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…]
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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…]
Landscape architect opens farm retreat in Fayetteville
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — When Pamela Bailey started working on her farm retreat, she paid attention to the details of each room. She wanted each detail to not only preserve the historical integrity of the building but also have a modern touch that didn’t look out[Read More…]
Opponents, proponents ready arguments in power plant transfer
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As public hearings near on FirstEnergy’s plan to transfer its coal-fired Pleasants Power Station from the deregulated Ohio market to its northern West Virginia subsidiaries, the plan’s supporters and its opponents are stating their cases. FirstEnergy says Mon Power and Potomac[Read More…]
ERP Compliant Fuels cited, fined in May coal-mining death
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The operator of a Wyoming County coal mine has been cited and fined by West Virginia regulators in the May death of a worker at its underground operation, according to a report and other documents made public Monday. Pinnacle Mining Company[Read More…]
Another prominent Democrat leaving Justice administration
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Another member of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s staff has turned in his resignation following Justice’s switch from the Democratic to the Republican party. Derek Scarbro, a prominent Democrat and part of Justice’s hand-picked team, will be leaving the governor’s office[Read More…]
Marshall County festivals to provide fun-filled weekend in Moundsville
By DREW PARKER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Two popular festivals will ensure Moundsville’s Jefferson Avenue is the perfect place for family fun next month. The Elizabethtown Festival and the Uptown Moundsville Activities Committee’s Fall Festival will be held Sept. 16, behind the walls of the former[Read More…]
