By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State and federal regulators are skirting their obligations to protect West Virginia’s drinking water from the effects of fracking, a report from the Natural Resources Defense Council says. The report, made public this week, examines the way the state Department of Environmental[Read More…]
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U.S. Sen. Manchin critical of opioids settlement
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — A $37 million settlement announced Thursday between the state of West Virginia and a pharmaceutical distributor didn’t pass muster with Sen. Joe Manchin. Manchin criticized the agreement announced by Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Gov. Jim Justice with McKesson Corp.,[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, May 3
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, May 3, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. BARR BESIEGED BY ALLEGATIONS OF BEING TRUMP’S PROTECTOR Attorney General William Barr has emerged as[Read More…]
New River Community & Technical College kickstarts ‘WV Invests’ program
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — New River Community & Technical College President Dr. Bonny Copenhaver believes enrollment at the college will increase by 20 percent next semester due to the WV Invests Grant. The West Virginia Legislature recently passed a bill, which will allow an individual to[Read More…]
Feds open investigation into WV flood relief efforts
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In an unusually public reveal, a federal prosecutor announced Wednesday he opened an investigation into the state’s handling of millions of dollars in flood recovery funds provided by the federal government. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Mike Stuart[Read More…]
West Virginia House Education Committee chairman Del. Danny Hamrick resigns
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The former chairman of the House Education Committee admitted that an affair with a committee staff member was the reason he resigned his position this week. Del. Danny Hamrick, R-Harrison, released a statement Wednesday going into detail on[Read More…]
Injunction granted: U.S. Court rules in favor of Rockwool
By DANYEL VanREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — After two days in court, Chief U.S. District Judge Gina Groh ruled in favor of Rockwool, the under-construction stone-wool manufacturing plant in Ranson, on Wednesday. The ruling granted the company a preliminary injunction to prohibit the Jefferson County Board of Education from[Read More…]
CSX unveils locomotives painted to honor first responders, veterans
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — “A new spirit of service and gratitude is rolling across the CSX rail network in the form of two GE locomotives that have been repainted and renamed in honor of our nation’s military and first responders,” CSX said on its website. CSX said the one-of-a-kind[Read More…]
Lawsuit to expedite endangered species decisions includes 5 species found in WV
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Five West Virginia animal and insect species, including a crayfish known to exist only in the Left Fork of Holly River, are cited in a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration and new U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt for failing to make[Read More…]
