CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The New York Stock Exchange on Thursday stopped the trading of Alpha Natural Resources common stocks because of the company’s dramatically low stock prices. On Aug. 1, 2008, Alpha’s stock reached the value of $104 per share. At the close of business on Wednesday, the value of[Read More…]
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Some legal fees OK’d in WV gay-marriage lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge on Thursday granted lawyers who fought West Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban payment of legal fees in the case — but less than a third of what they’d asked for. Attorneys representing the three same-sex couples who sued the Kanawha and Cabell county clerks in[Read More…]
Federal agency proposes water monitoring rules
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal operators would have to conduct expanded monitoring and perform additional environmental restoration, but would be freed from the threat that a 32-year-old ban on mining activities within 100 feet of streams might be used to stop them from dumping waste rock and dirt into streams, under[Read More…]
Stop the madness
An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is surveying the state’s 55 county commissions to determine how many have prayers at their meetings. The inquiry is in response to a court case heading to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. In that suit, the[Read More…]
Jefferson County delegate to run for state Senate
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — State Delegate Paul Espinosa, R-Jefferson, announced Thursday that he will run for the West Virginia Senate from the 16th district, which includes all Jefferson County and east central Berkeley County. He filed precandidacy papers for the seat Wednesday in Charleston. He had told The Journal in[Read More…]
Some counties bear higher risk for Lyme disease
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — State medical officials have long known that certain counties – including Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan – have had the highest reported cases of Lyme disease in West Virginia, while other areas haven’t been impacted at all by it. While that same phenomenon has also been seen nationally,[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, July 17
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, July 17, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT CHATTANOOGA SHOOTER Federal officials say[Read More…]
Newspapers encouraged to bring regional items for silent auction at Convention 2015
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bidding on silent auction items is a tradition at the West Virginia Press Association’s annual conventions. Convention 2015 is Aug. 13-15 at The Embassy Suites in Charleston and the silent auction tradition continues. “An enjoyable part of the event is shopping through the annual WVPA Foundation silent auction items,”[Read More…]
W.Va. Coal Association issues statement regarding issuance of stream buffer zone rule
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Coal Association issues the following statement regarding today’s release by the federal Office of Surface Mining of the revised Stream Buffer Zone Rule: “The unrelenting assault on coal by the Obama Administration continued today, with the issuance by the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM)[Read More…]
WVPA requesting newspapers provide FOIA information for Convention 2015
Editors asked to provide update CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association Convention 2015 will include a special panel discussion on West Virginia’s newly revised Freedom of Information Act (3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15). To prepare, the WVPA is asking for editors and reporters to provide input on FOIA-related developments involving media[Read More…]
