From The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: With President Trump’s renewed declaration of a national public health emergency as a result of the opioid epidemic, area lawmakers are now hoping to see additional federal dollars allocated toward fighting this deadly crisis. The extension of the public health emergency is a necessary step as[Read More…]
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FERC approves some construction in W.Va. for initial infrastructure for Mountain Valley Pipeline
By Matt Combs The Register-Herald of Beckley BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) for the construction of 93 access roads and six yards in Braxton, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis and Wetzel counties. That permission is granted only for lands where MVP[Read More…]
WV House committee advances plan to dismantle Department of Education and Arts, remove Secretary Gayle Manchin
By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s House Finance Committee advanced to the full House of Delegates, on a nearly party-line vote Friday, a bill that would dismantle the state Department of Education and the Arts. During the House Finance meeting, the House Judiciary Committee sent[Read More…]
House Bill would eliminate West Virginia film tax credits
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A bill eliminating the film tax credits in West Virginia is going to the governor for his signature. The House of Delegates on Friday passed Senate Bill 263, which passed the Senate last week. It discontinues film tax credits[Read More…]
Utopia Pipeline sending Ohio Valley ethane to Canada
Operation up and running after clearing hurdles By CASEY JUNKINS The Wheeling News-Register WHEELING — After hundreds of eminent domain lawsuits, several route adjustments and at least $500 million worth of investments, Kinder Morgan is pumping Marcellus and Utica shale ethane from the Cadiz area to Michigan for export to[Read More…]
Editorial: WV educators should reject idea of a strike
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Questioned about challenges facing public education in West Virginia, teachers sometimes respond that they’re doing the best they can with what they have. So are Mountain State taxpayers. Now, as many are preparing to do their state income tax returns and are thinking about paying[Read More…]
Editorial: Martinsburg, WV, response to opioid crisis is innovative
From The Journal of Martinsburg: It is often observed that what defines an individual’s character is not whether they never fall, but what they do after they’ve fallen. The same can be said of a community. For years the Eastern Panhandle has been in the grips of a devastating drug[Read More…]
Editorial: Proposed WV legislative change to single-member districts is logical
From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Lawmakers in West Virginia’s House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly this week to reorganize the state’s electoral map into 100 single-member delegates districts, a move that could provide stronger representation for the deep south counties. At the present time, the House’s 100 members together represent 67 districts. The Republican-sponsored bill, which passed[Read More…]
Editorial: West Virginia needs to increase tourism promotion
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: West Virginia has many wonderful places to visit and vacation. But probably most people in the eastern half of the United States know very little about what the state has to offer. So, if there is a “no-brainer” in Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed budget, increasing[Read More…]
WVDNR announce trout stocking for the week of Jan. 22-26
ELKINS, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources reports the following waters were stocked the week of Jan. 22, 2018: Anthony Creek Blackwater River Chief Cornstalk Lake East Fork Greenbrier River Elk River Elk River (C&R) Glady Fork Howards Creek (Greenbrier) Huey Lake Little River East Fork Greenbrier River[Read More…]
