The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MAY FACING NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE IN UK British politics is thrown into chaos and Brexit into[Read More…]
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Beckley’s Woodrow Wilson High School band to perform for West Virginia fans at Camping World Bowl in Orlando
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — As many area children drown in the spoils of Christmas, 57 kids from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley will be boarding a bus headed south to warmer weather. Those 57 kids, members of Woodrow Wilson’s band, will be performing at the Camping[Read More…]
Southern West Virginia residents wary of water’s health effects
By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail and MOLLY BORN West Virginia Public Broadcasting PINEVILLE, W.Va. — Dr. Joanna Bailey remembers crowding around the kitchen table with her family, carefully sticking stamps on the corners of her neighbors’ monthly water bills. Her dad managed water service in Glover, an old coal town[Read More…]
Flights to both Marshall, WVU bowl locations available at Huntington Tri-State Airport
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia football fans looking to attend their team’s bowl game this season can check travel arrangements off their list thanks to one airline. Allegiant Air at Huntington Tri-State Airport has flights to both the Tampa and Orlando area airports, the destinations[Read More…]
PEIA Task Force continues to discuss changes
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — What was supposed to be the final meeting of the task force that has spent the last 10 months looking at ways to stabilize the state’s health insurance program for public employees and retirees will continue. The Public[Read More…]
Register now for the Jan. 4 Legislative Lookahead at the Culture Center
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Media from across West Virginia will visit the West Virginia Culture Center at the Capitol Complex on Friday, Jan. 4, for the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead, a series of seminars that preview the top issues in the state. “We encourage all media in West Virginia to register[Read More…]
Former Healthy Kids and Families Coalition director Stephen Smith jumps Into West Virginia Governor’s race
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The first candidate to jump into the 2020 West Virginia governor’s race believes no politician singularly makes a difference in the world. “It takes a movement,” said Democrat Stephen Smith of Kanawha County. Smith spoke of his intention to[Read More…]
West Virginia Collegiate Business Plan Competition finalists include would-be entrepreneurs from five state schools
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After two phases of competition, 15 teams of college entrepreneurs have advanced to the finals of the 13th annual West Virginia Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition. The 15 finalists hail from five colleges and universities in West Virginia, as the teams try to capture a[Read More…]
Tax official: Pipeline construction fueling WV revenue boom set to wrap up in 2019
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With West Virginia in its eighth straight month of positive revenue reports, including double-digit growth in income tax and sales tax collection, Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow provided a bit of a reality check to members of a Finance legislative interim committee[Read More…]
