By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — With the special road bonds election around the corner, Secretary of State Mac Warner encourages residents to remember a few key upcoming deadlines. Residents will vote on Oct. 7 whether to approve the issuance of $1.6 billion of state bonds to build and upgrade[Read More…]
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W.Va. Treasurer’s unclaimed property inserts readied for circulation
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer’s John Perdue is readying another unclaimed property bulletin for statewide insertion into newspapers, beginning Sept. 21 and ending Oct. 5. Insertion dates are Sept. 21, Sept. 28 and Oct. 5. Some copies are direct mailed to homes. Each year, the Treasurer’s Office publishes[Read More…]
Fourteen West Virginia Guard members on way to U.S. Virgin Islands
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fourteen members of the West Virginia National Guard boarded planes Wednesday to fly to the U.S. Virgin Island and help with flood assessment there. West Virginia National Guard Adjutant Gen. James Hoyer has been in contact with the commander of the[Read More…]
WV GOP Reps. vote to cut MSHA budget
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As coal mining deaths in West Virginia increase this year, all three of the state’s U.S. House members voted this week for additional cuts in the coal mine safety enforcement budget for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Reps. David[Read More…]
Belmont County ethane cracker decision due by end of the year
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — An ethane cracker with a cost estimate as high as $6 billion could be confirmed before the end of 2017, a project Belmont County Port Authority Director Larry Merry said would allow the Upper Ohio Valley export finished products[Read More…]
Bluefield Coal Show vendors say business much better at this year’s event
By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — “There have been more customers today in the first hour than there were during the entire show in 2015,” said Scott Meade, with Phillips Machine Services, Thursday morning. Meade and B.J. Dickerson were with the company’s exhibit just outside the Bluefield[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, September 15
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. FIRE ON LONDON SUBWAY TRAIN CALLED TERROR London police say that a reported explosion and[Read More…]
WV Gov. Justice announces his retirement as head boys basketball coach at Greenbrier East High School
CHARLESTON, WV – Governor Jim Justice said today he has submitted his retirement as head coach of the Greenbrier East boys basketball team. “First and foremost, beyond any doubt, my chief responsibility is to serve the people of West Virginia as their elected Governor,” Gov. Justice said. “That said, I[Read More…]
TechConnect to host WV coding & cyber summit Oct. 12 in South Charleston
US Senators Manchin, Capito to headline event CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With hundreds of thousands of software coding and cyber jobs unfilled in the U.S., West Virginia has tremendous opportunity to grow its tech economy through preparing workers for these positions. TechConnectWV, in partnership with U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley[Read More…]
State Sen. Jeffries sets Putnam County public meeting on road bond issue
Public meeting set 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19 to discuss Route 35 Buffalo/Toyota Interchange and WV Road Bond Amendment RED HOUSE, W. Va. — West Virginia State Senator Glenn Jeffries, D-Putnam, will host a public meeting to discuss the Route 35 Buffalo/Toyota interchange and the road bond amendment on Tuesday, Sept. 19, from[Read More…]
