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EPA paves way for West Virginia DEP to enforce state water quality standards

By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON,W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection the green light to regulate the way the state enforces water pollution permit limits. House Bill 2506 passed in last year’s legislative session and requires the state to use an[Read More…]

West Virginia VA: Criticized exec not moving to Huntington

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va.  — An embattled Veterans Affairs hospital executive scheduled for reassignment to the Huntington VA Medical Center will not be moved to West Virginia, the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed Monday. Douglas Paxton, who until Friday served as hospital director for the Roseburg VA Medical[Read More…]

Wheeling Newspapers’ highest bid for Gazette-Mail nearly $11 million

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ogden Newspapers bid nearly $11 million to purchase control of the Charleston Gazette-Mail and its related assets, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston on Tuesday. The figure — $10.911 million — was included in an asset purchase and[Read More…]

Charleston Gazette-Mail to file for bankruptcy

The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — The Charleston Gazette-Mail on Monday announced it would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and that The Ogden Newspapers Inc. has emerged as the high bidder for the company. The Gazette-Mail plans to file for bankruptcy today, officials with the newspaper said.[Read More…]

WVU Reed College of Media alumna nominated for an Academy Award

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An Oscar nomination won’t entice Elaine McMillion Sheldon and her husband, Kerrin, away from their passion: telling the stories of their home state of West Virginia in hopes of bringing attention, and solutions, to its problems – especially opioid addiction. The couple has been nominated[Read More…]

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