By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Senate voted down a “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act early Friday morning, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., voting in the minority. A narrow 49 to 51 vote at roughly 1:30 a.m. knocked the proposal out of contention[Read More…]
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin: Dems ready to step in on health care
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The current debacle in Washington surrounding health care reform is what results when congressional leadership circumvents the typical committee process for crafting legislation, according to Sen. Joe Manchin. And he says Democrats and moderate Republicans are ready to step[Read More…]
West Virginia’s correctional officers getting pay raise
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The State Personnel Board has approved a $1 an hour pay raise for West Virginia’s 2,600-plus correctional officers. The increase, which takes effect Sept. 2, will boost pay for correctional officers by $2,080 a year, with a starting Correctional Officer 1[Read More…]
Ohio Valley unemployment rates down from last year
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Even as jobless rates are lower in all 10 Upper Ohio Valley counties compared to this time last year, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott said officials need to keep their “feet on the gas” to attract more and better career[Read More…]
Investment banker hired to lead WV water agency following ethics probe
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A long-time investment banker has been appointed to head the West Virginia Water Development Authority, a state agency marked over the past year by employee disputes, investigations and ethics violations. Marie Prezioso, who was serving as a water authority board member, stepped[Read More…]
28th annual Appalachian Stringband Festival kicks off Aug. 2
Staff report The Register-Herald BECKELY, W. Va. — The annual Appalachian String Band Music Festival, featuring some of the best fiddlers and banjo pickers in the world, is set for Aug. 2-6 at Camp Washington Carver at Clifftop, Fayette County. The five-day camping experience in the heart of West Virginia[Read More…]
Eat up at the annual WV Hot Dog Festival Saturday in Huntington
By SARAH HOFFMAN The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The 13th Annual Hot Dog Festival on Saturday, July 29, will offer much more than food. The concept for the festival, which benefits the Hoops Family Children’s Hospital, came from John Mandt Jr., owner of Stewarts Original Hot Dogs. “I just had[Read More…]
Youth ministry works to restore Chafin House
By NANCY PEYTON The Logan Banner LOGAN, W.Va. — Churches from all over the country have been in West Virginia for the last eight weeks to work on beautification and service projects. Several of these groups have been working on the historic Chafin House. YouthWorks, a program established in 1994, is[Read More…]
LGBTQ+ Center at WVU reacts to transgender military ban
By DOUGLAS SOULE The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University LGBTQ+ Center said President Trump’s announcement banning transgender people from the military was “very damaging.” In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the WVU LGBTQ+ Center said, “The LGBTQ+ Center stands with transpeople in these difficult times. We are[Read More…]
W.Va. to receive additional $42 million for flood relief
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W. Va. — West Virginia will receive an additional $42 million for flood relief from the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program. U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin and U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins announced the grant in Thursday news releases. Thursday’s announcement[Read More…]
