CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice issued a proclamation today calling for the West Virginia Legislature to convene in special session at 12 p.m. on Monday, October 16, 2017, to address legislation. Included in the special call is a bill exempting military retirement from state personal income tax and a[Read More…]
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Justice calls special session after road bond, but roads not on agenda
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice issued a call Thursday afternoon for a special session of the West Virginia Legislature beginning Monday — but without the purported key reason for calling the special session in the first place. During a news conference this past Monday[Read More…]
Claims filing begins in WV water crisis settlement
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thousands of Kanawha Valley residents, businesses and workers now can file claims to receive their share of the $151 million settlement of the class-action lawsuit over the January 2014 water crisis. This week, tens of thousands of notices about the settlement[Read More…]
EPA admits PCB in Minden
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald MINDEN, W.Va. — The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host open public meetings at Glen Jean later this month to discuss results of PCB soil and water samples taken around Minden and Fayetteville in May and June, Acting Regional EPA Director Cecil Rodrigues[Read More…]
W.Va. work force needs more people with coding and cybersecurity skills, speakers say
By JIM ROSS The State Journal SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — About 150 people gathered at the West Virginia Technology Park on Thursday to hear speakers talk about the need to train more young people and unemployed people in the fields of computer coding and cybersecurity. “Work force development is essential[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court guts cases against student landlords
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Supreme Court on Thursday threw a major wrench into Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s attempt to crack down on landlords who primarily rent to college students, saying a West Virginia consumer protection law doesn’t apply to those landlords and their tenants.[Read More…]
Sword elected president of West Virginia AFL-CIO
Staff report The Register-Herald More than 200 union members representing over 100 local union affiliates gathered in Charleston this week for the West Virginia AFL-CIO’s 29th Constitutional Convention to adopt policy and elect officers, selecting Josh Sword to a full four-year term as president of the organization. “It is absolutely[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media launches new Sports and Adventure Media major
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media has developed the only known undergraduate major in the country to focus on sports and adventure media. With its big-time college sports programs and beautiful natural setting, the Mountain State is a mecca for sports and adventure enthusiasts, and[Read More…]
The Amazing Chamber Chase looks for downtown Parkersburg landmarks
By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — With clues ranging from Roman numerals to museums and fountains, 26 teams participated in the Amazing Chamber Chase, a scavenger hunt of downtown landmarks sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley. Jill Parsons, executive director of[Read More…]
Release the hounds: Wheeling Dog Park officially opens
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Sawyer, a 10-month-old Great Pyrenees, seemed to quickly become friends with Apollo, a 5-month-old boxer, when the two met Thursday at the Fitzsimmons Family Dog Park: A PetSafe Park. “They just met a few minutes ago,” said Sawyer’s owner,[Read More…]
