The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘I HAVE NO IDEA WHO I OPERATED ON’ A trauma surgeon describes that chaotic aftermath[Read More…]
Month: October 2017
Officials: Trump cancels visit to Morgantown
The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — President Donald Trump’s planned Oct. 4 visit to Morgantown has been canceled, according to county officials. Trump was slated to meet with FOX News host Sean Hannity for an interview at the Metropolitan Theatre. Mon County Commissioner Tom Bloom posted on Facebook at about[Read More…]
Study: While US prospers, WV lags behind
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite the optimism depicted by national economic indicators, a new study shows huge swaths of the U.S. are hurting, and West Virginia is feeling the brunt of it. Economic Innovation Group, a think tank out of Washington, D.C., unveiled its Distressed Communities[Read More…]
Blue Ridge, P&G partnership yielding dividends
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Procter & Gamble is partnering with Blue Ridge Community & Technical College to ensure the workers at its new, $500,000 plant under construction in Berkeley County have the skillsets they’ll need to handle whatever the job throws at them. BRCTC President[Read More…]
Legislature may try hand at eliminating personal property taxes
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After trying and failing to adopt a tax reform plan earlier this year to roll back personal income tax rates and do away with most exemptions to the state’s sales tax, members of the West Virginia Legislature hope to eliminate personal[Read More…]
Some would win, some would lose if personal property taxes were repealed
By JIM ROSS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bruce Moore has looked at the numbers when it comes to the most recent proposal to eliminate West Virginia’s personal property taxes, and he knows who the winners and losers would be. The big winners, he says, would be people living in[Read More…]
Body scanners to be installed in jail system
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — The Western Regional Jail in Barboursville will be the first to receive a body scanner before a statewide implementation, which is part of a continuing effort to combat contraband entering jail facilities. Lawrence Messina, director of communications for the state Department of Military[Read More…]
White vows strong voice for West Virginia minorities
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — William White said as long as he remains part of Gov. Jim Justice’s administration, minorities will have a strong voice in the West Virginia State Capitol. White is the executive director of the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs,[Read More…]
Breitbart exec Steve Bannon to back Morrisey in Senate race
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Steve Bannon, the controversial executive chairman of Breitbart news and a former White House adviser, has stepped behind the West Virginia attorney general’s U.S. Senate campaign. Bannon, former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, has offered his personal support to Attorney General[Read More…]
Supporters of Human Rights Commission come together in Fairmont
By KAITLYN NEFF Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Supporters of the Fairmont Human Rights Commission along with Marion County for Progress gathered on Sunday in front of the Marion County Courthouse to celebrate the ordinance’s passage with a march around the city of Fairmont. According to a Marion County[Read More…]