The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. VEGAS GUNMAN’S MOTIVE STILL A MYSTERY Stephen Paddock led such a low-key, private life that[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal BERKELEY SPRINGS — Gov. Jim Justice wants to know where the beef is. More specifically, the governor wants to know what will provide the state an economic shot in the arm if West Virginia voters opt not to approve the state’s highway project referendum in[Read More…]

By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Despite a recent push from Gov. Jim Justice and supporters of his “Roads to Prosperity” infrastructure plan, only about 2 percent of registered voters in West Virginia have taken part in the special election during the early voting period, according to information from[Read More…]

By JOHN McVEY For The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — Denise and Tony Burditus were listening to the last group performing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert in Las Vegas Sunday evening and were about to leave when they heard the first shots. Denise Burditus, 50, of[Read More…]

By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The about 38,000 children in West Virginia who rely on the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program for coverage aren’t in danger of immediately losing their insurance, according to the state Department of Health and Human Resources. Congress failed to reauthorize the 20-year-old[Read More…]

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coalfield political leaders and the United Mine Workers union are resuming their effort to protect the pension benefits for tens of thousands of retired miners and their families. On Tuesday, Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep.[Read More…]

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It was shortly after 1 a.m. on June 27, 2011. Crew leader Joseph Cassell was a couple of hours into his shift at the Rhino Resource Partners Eagle No. 1 Mine near Bolt, in Raleigh County. Cassell and several co- workers[Read More…]

By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WILLOW ISLAND, W.Va.  — Less than two years after completing a purchase of the Cytec facility on West Virginia 2, Solvay announced plans this week to double its production capacity. The expansion, for which construction is planned to start in the next[Read More…]

By JIM ROSS The State Journal BRIDGEPORT, W.Va.  — North Central West Virginia employers have a need for skilled workers, and a program that has helped women in the Huntington area transition into those jobs is about to open a second operation in Bridgeport. “At this point, we know it[Read More…]