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Mountaineer Gas seeks double-digit-percentage rate hike, says system upgrades needed

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mountaineer Gas has proposed a double-digit rate increase for its roughly 218,000 customers spanning 50 of West Virginia’s 55 counties. The Charleston-based utility last week proposed changes in rates and charges that would increase company revenue roughly $44.5 million annually effective Nov.[Read More…]

National Poll Worker Recruitment Day coming Aug. 12

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON – Midterm elections are not coming until November 2026, but counties both local and across the nation are now recruiting the poll workers needed to greet the public on Election Day and help them cast their ballots. West Virginia Secretary of State Kris[Read More…]

Fairmont Village Apartments residents caught in catch-22 with FEMA

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Federal Emergency Management Agency resources are now available for residents in Marion County, but for residents of the partially collapsed Fairmont Village Apartments, it’s proving a challenge to get aid. “FEMA will not pay me for personal property until that building hits the[Read More…]

Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Other Benefits Available To Ohio, Marion County Flood Victims

The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Flood-affected residents in Ohio and Marion counties now are eligible for even more assistance, according to Gov. Patrick Morrisey and WorkForce West Virginia. Morrisey and WorkForce West Virginia announced Monday that Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits are available to qualifying individuals living or working in the[Read More…]

West Virginia receives federal waiver to remove soda from SNAP

By Michael Lemley, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday joined U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy for the signing of a federal waiver allowing West Virginia to remove soda as an entitlement under the Supplemental Nutrition[Read More…]

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