Staff report Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The 40th annual Teen Entrepreneurship Summit at Camp Horseshoe will be held in Tucker County from June 11-17. Rising high school students in West Virginia will gather under the guidance of the Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association, a wide-ranging charitable organization celebrating[Read More…]
Month: June 2017
10 things to know: Friday, June 2
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, June 2, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW TRUMP-STYLE DECISION-MAKING LOOKS His withdrawal from the Paris climate accord is the latest example[Read More…]
Justice issues latest WV budget plan; talks to resume today
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislative leaders are expected to return to the West Virginia Capitol Thursday morning to resume negotiations on Gov. Jim Justice’s latest revenue proposal, a plan with a less-steep increase in the state sales tax and with a slower, three-year phase-in of a[Read More…]
West Virginia leaders talk new budget pitch in Charleston
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia legislative leaders discussed a new budget proposal during negotiations with Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday night, and their next move is to explain it to their members. Details of the spending proposal provided by House Speaker Tim Armstead,[Read More…]
Bluefield PD mourns loss of officer and friend
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Local police were mourning Wednesday the loss not only of a fellow officer, but of a friend who had died the previous day while protecting the community. Lt. Aaron Crook of the Bluefield Police Department died early Tuesday morning after a[Read More…]
Pension funds object to Mylan executive compensation levels
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some large pension funds say upper management at Mylan NV is overpaying itself, so they are seeking to unseat six members of the company’s board of directors. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch was listed as an executive who was overpaid last year,[Read More…]
Book chronicling WV’s pepperoni roll tells state’s history bite by bite
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Few foods, if any, tell the story of Appalachia the way the pepperoni roll does. Italian immigrants invented the beloved snack because it could be easily eaten underground in coal mines. Eventually, it made its way into bakeries, bread companies, restaurants and[Read More…]
WVONGA says new Leggett royalty decision ‘encouraging’
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court’s about-face on the legality of deducting post-production costs from royalty payments is “encouraging,” the head of the West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association said May 30. The court had ruled in November state law didn’t[Read More…]
Contractors group backs Justice infrastructure plan in wake of job losses
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A national contractors group voiced its support for Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed infrastructure plan Wednesday, saying it would create jobs in an area seeing one of the sharpest declines in construction jobs nationwide. “Proposals like the governor’s will bring more workers into[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins speaks on Paris climate accord
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins says President Trump’s expected action to withdraw America from the Paris climate accord “is the right step” for the country. Jenkins, R-W.Va., made stops in Wheeling this week, focusing largely on issues pertaining to health care[Read More…]
