By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — Teachers in some parts of West Virginia are walking out of their classrooms to protest a proposed 1 percent pay raise, but such sentiment isn’t yet being raised in the Northern Panhandle, according to local educators. Officials in Hancock, Ohio, Marshall[Read More…]
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WV Attorney General Morrisey defends law banning dismemberment abortion
From theWest Virginia Attorney General office: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined a 24-state effort urging a federal appeals court to uphold state laws banning a disturbing type of abortion. The Attorney General signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief defending a law similar to that implemented in West[Read More…]
West Virginia trout stocking the week of Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2018
ELKINS, W.Va. – The following waters were stocked the week of Jan. 29, 2018: Anderson Lake Anthony Creek Clover Run Dillons Run Edwards Run Pond Fort Ashby Reservoir French Creek Pond Greenbrier River (Marlinton) Hills Creek Horseshoe Run Knapps Creek Laurel Fork of Holly River Left Fork of Holly River[Read More…]
Editorial: Help available for West Virginians with unexpected spike on electric bill
From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Last month’s brutal deep freeze took a toll on families across the region. Many experienced frozen water lines and leaks associated with the unprecedented cold spell. Now some also are reporting a significant spike in their monthly electric bills. While this is certainly challenging for those families[Read More…]
WV roads, electricity and drugs all discussed at WVPA legislative breakfast
By Rusty Marks The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Highways officials, contractors and trade association representatives can’t say exactly how many jobs will be created by Gov. Jim Justice’s almost $3 billion road construction program. But they insist they want as many of the jobs to go to West Virginians[Read More…]
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Local teachers protest Friday morning as others head to West Virginia Capitol
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As teachers from several West Virginia counties headed to the state Capitol today to protest for better pay and benefits, their counterparts in Kanawha County held rallies to support those goals. Read more from the Charleston Gazette-Mail
Teachers in southern West Virginia counties plan walkouts, rally
By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Educators in several Southern West Virginia counties won’t show up to school today. Instead, many will travel to the Capitol in an attempt to send a message to legislators as part of a walkout, according to local union leaders and school officials.[Read More…]
West Virginian teacher unrest spreads as pay issues are debated
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As teachers’ unrest over pay and health insurance spreads around the state, one sticking point has most likely been resolved. That is the Public Employees Insurance Agency’s (PEIA) Go365 program, a health initiative that is scheduled to begin July 1. Go365[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate debates teacher pay raise amendments
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Significant debate consumed Thursday’s Senate floor session on two amendments offered by Democrats that would increase teachers’ salaries beyond the governor’s proposed 1 percent before the amendments ultimately failed along party lines. Earlier this week, Senate Bill 267 was advance to the[Read More…]
