NCWV Media WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced $2,414,000 for West Virginia through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program on Thursday. Funding will support the remediation of environmental hazards present at several properties in the state, as well as assessments to[Read More…]
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West Virginia Renaissance Festival opens Saturday
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Thousands of people visit Greenbrier County every August for the State Fair of West Virginia. But now there’s an additional “faire” on tap in June — the West Virginia Renaissance Festival. With such enticing monikers as “The Enchanted Grove,” “The Fish Inn,” the[Read More…]
Justice company, federal officials reach agreement on penalty
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One of the companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice is coming to the rescue of another company that faced an ultimatum Thursday to explain how it planned to pay a massive contempt penalty. According to an order filed[Read More…]
The day Intuit and Alorica came to Bluefield
Co-authored by: COLLEEN BEERS, President of North America and Europe Operations at Alorica and MARK NOTARAINNI, Chief Customer Success Officer at Intuit BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — In March when Intuit announced we’d be coming to Bluefield to open a Prosperity Hub, bringing 200-500 new jobs, there was a contagious buzz of excitement[Read More…]
Attorney sues RISE West Virginia flood recovery program alleging FOIA violation
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An attorney representing clients awaiting help from RISE West Virginia is suing the state Department of Commerce, alleging it ignored two public records requests for financial and other documents. Bren Pomponio, an attorney with Mountain State Justice, a nonprofit that provides legal services[Read More…]
WVU researchers keep coal mining community alive through oral history and photography
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Researchers from West Virginia University are preserving the memories of a coal community through oral history and photography. Supported by a grant from the WVU Humanities Center, the research team used historical images from the West Virginia and Regional History Center’s online photographs database, West Virginia History OnView, to document the[Read More…]
Discount State Fair of West Virginia tickets on sale now through Aug. 6
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — State Fair of West Virginia and One Stop and Stop In Food Store officials announced this week a partnership in selling advanced discounted tickets to the 2019 State Fair of West Virginia. Tickets will be on sale from now through Aug. 6 at 60 locations in[Read More…]
West Virginia House takes issue with Supreme Court Justice Workman response in impeachment
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the now-year-old saga in the impeachment of several judges of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the House of Delegates filed a response to a justice’s brief before the nation’s highest court. Attorneys for the House[Read More…]