From The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: My ears are burning from the profanity-laden tirade on the other end of the phone line. The caller is not just angry, but enraged. The F-word punctuates most sentences — as an adjective and a verb. The caller is upset about a story in the[Read More…]
Month: July 2017
Editorial: More unemployed W.Va. coal mine workers being called back
From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph: In another sign of life for the coal industry, Komatsu Mining Corp. (formerly Joy Global) has called back 65 workers and will hire 15 more due to a “uptick in work in the mining industry.” The workers were called back on the job last week. The new[Read More…]
Gov. Justice issues statement on President Trump’s visit Monday to West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice issued the following statement on President Trump’s visit to the Boy Scout Jamboree on Monday: “Having the President of the United States in West Virginia is a tremendous honor. A visit from President Trump will be the cherry on top of this year’s successful Boy[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Tourism still in high demand
From The Journal of Martinsburg: In case you missed it, among the warnings of dire consequences from the election of President Donald Trump was the bottom would fall out of the tourism industry. It was referred to as the “Trump slump.” Tourists from other countries would not want to visit[Read More…]
Editorial: Cracking down on ‘pill mills’
From the Wheeling News-Register: One might have thought a pharmacy in Boone County, W.Va., that for a decade filled prescriptions for pain pills averaging nearly a million a year would have raised eyebrows at the state Board of Pharmacy. Apparently not, to judge by the agency’s lapses for several years[Read More…]
W.Va. Bets on ‘Limited Video Lottery’ law changes
By Joselyn King The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register Staff WHEELING, W.Va. — A move by the West Virginia Legislature to increase the number of limited video lottery machines permitted at one location — while gradually decreasing the overall number of LVL retail outlets — could mean an additional $20 million for the[Read More…]
Editorial: Incompetent — Justice should replace persons delaying audit
From The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: “When I find out who is responsible heads will roll,” said Gov. Jim Justice, upon being called out for a mistake that could cause considerable difficulty for West Virginia’s two- and four-year colleges. Mountain State institutions of higher learning are being penalized by[Read More…]
Editorial: Former State Delegate Denise Campbell still working for state, people
From The Inter-Mountain of Elkins: Applause to former Delegate Denise Campbell for her testimony before Senate Democrats in Washington on the pitfalls of proposed health care plans and the impact they would have on rural West Virginia. Campbell has long been an advocate for the people of the Mountain State,[Read More…]
Opinion: GOP race benefits Sen. Manchin
By Mike Myer Ogden Newspapers West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s announcement he is running for a U.S. Senate seat should have come as no surprise, though U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins. R-W.Va., no doubt had high hopes Morrisey would stay out of the race. What Morrisey’s entry means, in a[Read More…]
Editorial: ‘Jim’s Promise’ for better roads, jobs
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday picked Harrison County as one of two locations in the state — the other was Putnam County — to kick off his statewide roads plan and also to plug an Oct. 7 special election to authorize the state to[Read More…]
