By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Eastern Panhandle’s robust economic growth comes with a hidden price tag, according to a panel of local experts who participated in the Berkeley County Economic Development and Infrastructure Roundtable held with Republican U.S. Congressman Alex X. Mooney at the Eastern Regional[Read More…]
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Who is Paula Jean Swearengin?
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Who is Paula Jean Swearengin? She’s a 43-year-old single mom. She’s a Wyoming County native. She’s a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Joe Manchin. Paula Jean Swearengin is a long shot. She knows that. But she believes[Read More…]
Campaign finance: West Virginia local candidates learn that fundraisers aren’t always successful
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Among the nuggets of data in the campaign financial disclosures by candidates in local legislative races is something of a cautionary tale about the perils of hosting campaign fundraising events: Two candidates hosted fundraisers — and both lost money. Dean Jeffries, a[Read More…]
PTT Global Chemical buys more land for Belmont County ethane cracker
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register DILLES BOTTOM, Ohio — PTT Global Chemical officially controls about 500 acres for building the Belmont County ethane cracker, as a deed filed this week shows the Thailand-based firm paid about $17.5 million to acquire the Ohio-West Virginia Excavating property. Last summer,[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, May 3
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 3, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. GIULIANI CONTRADICTS TRUMP OVER STORMY DANIELS PAYMENT One of the president’s lawyers says Trump repaid[Read More…]
A week from West Virginia primary election, harsh words drive GOP Senate debate
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three leading Republican Senate candidates missed no opportunity to pummel one another on live national television in their final debate before the upcoming primary election. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship made[Read More…]
Out-of-state super PACs drop nearly $4 million on WV GOP Senate primary
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Super PACs with tangential ties to the West Virginia GOP have poured just shy of a collective $4 million into the state’s Republican Senate primary. With the May 8 election in sight, that number is expected to spike in the coming week.[Read More…]
Thrasher: Tariffs shouldn’t derail $83.7 billion Chinese investment in West Virginia
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher said President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff on steel should not derail China Energy’s plan to build $83.7 billion worth of ethane crackers, power plants and related shale natural gas infrastructure. In November,[Read More…]
‘West Virginia Grown’ logo revealed
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After two rounds of voting, totaling more than 2,400 responses from producers and the public, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture has revealed the next logo for the West Virginia Grown program, the agency said in a news release. Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt announced[Read More…]
