By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislators on Thursday were presented with Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed budget for 2019, which includes an average 1 percent pay raise for all state employees and new funds for the foster care system, tourism and economic development. The pay raise would shake out[Read More…]
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Meals tax back on the menu at West Virginia 2108 Legislature
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Allowing voters of localities to decide whether to enact a meals tax could be one component of a plan to compensate for the loss of tax revenue if an “anti-business” personal property tax is eliminated. The meals tax option resurfaced again[Read More…]
West Virginia opioid response plan targets crisis on multiple fronts
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia public health officials are circulating a preliminary plan to combat the opioid crisis, emphasizing the need to start addiction treatment sooner in places like hospital emergency rooms and jails. The short-term plan aims to reduce opioid-related deaths in a state[Read More…]
Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy to be honored with march, speech and music
HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Celebrations of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. are planned around the region for the King holiday this Monday. The annual Martin Luther King Jr. traditional freedom march and program will once again take place in Huntington and on the campus of Marshall University[Read More…]
West Virginia State of State leaves Marshall’s Gilbert optimistic
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert is expecting a much better year after hearing Gov. Jim Justice’s optimistic State of the State address Wednesday night. Gilbert joined Del. Matt Rohrbach, R-Cabell, on the House floor for Justice’s speech Wednesday and was even the source[Read More…]
Top legislators discuss West Virginia Forward
Editor’s Note: This story is the final of a four-part series previewing the 2018 West Virginia legislative session. By CARTER WALKER Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s two congressional leaders joined West Virgina University’s Rob Alsop in Charleston last Friday to discuss legislation impacting the “West Virginia Forward” program.[Read More…]
Construction to begin on Mid-Ohio Valley compressor stations in West Virginia
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Construction will start around the end of the month on three multi-million-dollar compressor stations in Calhoun, Doddridge and Jackson counties for the recently approved Mountaineer XPress natural gas pipeline. Each station will cost about $100 million, said Scott Castleman,[Read More…]
West Virginia Commerce Secretary Thrasher gives update on China development deal
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher says dirt could be flying this year in connection with an $83.7 billion deal with China to help develop West Virginia’s petrochemical industry. “Like anything of that magnitude, you have to do everything one step at a[Read More…]
Sunken towboat leaking oil in Big Sandy River on West Virginia-Kentucky border
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch KENOVA, W.Va. — A West Virginia National Guard team has joined the response to an oil spill from a sunken towboat in the Big Sandy River just south of Kenova, on the West Virginia-Kentucky border. The Guard’s 35th Civil Support Team is providing personnel for environmental sampling[Read More…]
International Energy Agency predicts ‘decade of stagnation’ for coal
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The International Energy Agency does not believe President Trump’s plans to overturn Obama-era environmental regulations will do much to bolster coal markets, as the Paris-based organization predicts a “decade of stagnation” in demand for the carbon-rich mineral. The agency[Read More…]
