By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice urged residents in a Wednesday evening town hall in Beckley to support the road bond referendum this fall that would create $1.6 billion in funds to upgrade the state’s roads and bridges. Residents will vote Saturday, Oct. 7, whether[Read More…]
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Coalfield Expressway director: Justice should keep promise on building highway
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has pushed his highways plan since he was running last year, but much of it hinges on the upcoming bond referendum that would provide $1.6 billion in money for the state’s roads. “If you will go with me,[Read More…]
US Methanol plant breaks ground in Institute
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Chemical manufacturing startup US Methanol held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for its Liberty One methanol plant in Institute, as company representatives and state and local officials touted the event as a sign of economic advancement in West Virginia. US Methanol expects production[Read More…]
Opinion: Appalachian Storage Hub represents ‘Galaxy of Hope’
By Marc A. Monteleone President, IOGA WV The Texas Gulf Coast region and anchor cities such as Houston are suffering from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Harvey. Houston is the epicenter of the nation’s oil, natural gas and chemical industry and has become our nation’s fourth largest city. Our hearts and[Read More…]
Dominion Energy considering East River Mountain as site of $2 billion hydro-electric pump station
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, Va. — A site on East River Mountain in Tazewell County is being considered for a $2 billion pumped hydroelectric storage facility. Dominion Energy announced Thursday morning that the 4,100-acre site is near Bluefield, Va. and the other possible location for the facility[Read More…]
Charges dropped against reporter arrested at WV Capitol
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Prosecutors dropped a charge against a journalist who was arrested at the state Capitol when peppering Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price with questions. Dan Heyman, of Public News Service, and other representatives from his organization announced the news in a[Read More…]
WVU engineering alumnus flies into the eye of Hurricane Irma
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. West Virginia University alumnus Nick Underwood has been flying into the eye of Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, to collect critical data about the storm and where it’s headed. Underwood, a native of Beaver, graduated from WVU in 2014 with a[Read More…]
Arbitrator: Gazette-Mail owes $3.8M to Daily Mail owners
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An arbitration filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court has ordered the owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail to pay nearly $3.8 million to the publishers of the former Charleston Daily Mail. Arbitrator Edward McDevitt ruled that the Daily Gazette Co. and the Daily Gazette[Read More…]
Ruling: Gazette-Mail owners owe $3.8 million to ex-Daily Mail owners
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An arbitrator has ruled that the owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail must pay about $3.8 million to the former owners of the Charleston Daily Mail. The arbitrator made his ruling on Aug. 28, and the decision was filed this week in U.S.[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court in session at Independence Hall in Wheeling
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Park High School seniors Miyah Kureishy and Sierra Donaldson said their interest in law grew after listening to attorneys present arguments Wednesday before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals at Independence Hall in Wheeling. Kureishy and Donaldson[Read More…]
