Developing story The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register BEIJING — A natural gas-fired power plant in Brooke County would be one of the initial projects undertaken in a new, $83 billion shale gas agreement between the state and China Energy, Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher announced this morning. See more from The[Read More…]
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WV announces $83.7 billion shale gas, chemical deal with China Energy
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia will see $83.7 billion in investment from a China-owned energy company for shale gas and chemical manufacturing projects in the state over the course of 20 years, the state Department of Commerce announced Thursday morning. Gov. Jim Justice called the[Read More…]
Lucas stepping down as GOP chairman to run for Congress
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party announced Wednesday morning he will step down in January and he’s running for the House of Representatives. Chairman Conrad Lucas, 36, in May 2012 was the youngest person to be elected[Read More…]
WV CHIP to shut down in February unless Congress allocates funds
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The board of directors for the West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program voted Wednesday to shut down the CHIP program on Feb. 28, if Congress doesn’t allocate funding to the program soon. CHIP provides health insurance to children whose parents make too[Read More…]
Officials: State waiting for complete contents list following warehouse fire at IEI
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday released documents submitted by Intercontinental Export-Import Plastics about the contents of its facility that burned for more than a week, but officials say they do not believe it is a[Read More…]
Nuclear detonation app lets you target your own hometown
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With current talk of the threat of nuclear war with North Korea, did you ever wonder what would happen if someone dropped a nuclear weapon on your hometown? There’s an app for that. Nukemap, which can be found at nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap, is[Read More…]
State tax department wants hotel operators to turn over sales tax receipts
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Tax Department wants the operators of three struggling hotels to turn over more than $1 million in sales taxes state officials say were collected but never remitted. Within the past week the state moved to intervene in lawsuits filed[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin: Tax plan doesn’t benefit the middle class
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A proposed tax plan before the U.S. House of Representatives would add nearly $1.7 trillion to a national debt that already exceeds $20 trillion, according to Sen. Joe Manchin. The Senate is expected to receive its version of[Read More…]
Tax bill nixes federal historic tax credit
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The tax reform legislation being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives would more than wipe out a recent boost in West Virginia for rehabilitating historic buildings, putting development of those structures in jeopardy. The West Virginia Legislature last month voted to increase[Read More…]
Green Bank Observatory’s future still uncertain
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald GREEN BANK, W.Va. — Interested parties moved a step closer Wednesday to learning the ultimate fate of the Green Bank Observatory. Having had its title as a “National Radio Astronomy Observatory” stripped away, along with 35 percent of its federal operating funds, the GBO has[Read More…]