Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 7, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. TIGHTEST BRITISH ELECTION IN DECADES UNDERWAY Prime Minister[Read More…]
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Alliance promotes auction of endangered W.Va. buildings
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia is promoting the auction of three buildings formerly slated for demolition in an endangered historic district that may soon become home to a new southern campus for West Virginia University. The availability of grants and tax credits for historic properties and[Read More…]
Leaders must address issues that hold back state
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The success of neighboring Ohio in attracting business development projects related to the oil and gas industry is something to be commended and, in the case of West Virginia, to be envied. Ohio’s economic development team is obviously on the ball, and has[Read More…]
Martinsburg group rallies for police accountability
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Nearly 100 people marched on Queen Street on Tuesday morning to ask for accountability in connection with the March 2013 police shooting death of Wayne Jones. At around 10 a.m., protesters gathered at the corner of Queen and Race streets, bearing signs such as “Arrest the Martinsburg[Read More…]
Corridor H group pushes for five-year completion
KERENS, W.Va. — A group pushing for completion of Corridor H announced a plan Tuesday they say could finish the highway within five years. “For 50 years, the citizens of West Virginia and particularly of this area have been waiting for the completion of Corridor H,” Robbie Morris, executive director[Read More…]
Wheeling sales tax funds more than $1M in paving
WHEELING, W.Va. — That extra penny or two consumers have been paying for their morning coffee since Wheeling enacted its sales tax in 2013 could soon result in some smoother road surfaces across the Friendly City. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a pair of contracts totaling more than $800,000[Read More…]
Timing bad for Legislature’s ‘scaled back’ tank law
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — It was broken and the Legislature fixed it. Then, once it was actually working, the Legislature “fixed it” again. Now it appears lawmakers should have quit fixing it when they were ahead. In January 2014, a chemical spill contaminated the drinking water for 300,000 people,[Read More…]
Strong April collections bode well for W.Va. budget
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Strong tax collections in April should put the state in line to finish the 2014-15 budget year with a balanced budget, Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss said Tuesday. “I think we’re on target to come in with a balanced budget without having to do anything drastic,” Kiss said[Read More…]
Officials alter proposed changes to benefit program
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following pressure from thousands of West Virginians, state officials are altering proposed changes to a state waiver program aimed at providing assistance to those with disabilities. Dozens of frustrated residents clad in red shirts took to the Capitol once again Tuesday, using the opportunity to make appeals to[Read More…]
Demolition of Charleston recycling building begins
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After years of problems and months of planning, the first bricks of the century-old building at the Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority’s Slack Street recycling center came tumbling down Tuesday morning. An excavator pulled and pushed at the wall of the building closest to the public drop-off as[Read More…]
