The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO TRUMP IS BLAMING FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE RESPONSE During a rally in Phoenix, the president blames[Read More…]
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Justice says he does not expect cabinet-level position changes
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said during a Monday press conference that he does not anticipate any cabinet-level position changes because of his switch to the Republican Party, but does anticipate staffing shake-ups. Justice hosted the press conference with newly-appointed Chief of Staff Mike[Read More…]
Gov. Jim Justice calls for caution on statue removal
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday condemned the recent actions of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va. in protesting the removal of a Civil War statue, but he urged caution against eliminating historical items some find offensive. Justice spoke[Read More…]
Nick Casey says firing was unexpected, fuming that Gov. Justice blamed wife’s politics
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ousted gubernatorial chief of staff Nick Casey said he was flabbergasted when Gov. Jim Justice fired him less than two weeks after asking him to stay in the administration despite Justice’s flip to the Republican Party, but said he is furious that[Read More…]
Budget office: WV Rainy Day funds in good shape
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite numerous raids by the Legislature to balance recent state budgets, the state’s Rainy Day emergency reserve funds remain healthy, budget officials told legislators Monday. Currently, the two Rainy Day funds have a total of $692 million, or equal to more than[Read More…]
Pregnant women in W.Va. show high rates of tobacco use
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — One reason for poor infant outcomes, according to local health care experts, is the high rate of tobacco use among pregnant women in West Virginia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that roughly 8.4 percent of women in the U.S.[Read More…]
Trump’s Interior Department moves to stop mountaintop removal study
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Trump administration officials have told the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to halt a review of the increased public health risks faced by Appalachian residents who live near mountaintop removal coal-mining sites, the academies revealed in a statement issued[Read More…]
Hundreds gather at Grandview to view solar eclipse
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald GRANDVIEW, W.Va. — Armed with a makeshift viewing box constructed from a diaper box, a shoe box and an old camera lens, Ray Parent and his family gathered on a picnic blanket in a grassy area at the New River Gorge National River at Grandview.[Read More…]
Crowds flock to Grand Vue Park in Moundsville to see solar eclipse
By ALAN OLSEN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Dozens of visitors joined hundreds of local students Monday afternoon to see the first solar eclipse in the U.S. for nearly 40 years, joined by Wheeling’s SMART Centre to maximize the value of the rare occasion. Marshall County middle[Read More…]
Two people dead at WV jails Monday
Staff reports Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two people died in separate incidents at state jails Monday, including a Putnam County man sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman with whom he allegedly had an affair. Authorities found Philip Casto, 35, unresponsive in his cell at Mount Olive[Read More…]