to an online promotion that misleads consumers to believe they can receive tobacco settlement money. The online promotion claims individuals can sign up for the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. Despite the promotion’s assertion, there is no mechanism for payments[Read More…]

Take time today to share ‘What makes West Virginia #AlmostHeaven’ to you

Editor’s Note: Chelsea Ruby, West Virginia’s Tourism Commissioner, recently shared a column asking West Virginians to post on social media “What makes West Virginia #AlmostHeaven to me!”   WVPA News Today is re-posting that column again today.  By Chelsea Ruby West Virginia Tourism Commissioner West Virginians — and everyone who loves West Virginia[Read More…]

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