By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals with a 3-2 vote affirmed a circuit court ruling that dismissed felony civil rights violations against a man accused of saying an anti-gay slur before striking two men moments after he saw them kiss. Justices Allen[Read More…]
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Jenkins announces bid for U.S. Senate
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins has announced his bid for U.S. Senate against Sen. Joe Manchin. In a video released Monday, Jenkins, who represents the third district, announced his anticipated run against Manchin. In the nearly 3-minute video, Jenkins criticized Manchin in areas[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood paid Morrisey’s wife’s firm $460K for lobbying
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Washington, D.C., firm partly owned by the wife of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey lobbies on Capitol Hill for Planned Parenthood, a group Morrisey and other Republicans have routinely used as a political punching bag. Denise Henry Morrisey holds the[Read More…]
WV Reps. Mooney, Jenkins, McKinley vote yes on AHCA
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All three of West Virginia’s congressional representatives, all Republicans, voted to revise the Affordable Care Act, joining a narrow majority Thursday. The GOP-backed legislation, the American Health Care Act, will roll back required patient protections for health care providers. It passed 217-213,[Read More…]
Go behind the scenes of the Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Eric Eyre’s Pulitzer win
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail How did a newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia, beat out the nation’s largest news organizations and earn the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting? Check out the video online at wvgazettemail.com for a behind-the-scenes look on the reporting by Eric Eyre that won the Pulitzer. WATCH[Read More…]
April revenue still down, but severance taxes rebounding
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy said April’s revenues were “disappointing,” one bit of good news came from severance tax collections. In a Wednesday call with reporters, Hardy said collections for last month came in at about $468 million but were still below[Read More…]
Elkins native Steve Herron named publisher of The Inter-Mountain
Staff report The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Steve Herron was introduced Monday as the incoming publisher and general manager of The Inter-Mountain. Current Publisher Heather Goodwin Henline made the announcement. Goodwin Henline, who served as publisher since 2010, is leaving The Inter-Mountain for the publisher’s position at The Telegraph in[Read More…]
UMW health-care benefits secured in budget deal
From staff, wire reports Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A permanent fix to fund the health-care benefits for more than 22,000 retired coal miners is included in a $1 trillion budget deal made public by Congressional leaders early this morning. The language sought by the United Mine Workers union is[Read More…]
More details being made public in WV water crisis settlement
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha Valley residents, businesses and workers will be able to easily obtain millions of dollars in payments from West Virginia American Water Co. and Eastman Chemical for the contamination of the region’s drinking water supply, according to detailed class-action settlement documents[Read More…]
WVSU sues Dow over water pollution at Institute campus
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia State University has sued Dow Chemical and former operators of the Institute chemical plant, alleging that the facility has contaminated the groundwater under the university’s campus. University officials insist the contamination poses no health risks — the campus does[Read More…]
