By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Chemours at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will sample water wells around the Washington Works for the chemical that succeeded C8 in the Teflon-manufacturing process. GenX is produced at a Chemours facility at Fayetteville, N.C., where[Read More…]
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Bids for Gazette-Mail won’t disclose plans for employees
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Companies placing bids to purchase the Charleston Gazette-Mail won’t have to include provisions as to how they intend to treat current employees once they own the paper, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Volk said he wanted to make[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Thursday, Feb. 8
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 30th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Fairness West Virginia, Lower Rotunda (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.); WV School of Osteopathic Medicine, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotundas; WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Upper Well Area; Professional Firefighters of WV Legislative Reception, 6-8[Read More…]
Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8 billion annually, study says
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The opioid epidemic is costing West Virginia’s economy an estimated $8.8 billion a year, according to an analysis by a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute. Among all states, West Virginia shoulders the highest per-capita economic burden caused by the opioid crisis.[Read More…]
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…]
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West Virginia Ethics Commission OKs tourism contract with Justice’s Greenbrier resort
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Division of Tourism officials can partner with The Greenbrier resort as part of the division’s new Cooperative Advertising Program, after the state Ethics Commission granted Tourism a contract exemption. Tourism officials argued it would be an undue hardship if the[Read More…]
West Virginia DHHR releases final opioid response plan to governor, legislature
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has submitted final recommendations for the state’s Opioid Response Plan to Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Legislature. The Office of Drug Control Policy has worked with a panel of national and[Read More…]
