By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a final vote Thursday by the West Virginia Parkways Authority, the state is on track to sell the first $172 million in Turnpike bonds the week of Aug. 6. Authority members adopted a Debt and Capital Planning Management Policy, the authority’s[Read More…]
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West Virginia House Judiciary Committee sets dates for Supreme Court impeachment hearings
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The next steps in considering impeaching one or possibly more justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court are set to take place. The House Judiciary Committee will hold the first meeting on impeachment proceedings on July 12. Delegate[Read More…]
Summit Bechtel Reserve program aims to increase outdoor sportsmanship, conservation
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — With six national parks, dozens of state parks and a national forest that spans nearly a million acres, West Virginia has plenty of woods. In fact, ranked by percentage by the U.S. Forest Service, the Mountain State is third in the nation in[Read More…]
‘Out of sight’ towing industry supports 10,000 West Virginia jobs
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail PORT AMHERST, W.Va. — In the 22 years Chris “Critter” Gravely has spent working on the barges that churn their way up and down the Kanawha River, he has witnessed firsthand the decline of the coal industry. The 43-year-old towboat captain spends about six months[Read More…]
West Virginia Department of Agriculture Coordinator to work one-on-one with farmers
By LISA SUMMERS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has hired three coordinators to help farmers with business development, including one in the Northern Panhandle. Kacey Gantzer is the first Business Development and Planning Coordinator for the WVDA’s Northern Panhandle region. She[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Jenkins touts success of HIDTA programs in West Virginia
By NANCY PEYTON The Logan Banner LOGAN, W.Va. — Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) said the nation continues to see success in the 28 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area programs scattered across the United States, including the program in West Virginia. Jenkins spent Thursday morning in a roundtable discussion at the[Read More…]
Marshall University president to give lecture Friday at National Youth Science Camp
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — National Youth Science Camp alumnus Jerome Gilbert, now president of Marshall University, will speak with the aspiring young scientists at the camp Friday, July 6, in Pocahontas County. He will give a talk titled “Biomedical Engineering: Are We Redefining What It Means to Be Human?”[Read More…]
Yet again, Einstein’s theory passes the test with flying colors
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, predicts that all objects fall in the same way, regardless of their mass or composition. But does this principle also hold for objects with extreme gravity? An international team of astronomers, which includes Duncan Lorimer, West Virginia University professor of physics and astronomy,[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, July 6
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, July 6, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO STRUCK BACK AT US RIGHT AWAY Beijing said it immediately retaliated in a trade[Read More…]
