By Jared Hunt WV House of Delegates Communications Director CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates finished its fourth week of the 2018 regular session with much of the attention focused on how to best structure pay increases and health insurance for teachers and state employees. As the state Senate[Read More…]
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Fresh snow greeting skiers in WV mountains
By DAVE LAVENDER The Herald Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After getting a fresh half-foot of snow Tuesday, Jan. 30, West Virginia’s 5 downhill ski resorts are all expecting more through today, Saturday, Feb. 2 and 3, making for some prime-time skiing and boarding over the Super Bowl Weekend. Here’s[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Capito, R-WV, talks State of Union in video address
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in her weekly video address, talks about the State of the Union address, and joining U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., to welcome Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to West Virginia at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs: Senator[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin announces HIRE Vets program accepting applications
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, announced the HIRE Vets Medallion Program Demonstration started accepting applications Friday, Feb. 2. The program is the result of Senator Manchin’s legislation, the Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing (HIRE) Veterans Act. The Medallion Program Demonstration is a tiered recognition program within the[Read More…]
Congressional candidate Conrad Lucas on West Virginia never sleeps tour
From the Conrad Lucas campaign: HUNTINGTON, WV – On, Friday, Feb. 2, and running through today, Saturday, Feb. 3, the Trump-conservative candidate for Congress, Conrad Lucas, is on a nonstop 24-hour tour of West Virginia’s Third Congressional District. Lucas is visiting all 18 counties in just the twenty-four hour span. “I[Read More…]
Life 101 Columnist Linda Arnold: The poison of resentment
By Linda Arnold Life 101 Columnist CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to get sick. Find out why a grudge is one of the heaviest things you could carry. Holding a grudge hurts you more than the other person. This brief video explains why resentment[Read More…]
WV Northern Panhandle educators say no current plans for teacher walkout
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — Teachers in some parts of West Virginia are walking out of their classrooms to protest a proposed 1 percent pay raise, but such sentiment isn’t yet being raised in the Northern Panhandle, according to local educators. Officials in Hancock, Ohio, Marshall[Read More…]
WV Attorney General Morrisey defends law banning dismemberment abortion
From theWest Virginia Attorney General office: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined a 24-state effort urging a federal appeals court to uphold state laws banning a disturbing type of abortion. The Attorney General signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief defending a law similar to that implemented in West[Read More…]
West Virginia trout stocking the week of Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2018
ELKINS, W.Va. – The following waters were stocked the week of Jan. 29, 2018: Anderson Lake Anthony Creek Clover Run Dillons Run Edwards Run Pond Fort Ashby Reservoir French Creek Pond Greenbrier River (Marlinton) Hills Creek Horseshoe Run Knapps Creek Laurel Fork of Holly River Left Fork of Holly River[Read More…]
Editorial: Help available for West Virginians with unexpected spike on electric bill
From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Last month’s brutal deep freeze took a toll on families across the region. Many experienced frozen water lines and leaks associated with the unprecedented cold spell. Now some also are reporting a significant spike in their monthly electric bills. While this is certainly challenging for those families[Read More…]
