By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Although relatively short on specifics during a Monday press conference, Gov. Jim Justice showed plenty of enthusiasm for what he termed a “deathly serious” $83.7 billion China Energy investment plan for shale natural gas and petrochemical projects in West[Read More…]
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Revenue secretary “cautiously optimistic” about West Virginia revenue numbers
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy said he is “cautiously optimistic” about state revenue numbers so far for the current fiscal year. Cumulative General Revenue Fund collections were $1.6 billion – $14.1 million below estimate but 4.5 percent ahead of last year. Hardy presented numbers[Read More…]
Nearly 38,000 claims filed so far in West Virginia water crisis deal
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly 38,000 residents and businesses in the Kanawha Valley have filed claims to be compensated as part of the landmark proposed settlement in the class-action lawsuit over the January 2014 water crisis. The deadline for filing claims — Feb. 21, 2018[Read More…]
Ohio Valley leaders oppose versions of tax bill
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Murray Energy Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Robert Murray opposes the U.S. Senate’s version of tax reform because he said it will increase his company’s federal liability by $60 million per year. Meanwhile, city of Wheeling officials, along with[Read More…]
Marshall fraternity responds to criticisms over ‘homeless’-themed party, university officials to discuss sanctions
By BREANNA FRANCIS The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. Chapter officials from Alpha Sigma Phi released a statement Monday explaining that the sorority, Alpha Xi Delta, did not act alone in throwing a party where members dressed up as though they were homeless and held up cardboard signs with various sayings. “The[Read More…]
Raleigh County on economic upswing
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Raleigh County economy is ranked sixth of all counties in the state for growth and sustained businesses at nearly three times the rate of the top-ranked Kanawha and second-place Cabell County, a recent study by a New York financial technology firm[Read More…]
Wes Blankenship from Mingo announces run for W.Va. State Senate
Williamson Daily News BAISDEN, W.Va. — Mingo County resident Wesley Blankenship, of Baisden, W.Va., announced he has filed for State Senate for the 6th District as a Republican candidate. Blankenship has lived at Gilbert Creek most of his life. He is married to his wife, Sabrina, and has two children, Allie[Read More…]
Federal No. 2 mine in Marion County idles most workers
By JIM ROSS The State Journal BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. — A mine in Marion County has idled almost all its workers. Enough workers are on hand at the Federal No. 2 mine to prevent the mine from flooding and to keep it ready to reopen, but “it’s a minimal, skeletal crew,”[Read More…]
Northern West Virginia high school hosts public forum on opioids — but U.S. Rep. who organized it is absent
By CONOR GRIFFITH The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — University High School held a public forum on opioids Monday. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., organized the event but wasn’t present. Rod Rogers, McKinley’s district director, said he planned to attend in McKinley’s place. However, he started the day in Charleston and[Read More…]
Berkeley Medicine launches Heart and Vascular Institute
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center took the wraps off its new Heart and Vascular Institute that will provide a wider range of cardiac medical care to patients in the Eastern Panhandle in an outdoor sign unveiling ceremony at the hospital Monday. Part[Read More…]
