CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., held a joint press conference Friday morning to discuss the antitrust agreement filed by the Attorney General’s Antitrust Division in the acquisition of St. Mary’s Medical Center by Cabell Huntington Hospital. “This agreement sets out a series of[Read More…]
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Medicare, Medicaid have room to improve
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Last week, politicians and other officials marked the 50th anniversary of Medicare and its offshoot, Medicaid. The term “celebrated” was thrown around a lot. And for many in West Virginia who would not otherwise have been able to afford the[Read More…]
Wheeling school to pay government $2.3 million
WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Jesuit University will pay the federal government $2.3 million to settle claims that it misused grant funding awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Department of Labor, and the National Science Foundation U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld said the settlement agreement ends an[Read More…]
Murray Energy chief to fight Obama plan in court
WHEELING, W.Va. — With hundreds of its coal miners already in the unemployment line, Murray Energy Corp. officials will sue to stop President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, a measure which proponents claim will cut carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent compared to 2005 levels. Before Obama even[Read More…]
Clean power plan targets states that depend on coal
WHEELING, W.Va. — With coal generating nearly all the state’s electricity, West Virginia residential customers pay just over 10 cents per kilowatt hour, which is about enough power to run a television for 10 straight hours. Those living in Connecticut, however, with virtually no coal-fired power, pay more than double[Read More…]
Huntington VA center to boost addiction treatment
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A year after the Department of Veterans Affairs came under fire for long wait times at many of its medical facilities, the Huntington VA Medical Center is taking a proactive approach to spreading the word about its progress, its challenges and the plans it has for improvement.[Read More…]
Obama urges coalfield officials to back climate action
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As coal industry officials and their political allies launched furious opposition to a federal effort to fight climate change, President Obama on Monday urged coalfield communities to support the plan, offering to work with local leaders to address coal’s legacy liabilities and provide new economic opportunities where[Read More…]
Three counties to test school bus arm extensions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following alarming reports of the number of West Virginia drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses, three districts are testing out adding to their existing bus stop signs 6-foot-long extensions that fold out into adjacent lanes of traffic. Lewisville, North Carolina-based Bus Safety Solutions will provide 10[Read More…]
How elections are bought now
A Gazette editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hypothetically, the Mafia or a fanatic terror group could sneak millions of dirty “dark money” into U.S. politics, using nonprofit fronts that pretend to advance “social welfare.” The money could pay for smear campaign ads — and nobody would know who[Read More…]
As expected, Alpha files for bankruptcy protection
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources Inc., one of the country’s biggest coal producers with active mining operations in Tazewell, McDowell and Buchanan counties, voluntarily filed Monday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Alpha operates about 50 coal underground and surface mines and more than 20 coal preparation facilities in West[Read More…]
