WASHINGTON, D.C. – As House and Senate negotiators go to conference to work out a long-term transportation bill, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is urging the committee to include provisions in the final bill that are important for West Virginia. “West Virginia has 38,000 miles of public roads, many of[Read More…]
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Manchin urges funding for substance abuse prevention, treatment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, recently sent a bipartisan letter to Senate appropriators to request that any final appropriations package include necessary resources for critical substance abuse prevention and treatment services. The Senator is seeking funding at the highest possible level for the Substance Abuse Prevention and[Read More…]
Fayetteville resident had brush with Paris tragedy
BECKLEY, W.Va. — For a Fayetteville resident attending a conference in Paris during the Nov. 14 terrorist attacks that killed at least 129 people and wounded more than 350, the event brought up memories of 9/11. Holly Clark, owner of The Barn Loft rental in Fayetteville, said she was attending[Read More…]
Randolph County blue spruce headed to Charleston
BEVERLY, W.Va. — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at least at the governor’s mansion in Charleston. That is where a 25-year-old blue spruce from Ed and Jenny Dumire of Beverly now will “reside” as West Virginia’s first family’s official Christmas tree. The tree was harvested Tuesday from[Read More…]
Elkins officials excited by home rule acceptance
ELKINS, W.Va. — The city of Elkins has been accepted into a state program intended to give municipal governments an opportunity to self-govern based off their own issues and local considerations. Elkins was granted home rule status by the Municipal Home Rule Board in Charleston, after a presentation from Mayor[Read More…]
Retail complex under construction in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Work continues on a new retail development near Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ashley Furniture and Premier Chevrolet in the University Town Centre. Jason Donahue, representing developer Mon-View, told the Monongalia County Commission in July that the finished project would be a 60,000-square-foot shopping center housing at least four[Read More…]
Right-to-work legislation should be considered
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The recent West Virginia Legislature interim session served as a preview of the 2016 session, with significant debate already forming on right-to-work legislation. Right-to-work allows workers to forego joining a union even if a business’ workforce is unionized. For instance, a coal[Read More…]
Shelley Moore Capito’s son to run for Legislature
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s son is running for a spot in the House of Delegates, the political seat that launched Capito’s own political career. Moore Capito, a Republican, filed pre-candidacy papers Tuesday to run for a seat in the 35th House district, representing Kanawha County. The four-member district[Read More…]
Kanawha school buses to get internet access
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Schools will begin installing routers this week on all 158 county school buses to provide wireless Internet access to students, to whom the school system has already given tablet computers. Leah Sparks, technology director of the school system, said the Verizon routers will cost roughly $150,000,[Read More…]
Jury begins deliberations in Blankenship trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jurors in the Don Blankenship case deliberated for a little less than an hour Tuesday before going home after a long day in which they heard closing arguments from defense lawyers, who insisted the government hadn’t made its case against the former Massey Energy CEO, and prosecutors,[Read More…]
