By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Division of Highways officials on Monday released a 16-page spreadsheet of road construction projects it intends to fund as part of a new “Roads to Prosperity” road building initiative. That includes 39 projects in 22 counties totaling $1.6 billion that will be[Read More…]
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Hurricane Harvey: Not just in Texas
By BROOKE GRIFFIN The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Texas this past Friday evening around 11 p.m. What many West Virginia residents didn’t know was that this catastrophic storm was going to affect some of their friends and neighbors too. When the information and stories of devastation[Read More…]
Gas price spikes possible in the Ohio Valley in wake of storm
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Shutdowns at Gulf Coast petroleum refineries due to devastation from Harvey could cause a spike in Upper Ohio Valley pump prices, according to the West Virginia Oil Marketers and Grocers Association. That is unwelcome news for drivers who rushed[Read More…]
Local Red Cross volunteers helping after hurricane
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — At least 11 American Red Cross volunteers from West Virginia have been deployed for a massive relief effort in Texas and Louisiana where Hurricane, now Tropical Storm, Harvey wreaked destruction, an official said on Monday. Three volunteers are from[Read More…]
Former Bluefield resident: Flooding from Harvey ‘beyond imaginable’
By BLAKE STOWERS Bluefield Daily Telegraph HOUSTON, Texas — Former Bluefield resident Patricia Gardner said her home near Houston, Texas has already received 30 or more inches of rain from Hurricane Harvey. Gardner said the flooding is “beyond imaginable” from the hurricane. “All of the roads to get my family out of[Read More…]
Governor says West Virginia ready to lend aid to Texas flood victims
Staff report The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Mountain State is prepared to send resources, including West Virginia National Guard assets and personnel as needed, to areas deluged by what has become Tropical Storm Harvey, Gov. Jim Justice said Monday. “West Virginia stands ready, willing and able to provide first[Read More…]
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin talks tax reform in Parkersburg
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took Sen. Shelley Moore Capito up on her invitation to visit the Bureau of the Fiscal Service here Monday and also spoke with local businesspeople about the upcoming push for tax reform. “On the[Read More…]
N3 sales and marketing firm aims to bring 300 jobs to South Charleston
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — N3, an international integrated sales and marketing firm, announced Monday afternoon that it hopes to bring about 300 jobs to the Kanawha Valley. The Atlanta-based company, which was founded in 2004, is the newest tenant of South Charleston’s West Virginia Regional Technology[Read More…]
Mylan, Justice Department sign agreement on EpiPen overcharges
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mylan NV has agreed to pay the federal government $465 million to resolve allegations it overbilled Medicaid for its EpiPen device. The Justice Department hailed the agreement, while Mylan said it was old news in that it was formally agreeing to[Read More…]
WV man who allegedly tried to set up Trump-Russia meeting identified
BY JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail A Charleston man and military contractor said Monday he is the person mentioned in an email reviewed by congressional investigators who allegedly tried to set up a meeting between Russian officials and then-candidate Donald Trump’s campaign staff in 2016. Rick Clay confirmed via phone Monday[Read More…]
