MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The State of West Virginia filed a complaint Friday against Volkswagen of America Inc., Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday. In a visit to The Journal, Morrisey said the automobile manufacturer violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act for designing, manufacturing, advertising and selling Volkswagen[Read More…]
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More natural gas results in lower Mountaineer bills
WHEELING, W.Va. — Even if they have yet to see a benefit of the Marcellus and Utica shale boom, about 221,000 Mountaineer Gas Co. customers should soon get a break on their monthly natural gas bills because of the falling prices associated with greater supply. According to the Public Service[Read More…]
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An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Many newspaper journalists will have no trouble believing allegations Murray Energy Corp. is making in a lawsuit against the federal government. Much the same thing – and worse – happens to us all the time. As explained in a story on[Read More…]
Huntington school gets high tunnel for student gardens
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If the grass really is greener on the other side, then that “other side” might just be located at Huntington East Middle School. That’s where crews from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and West Virginia State University spent Monday constructing a high tunnel-style greenhouse in which[Read More…]
W.Va. panel again weighs business property tax cuts
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Will the third time be the charm for eliminating the personal property tax for businesses? “The third time is the charm, hopefully,” said Delegate Eric Nelson, R-Kanawha, co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Tax Reform. The committee met Monday, Oct. 5, to continue its work begun[Read More…]
Gov. Tomblin cuts state agency budgets by 4 percent
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Monday announced an across-the-board 4 percent cut for most state government agencies, a move he said is necessary due to “unexpected and unprecedented” drops in the state’s severance tax collections. State aid to public schools, which has been spared in recent years[Read More…]
Big Coal River’s ‘Valley of 1,000 Tires’ being cleared
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For decades, a short stretch of the Big Coal River beneath the Corridor G Bridge between Southridge and the Lincoln County line has been a landing zone for scrap tires flung off the bridge deck by fly-by-night tire shop operators and other unscrupulous individuals. On Monday, a[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Oct. 6
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. SOUTH CAROLINA EXPECTING SUNSHINE AFTER DELUGE But even as the rain tapers off,[Read More…]
Charles Ryan Associates announces new ownership
Lavenski, Foster Durham now own firm CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Managing partners Susan Lavenski and Caryn Foster Durham announced Friday that they have become the new owners of Charles Ryan Associates (CRA), the state’s oldest and largest strategic communications firm. Lavenski and Foster Durham, who have been with the firm for 17[Read More…]
Progenesis Technologies gets National Institute of Health Innovation Research Grant
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded Progenesis Technologies, LLC, a Huntington, WV-based biotech firm with ties to Marshall University, a grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for approximately $144,000, company officials announced today (October 5, 2015). This is the first NIH Phase I award for[Read More…]
