By MATT HARVEY NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court soon will consider a question — and perhaps two — that could decide whether the families of 78 miners killed in the 1968 Farmington No. 9 explosion can sue Consolidation Coal over a fraudulent concealment claim. The[Read More…]
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Pierpont educators travel to Charleston to promote Advanced Technology Center
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The halls of the Charleston capitol had some colors familiar to Marion County locals Monday. Purple and black tables lined the halls of the capitol, displaying the presence of Pierpont Community and Technical College. Representatives from the school attended the legislative[Read More…]
Teacher strike continues as unions wary of late reversal by West Virginia House of Delegates
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — While teachers statewide are maintaining their strike to ensure Senate Bill 451 stays dead, weather — at least locally — may have made such a gesture unnecessary. All Northern Panhandle school district canceled class for today after Tuesday’s announcement[Read More…]
West Virginia teachers, volunteers make sure students are fed while schools closed
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Work stoppage days are far from vacations for too many students across West Virginia. For thousands, the only meals eaten in a day are served from the cafeteria. Simply put: No school, no food. Likewise, Tuesday wasn’t a day off for many[Read More…]
Bill to allow satellite casino locations in West Virginia advances; no Charleston casino plans
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation that would allow West Virginia’s four racetrack casinos to operate satellite locations advanced to the full House of Delegates on Tuesday. Although primarily intended to allow Wheeling Island Casino to put a satellite location in a retail-shopping complex adjacent to Interstate[Read More…]
Justice to West Virginia Legislature: Send clean pay raise bill
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After the defeat of the West Virginia Senate’s education reform package, Gov. Jim Justice asked lawmakers to quit sitting on his pay raise bill for teachers and school service personnel. Justice held a press conference Tuesday afternoon hours[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, February 20
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. POSSIBLE PEACE DECLARATION LOOMS OVER KIM-TRUMP SUMMIT Such an announcement ending the six-decade-old Korean War[Read More…]
West Virginia teacher strike now underway
Staff reports The Register-Herald OAK HILL, W.Va. — West Virginia teachers and school employees are on strike today in opposition of the omnibus education bill. In an interview Monday, Tega Toney, an Oak Hill High School teacher, president of AFT-Fayette County and vice president of AFT-West Virginia, said main sticking[Read More…]
On eve of strike, West Virginia Senate votes to return ESAs, charter schools to omnibus
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Within minutes of the announcement of a statewide teacher and school service personnel strike, the West Virginia Senate barreled forward with legislation enabling education savings accounts, charter schools and other union-abhorred pieces of conservative education policy. Within about two hours of the[Read More…]
