By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorneys for Constitution Party U.S. Senate candidate Don Blankenship and West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner today will debate whether Blankenship is a sore loser or a victim of party bias. The West Virginia Supreme Court of[Read More…]
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WVU chemist studying fuel efficiency and pollutant formation
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University chemist is working to improve fuel efficiencies in transportation and power generation. Fabien Goulay, an associate professor in the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, is investigating combustion reaction mechanisms, which take place in power generators like engines and turbines. Fabien[Read More…]
West Virginia legislator: State Home Rule likely to be renewed in 2019
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — While the West Virginia state Legislature is likely to renew its pilot municipal home rule program next summer, one state legislator says the program needs to be re-examined, and home rule cities need to cut their business and occupancy tax more quickly.[Read More…]
WV E-ZPass customers get enrolled in new option
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Parkways Authority general manager Gregory Barr sent out a notice of changes to West Virginia E-ZPass terms and conditions Tuesday informing state customers that they would be automatically enrolled in a new option unless they opt out. “On or about Saturday, Sept. 15,[Read More…]
Editorial: The DA’s response to Gee’s recent comment about newspapers
The Daily Athenaeum editorial As the president of West Virginia’s flagship university, E. Gordon Gee’s words hold power. On Monday, those words discredited the free press, a press that WVU has helped produce. Generations of great journalists have gone through WVU and its independent student news source, the Daily Athenaeum.[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media selects Pineville for community branding
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Reed College of Media is launching the next phase of its community branding initiative with the naming of Pineville as its latest community partner. In January, the American Electric Power Foundation awarded the College of Media a $250,000 educational grant to[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, August 29
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. BATTLEGROUND SHOWDOWN SET A Bernie Sanders-backed Florida Democrat pulls off an upset victory in the[Read More…]
WV Secretary of State: Rep. Jenkins’ seat will stay vacant until January
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Once Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., resigns to serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court, his seat will remain vacant until January, according to the state’s elections director. Donald Kersey, who oversees elections and serves as deputy legal counsel for the secretary of[Read More…]
Final preparations underway for West Virginia launch of sports betting Saturday
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sometime before noon Saturday, the first legal sports betting ticket will be sold in West Virginia, as Hollywood Casino in Charles Town becomes the first of five state casinos to offer sports betting. Workers continue to put the finishing touches on the[Read More…]
WVU’s Gee gets flack from fellow blue ribbon commission members
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — E. Gordon Gee, the president of West Virginia University and the lead co-chairman of a committee looking at the state’s colleges and universities, probably didn’t expect open hostility from fellow commission members, but he sure got it. Gov.[Read More…]
