WVPA Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the deadline to register to vote just a week away and a new voter identification law on the books, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner’s staff is working to get residents registered and informed for the upcoming primary election. Warner said April[Read More…]
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W.Va. House Speaker Tim Armstead reflects on 20-year service in the House
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Tim Armstead’s desk is the gavel he used most days in his four years as speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Behind his desk, however, is another smaller gavel used for special occasions — marking the first and last[Read More…]
Education and Arts office helping people in West Virginia with special needs could close
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN and RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A state office under the Department of Education and the Arts in Oak Hill that helps about 350 West Virginians with special needs find and hold employment appears set to close this summer — though one spokesperson said Friday[Read More…]
W.Va. Transportation secretary: Work to widen turnpike in Beckley expected to start in July
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Work to widen an 8-mile section of the turnpike from the I-64 split to U.S. 19 in Beckley is expected to start in July and continue for two years – courtesy of $800 million in general obligation bonds. West Virginia Department of Transportation[Read More…]
Coal severance tax revenues increasing in West Virginia
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — With a reduction in regulations impacting the coal industry, revenues generated by West Virginia’s coal severance taxes have been going up; however, the amount of mining each county has within its borders determine how much money it generates. In Mercer County,[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court rules Justice coal company didn’t contaminate wells
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the decision of a Wyoming County jury that two coal companies operated by Gov. Jim Justice did not contaminate the water wells of more than a dozen families. The families, who showed their water was contaminated[Read More…]
Mason County Tourism alive and well and ready for a new season
By ERIN PERKINS Point Pleasant Daily Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Mason County has plenty to offer this year when it comes to tourism with the official calendar of events by the Mason County Convention and Visitors Bureau being recently released. The complete listing of tourism events from May through[Read More…]
Elkins-area leaders take part in Trump roundtable event in West Virginia
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — A pair of local business leaders took part in President Donald Trump’s roundtable discussion on tax reform at White Sulphur Springs Civic Center Thursday. Hugh Hitchcock, president of Davis Trust Company, and Nathaniel Bonnell, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of West[Read More…]
West Virginia voter registration event April 14 at Greenbrier Valley Mall
The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Greenbrier Valley Mall in Fairlea will host a voter registration drive from 2 to 6 p.m. April 14 during the Greenbrier Arts & Crafts Show following the Lewisburg Chocolate Festival. The volunteer organizers welcome anyone of voting age who is concerned about their registration status[Read More…]
West Virginia Folklife Program coming to the Pocahontas Opera House
The Pocahontas Times MARLINTON, W.Va. — State folklorist Emily Hilliard will bring the West Virginia Folklife Program, a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council, to the Pocahontas County Opera House Thursday, April 19, for a public interest meeting. “What is Folklore?” will begin at 6 p.m. and is free[Read More…]
