The Needle and the Damage Done: West Virginia’s Heroin Epidemic By Jessica Lilly West Virginia Public Broadcasting Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of stories by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, called “The Needle and the Damage Done: West Virginia’s Heroin Epidemic.” You can find the entire series, as[Read More…]
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United Citizens for Coal launches Coalfields 2030 Project
LOGAN, W.Va. – United Citizens for Coal joined with local and regional community, business and education leaders in launching Coalfields 2030, an alliance of business, labor, community and political leaders with the goal of protecting the area’s coal and coal-dependent jobs while helping expand the area’s economy. The organization, which was officially announced[Read More…]
Statewide Displays for the Week of May 31 – June 6
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SWC for the week of May 31 – June 6, 2015
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Super Bowl champions joining Saints at Greenbrier
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Super Bowl champions are coming to the Mountain State. New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton announced Thursday that the New England Patriots will be joining the Saints for three days of practice at the AdvoCare Sports Performance Center at The Greenbrier this August.[Read More…]
Decision highlights need for new appellate court
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In 2010, critics of West Virginia’s justice system were calling attention to the fact that this state was the only one in the country that did not grant litigants an automatic right to appeal lower court decisions. The West Virginia Supreme[Read More…]
North Bend teaches paddling, mountain biking
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — North Bend State Park may be better known for its 73-mile-long rail trail and the numerous trestles and tunnels it passes over and through as it winds its way across the farmland and forests of Ritchie, Wood, Doddridge and Harrison counties. But North Bend is also home to[Read More…]
Judge orders Alpha to fund Blankenship’s defense
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources must pay for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s legal costs as Blankenship fights an indictment charging him with mine safety and securities crimes, a business court judge in Delaware ruled Thursday. Chancery Court Judge Andre G. Bouchard concluded that Blankenship is entitled to have[Read More…]
No boom will follow this bust
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Historically, there was always the promise of another boom in every bust. But not this time. This time it’s different throughout West Virginia’s coal industry. A week ago, Murray Energy announced more than 1,800 miners at nine locations across the state will be unemployed by late[Read More…]
Social Security, lawyer sued over benefit suspension
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Mingo County lawsuit may be just the first salvo in a legal battle targeting the Social Security Administration and Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn, the very lawyer credited with winning years of disability benefits for those now caught in the middle of a sweeping fraud investigation.[Read More…]