The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, August 9, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TAX CUTS TAKE BACKSEAT TO FEAR IN GOP POLITICS In primary season, Republican candidates are[Read More…]
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WV House committee approves 14 articles of impeachment against justices
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail The West Virginia House Judiciary Committee approved 14 articles of impeachment against the four sitting justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday. The eighth day of the committee’s meetings regarding possible impeachment produced the first material results when 14 articles of[Read More…]
West Virginia’s revenue growth continues
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State officials were in a celebratory mood Tuesday morning after unveiling the final end-of-year surplus numbers, including positive numbers for the first month of the new fiscal year. Sitting in front of a banner saying “Way to go[Read More…]
PEIA Task Force approves report summarizing 21 public hearings across West Virginia
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly two months after completing 21 public hearings around West Virginia, the PEIA Task Force subcommittee on public outreach approved a report Tuesday summarizing those hearings, as well as the nearly 4,000 surveys the panel received from PEIA insurees. Mike Hall, chief[Read More…]
WV Treasurer’s Office: Nearly $18M in unclaimed property returned
Staff reports Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Treasurer’s Office set a record in fiscal 2018 by finding the owners of $17.7 million in unclaimed property, state Treasurer John Perdue said. The fiscal year ended June 30. Examples of unclaimed property can range from a forgotten utility deposit[Read More…]
Gazette opinion : Doing our job, and continuing to do it
By GREG MOORE Executive Editor Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The governor of West Virginia held a news conference on Monday to announce that his companies had paid all their back taxes and penalties in West Virginia. He trotted out state Department of Revenue leaders to back up his claim.[Read More…]
Officials laud Southern W.Va.’s potential during visit
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph NORTHFORK, W.Va. — Southern West Virginia’s potential as a setting for tourism, ecological tourism and economic diversification were topics Tuesday when one of the state’s representatives in Congress and a new member of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s administration visited the region. U.S. Rep. Evan[Read More…]
Morrisey touts pro-Trump platform during Beckley visit
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — In a visit Tuesday to southern West Virginia, Patrick Morrissey – the state’s attorney general and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate – blasted U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., calling the former governor of the state a “dishonest liberal.” Morrisey, who lives in[Read More…]
Tri-State restaurants safe from hep A, Ky. health commissioner says
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — With Kentucky’s hepatitis A outbreak now the worst in the nation, state Commissioner for Public Health Dr. Jeffrey Howard Jr. met with about a dozen Tri-State restaurant owners Tuesday in Ashland to hear their concerns, but also to reiterate the outbreak is[Read More…]
