CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch visited businesses in Roane County on Tuesday and is Jackson County today, Wednesday, Nov. 20. The visits are part of an ongoing series of statewide listening tours. “The listening tour is a chance for businesses and government to meet person-to-person, face-to-face,” said Gaunch. “Under[Read More…]
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W.Va. Governor’s Highway Safety Program announces statewide seat belt usage rate above national average
Rate exceeds 90 percent for second year in a row CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) announced that West Virginia’s statewide seat belt usage rate is 90.2 percent for 2019. The national average is 90 percent. This is the second year in a row that West[Read More…]
West Virginia’s buck firearms season opens Nov. 25, 2019
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s traditional buck firearms season begins Monday, Nov. 25, the latest possible opening date. This season opens the Monday before Thanksgiving every year. The later opening this year can result in days with snow on the ground, which gives hunters an advantage of spotting and[Read More…]
W.Va. DEP Sec. Caperton: Downstream task force has ‘begun mission’
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Austin Caperton continued to promote the expected “petrochemical renaissance” in West Virginia on Tuesday before members of the Joint Committee on Natural Gas Development during interim committee meetings of the Legislature. Caperton was tapped by[Read More…]
W.Va. minor league baseball teams on the chopping block: Princeton Rays, Bluefield Blue Jays, Charleston’s W.Va. Power
By ERIC WALKER Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD. W.Va. — The Bluefield Blue Jays and Princeton Rays are two of the teams in minor league baseball that are on the chopping block under a new proposal from Major League Baseball. The current Professional Baseball Agreement between the MLB and Minor League[Read More…]
Gov. Justice wanted to fast track a tax incentive; lawmakers ask about his businesses
By Jake Zuckerman, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Democrats in the House of Delegates gummed up Gov. Jim Justice’s efforts to rush through a renewal of a tax credit program that The Greenbrier resort — which Justice’s family owns — could use to save millions of dollars. More than any issues[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘I NOW DO RECALL’ Ambassador Gordon Sondland is likely to be unpredictable[Read More…]
Voters in Berkeley County, W.Va., renew school level
By Eve Larsh, The Journal of Martinsburg MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Voters in Berkeley County decided to renew the school levy during a special election on Saturday, according to the unofficial results. The number of voters in favor of the school levy was 3,125, with 1,656 voting against. The votes will[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin issued statement on Farmington Mine tragedy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) issued the following statement honoring the 78 miners who were killed in the Consolidation Coal Company’s No. 9 Mine Tragedy 51 years ago in Farmington, West Virginia. “Today we honor the 78 brave miners who were lost in the Consolidation Coal[Read More…]
W.Va. residents remembered Farmington No. 9 disaster
By Eric Hrin, Times West Virginian MANNINGTON, W.Va. — UMWA International President Cecil Roberts urged guests at the 51st Farmington No. 9 Memorial Service Sunday to never let the 1968 explosion that claimed the lives of 78 miners be forgotten. “Continue to come here,” he told the estimated 250-300 people[Read More…]
