CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 13 white tanks that lined the Elk River just north of downtown Charleston are all gone now. Bankrupt Freedom Industries ripped them apart, tore them down and sold them for scrap. A year ago today, one of those tanks — Number 396 — leaked 10,000 gallons[Read More…]
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FBI says Freedom executives “long aware” of chemical containment problems
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal court documents released just days before the one-year anniversary of the Freedom Industries chemical spill, along with a new report issued by Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, reveal information showing the company knew for more than a decade about problems with spill containment dikes and, specifically, the[Read More…]
Daily Mail’s McGill is W.Va. Sportswriter of the Year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Daily Mail sports editor Chuck McGill has been voted the 2014 West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, the organization announced Thursday. It is the second consecutive year McGill has received the honor, and the third win for him in[Read More…]
New W.Va. congressman sets sights on EPA’s purse
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., is hoping to use his appointment to the powerful House Appropriations Committee as a way to fight for coal and coal miners. Specifically, he is hoping to control the purse of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. “I am every confident that this[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Jan. 9
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. FRENCH FUGITIVES HOLED UP NORTHEAST OF PARISThe two brothers[Read More…]
President obviously missed message sent by voters
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Threat to veto pipeline shows he has no interest in collaboration Well that didn’t take long. The U.S. Congress started its 114th term on Tuesday. Following the pageantry and fun of swearing in new members, the U.S. Senate, with a[Read More…]
Judge won’t drop gag order in Blankenship case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to lift a gag order that restricts access to most court records in former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship’s criminal case. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger did agree to again make the indictment charging Blankenship public through the court’s computer[Read More…]
Marshall’s interim chief has long history with school
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Gary White has made countless trips between his native Logan, West Virginia, and Marshall University during his adult life. One of the first was in 1968, when the 18-year-old Logan High School graduate packed up his Chrysler Plymouth and set off to campus for his first semester[Read More…]
Moore called friend of Huntington, Marshall
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Gov. Arch Alfred Moore Jr., whose guilty pleas to federal corruption charges overshadowed his record as his era’s most successful Republican in Democrat-dominated West Virginia, died Wednesday. He was 91. The three-term governor, congressman, state legislator, and father of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., died[Read More…]
Many remember Arch Moore as neighbor, friend
WHEELING, W.Va. — To some, Arch Moore will always be known as the West Virginia governor who spent almost three years in prison on federal corruption charges, but those who came to know him on a personal level over a lifetime of living in Marshall County remember him mainly as[Read More…]
