By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register POWHATAN POINT, Ohio — The cold smoke stacks of the closed Kammer power plant in Marshall County loom as the backdrop at Murray Energy Corp.’s coal transloading station along Ohio 7. Murray officials fear this may be an ominous sign of things[Read More…]
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Bill that releases funds for West Virginia flood recovery becomes law
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A bill releasing funds that will go toward flood recovery in White Sulphur Springs recently became law without the governor’s signature. Senate Bill 500 will allow the city to expend principal and interest from a special interest-bearing fund. The town sold an[Read More…]
West Virginia Delegate Overington: I accomplished most of my goals
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia House Delegate John Overington, who steps down from the House of Delegates at the end of the year after a 34-year tenure, said he accomplished most of the goals he had set out to do when he came to Charleston[Read More…]
WVU officials speak on Patriots of Appalachia posters on campus
By ADRIANNE UPHOLD The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Over the past week, sentiments from the group Patriots of Appalachia have been seen throughout WVU’s campus. POA has been referred as a white supremacist group, but they have denied that any member is a white supremacist. Some posters that POA[Read More…]
WVU student researching social change in Appalachia
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Pride in his Appalachian roots led West Virginia University junior Joshua Stuart to reclaim what it means to be Appalachian. Stuart, an interdisciplinary studies major in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciencesfrom Philippi, West Virginia will present research at the Appalachian Studies Association conference in[Read More…]
W.Va. Treasurer’s unclaimed property effort on record pace; inserts out soon
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With his Unclaimed Property Division already returning lost assets at a record clip, State Treasurer John Perdue announced that his office’s next newspaper insert listing names of unclaimed property owners will be distributed beginning this week. The inserts are designed to inform and encourage owners to file[Read More…]
Charleston, W.Va., native heading new national vehicle battery recycling effort
By James Casto The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON — Do you maybe have a used car or truck battery tucked away somewhere in your garage? If so, you’ve got plenty of company. It’s estimated that 99 percent of vehicle batteries are recycled. But that missing 1 percent represents two million batteries,[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, April 3
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHITE HOUSE SEEKS BILL TO CLOSE IMMIGRATION ‘LOOPHOLES’ Trump has been seething over immigration since[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice owes $9.4 million on defaulted loan from 2010
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been ordered to pay $9.4 million for defaulting on a $20 million loan in 2014. James C. Justice II is named as the defendant in a foreign judgment filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court on Jan.[Read More…]
New River Gorge Regional Development Authority: Entrepreneurship is W.Va.’s path forward
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — When the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority’s Joe Brouse and Lillian Graning read a report detailing West Virginia’s ranking among the least innovative in the nation, they weren’t surprised. Although they saw the ranking as disappointing, they believe West Virginia can forge a[Read More…]
