By TAYLOR STUCK HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As early voting continues through Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice and supporters of his Road to Prosperity infrastructure plan are traveling across the state in the final push to get West Virginia voters to the polls next Saturday. The governor hopes the majority[Read More…]
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Brain and Spine Center opens
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — In this case, it actually happens to be brain surgery. WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center took the wraps off its new Brain and Spine Clinic that will provide state of the art neurosurgery to patients in the Eastern Panhandle in a ribbon[Read More…]
W.Va. Department of Agriculture to give grants for spaying, neutering
By CHRISTOPHER DOWELL The State Journal CHARLESTON, w.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is taking grant applications as part of the West Virginia Spay Neuter Program. The program was established in 2013, but was unfunded until House Bill 2552 was passed by the Legislature and signed into law[Read More…]
‘Ghost Stories’ supplement accepting spooky submissions
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Something wicked this way comes … again. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel’s annual “Ghost Stories,” a collection of the unexplained, other wordly and paranormal, is accepting stories from residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley and beyond. How far beyond? Far. Submissions will be[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, October 3
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘I HAVE NO IDEA WHO I OPERATED ON’ A trauma surgeon describes that chaotic aftermath[Read More…]
Officials: Trump cancels visit to Morgantown
The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — President Donald Trump’s planned Oct. 4 visit to Morgantown has been canceled, according to county officials. Trump was slated to meet with FOX News host Sean Hannity for an interview at the Metropolitan Theatre. Mon County Commissioner Tom Bloom posted on Facebook at about[Read More…]
Study: While US prospers, WV lags behind
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite the optimism depicted by national economic indicators, a new study shows huge swaths of the U.S. are hurting, and West Virginia is feeling the brunt of it. Economic Innovation Group, a think tank out of Washington, D.C., unveiled its Distressed Communities[Read More…]
Blue Ridge, P&G partnership yielding dividends
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Procter & Gamble is partnering with Blue Ridge Community & Technical College to ensure the workers at its new, $500,000 plant under construction in Berkeley County have the skillsets they’ll need to handle whatever the job throws at them. BRCTC President[Read More…]
Legislature may try hand at eliminating personal property taxes
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After trying and failing to adopt a tax reform plan earlier this year to roll back personal income tax rates and do away with most exemptions to the state’s sales tax, members of the West Virginia Legislature hope to eliminate personal[Read More…]
Some would win, some would lose if personal property taxes were repealed
By JIM ROSS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bruce Moore has looked at the numbers when it comes to the most recent proposal to eliminate West Virginia’s personal property taxes, and he knows who the winners and losers would be. The big winners, he says, would be people living in[Read More…]
