Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 editorial from Daily Mail page: West Virginia ought to know better than any state that it can’t tax its way to prosperity. It wasn’t that long ago when the state’s tax burden on businesses was among the highest of the 50 states. That — combined with[Read More…]
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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Oct. 9
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. WHO UNEXPECTEDLY WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE The National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia[Read More…]
Jury awards woman $1.6M in DuPont C8 trial
COLUMBUS – After three weeks of testimony, a federal court jury returned a verdict Wednesday against DuPont in the first of 3,500 cases charging DuPont knowingly contaminated drinking water supplies around the Washington Works. Jurors awarded $1.6 million when they found Carla Marie Bartlett contracted kidney cancer as a result[Read More…]
W.Va. gas production predicted to double by 2020
WHEELING, W.Va. – In the year 2020, West Virginia should produce 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas – an amount nearly double the volume the state yielded last year. Also, if even one of the multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker projects proposed for the Marcellus and Utica shale region by PTT[Read More…]
Marshall presidential home redo moves inside
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Just as the finalists for the Marshall University president’s position have been announced, the crews working on the renovation of Marshall University’s presidential mansion are taking their work inside. About two months into the renovation project, the momentum of the $500,000 project soon will shift to the[Read More…]
Marshall presidency search down to three finalists
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two education administrators working in Mississippi and another from Oregon have been named as the three finalists to become the next president at Marshall University. Presidential Search Committee Chairman Michael Sellards announced in a press release the names of the finalists as well as the schedules for[Read More…]
Tent City rises for WVU homecoming
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mountainlair Plaza is home to the second annual Tent City as the Mountaineers students get excited for homecoming week. Students started setting up their tents Monday morning, Oct. 5, and are sleeping outside for the rest of the week. “I wasn’t part of it last year, but[Read More…]
Freedom Industries bankruptcy case settled
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Freedom Industries bankruptcy case is now officially settled. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Pearson gave final approval to Freedom’s bankruptcy plan on Tuesday, wrapping up more than a year and a half of intricate negotiations between the company’s lawyers, its creditors, lawsuit-filing local residents, environmental regulators and[Read More…]
New bridge to Kanawha’s Coonskin Park open
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At a ceremony in Coonskin Park on Wednesday, a new bridge was opened, an old road got a new name and the West Virginia National Guard complex along Coonskin Drive got a security issue addressed that officials hope will keep the 130th Airlift Wing operational. The new[Read More…]
Opening statements given in Blankenship trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Massey Energy Co. executive Don Blankenship is either a profit-obsessed coal company CEO who condoned rampant safety violations at his operations or a mine safety innovator who stands wrongly accused by government officials who targeted him because he’s rich and outspoken, according to opposing stories outlined[Read More…]
