The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOUSE PANEL SEEKS DOCUMENTS ON 81 PEOPLE LINKED TO TRUMP A House panel is probing[Read More…]
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Gov. Justice announces major Facebook broadband investment in West Virginia
From the Office of the Governor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that West Virginia’s internet infrastructure is expanding through a collaboration with Facebook. Facebook, through their subsidiary Middle Mile Infrastructure, is planning to build a high capacity fiber optic cable network crossing a portion of West Virginia[Read More…]
WV Department of Environmental Protection investigating discolored water discharged from abandoned mine
NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An office of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection launched an investigation over the weekend into black water discharging from an abandoned mine. The discharge appears to have originated near the Helen community of Raleigh County, according to a release from the department. The Office of Abandoned Mine[Read More…]
Justice Evan Jenkins: $32,000 Supreme Court couch Is damaged
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia’s infamous $32,000 blue suede couch still sits at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals — and it has a rip in it, according to new Justice Evan Jenkins. While the sectional serves a monument to what[Read More…]
West Virginia Delegate accused of injuring House staffer apologizes
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A member of the House of Delegates accused of injuring a doorkeeper took time Saturday to apologize for his actions. House Minority Whip Mike Caputo, D-Marion, addressed the house during a Saturday morning floor session one week before[Read More…]
How a 3 a.m. bar fight left a WV delegate blind
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 12 years after Eric Porterfield, who made national news earlier this year comparing the gay community to the Ku Klux Klan, lost his vision in a parking lot brawl, his legal battle against the bar where it happened continues. Porterfield,[Read More…]
Free meal program in West Virginia county increases productivity and attendance
By TRAVIS CRUM The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Besides ensuring that all students have access to nutritious breakfasts and lunches, Cabell County Schools’ free school meals program has other bonuses. Students want to come to school, they are more alert and they are more productive during tasks, said Rhonda McCoy, food service[Read More…]
WV legislators continue to work on bills
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Come midnight Saturday, March 9, the West Virginia Legislature will end its session, which so far has included major bill packages, another teacher strike and plenty of controversy Many things were promised before the session began and many bills were introduced, but[Read More…]
Southern West Virginia residents unfazed by new law allowing for Sunday liquor sales
By EMILY D. COPPALA Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEWELL, W.Va. — Residents’ opinions on the recently passed Sunday liquor law seem to be nonchalant. Gov. Jim Justice signed the bill on Thursday that will allow stores to sell liquor after 1 p.m. on Sundays. Previously, stores were not legally allowed to[Read More…]
