CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of Gov. Jim Justice has announced a press conference at 5 p.m. today at Wheeling University. WHO: Gov. Jim Justice and leadership from Wheeling University. WHAT: Press event to make an announcement regarding Wheeling University. WHEN: TODAY, Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at 5 p.m. WHERE:[Read More…]
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Wyoming County, W.Va., officials to work with Department of Commerce on economic development group
By Mary Catherine Brooks, Wyoming County Bureau Chief Register-Herald of Beckley PINEVILLE, W.Va. — One size doesn’t fit all – at least when it comes to economic development. Ed Gaunch, West Virginia Department of Commerce secretary, toured both industrial parks in Wyoming County Tuesday morning, then met with several officials[Read More…]
President Trump touts cracker plant as economic engine
RICK SHRUM, for The Intelligencer of Wheeling MONACA, Pa. — The President is crackers about the developing cracker plant in Pennsylvania — and job creation and the economy. He touted all of them — and himself — Tuesday afternoon. The Commander in Chief, Donald Trump, was in Potter Township, Beaver[Read More…]
U.S. Senators Capito, Manchin announce more than $7 Million to help homeless veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, this week announced a collection of grants totaling more than $7 million dollars to support homeless veterans under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)[Read More…]
Environmental groups file lawsuit challenging Mountain Valley Pipeline permits
By Kate Mishkin, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A coalition of environmental groups are challenging a U.S. Fish and Wildlife permit issued to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. It’s one of several lawsuits filed in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals over permits issued to natural gas pipelines. In this case filed[Read More…]
Editorial: Can “red flag” laws be effective in W.Va.?
From The Journal of Martinsburg: Two West Virginia legislators have said our state needs a “red flag” law to ban access to firearms by dangerous people. The most obvious concern with that is how “dangerous” will be defined — and who will decide if a person’s Second Amendment rights will[Read More…]
W.Va. Attorney General Morrisey issues statement on lawsuit Affordable Clean Energy rule
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey issued the following statement regarding a lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s Affordable Clean Energy rule (ACE). “My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are dead wrong in their interpretation of the Clean Air Act. The CAA was not written to[Read More…]
Editorial: ‘Joke’ at your own risk in terms of free speech
From The Charleston Gazette-Mail: The United States guarantees a right to free speech under the 1st Amendment, but American society has generally agreed that right only extends to the point where it infringes on the rights of others. That’s not unreasonable. What someone says or how they might say it[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, Aug. 14
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. FALLOUT FOR PLACIDO DOMINGO AFTER MISCONDUCT ACCUSATIONS Two music companies cancel appearances[Read More…]
Marion County, W.Va., School board struggles to fill teaching positions; no applicants
By Eddie Trizzino, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – It’s not unusual for there to be open teaching positions before the start of the school year. What is unusual is for the positions to have few to no applicants, which the Marion County Board of Education discussed Monday, because that[Read More…]
