LOGAN, W.Va. — Civitas Media added Neil Nostrant to their ranks just last week. Nostrant, who will be stationed in the Logan, West Virginia office, has been named the Regional Circulation Director of the Mountain Group, overseeing more than 20 publications in four states: West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio.[Read More…]
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Big-spending groups trying to keep status quo
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Independent liberal organizations are going all-out – both in spending and character assassination – in an attempt to keep Republicans from taking control of the West Virginia House of Delegates. While they normally support Democrat candidates, their campaign this year is especially[Read More…]
PSC to review FirstEnergy rate case agreement
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A joint stipulation agreement was filed with the state Public Service Commission on Monday in the FirstEnergy base rate case. The agreement calls for a $63 million increase in annual rates for West Virginia customers of FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison. FirstEnergy had requested as[Read More…]
Putnam board chief to discuss issue ‘off the record’
WINFIELD, W.Va. – The Putnam County school board president told the Gazette Monday he plans to hold individual, “off-the-record” discussions with other board members about an issue outside of an open meeting. Joey Tolley, a 2005 Buffalo High School graduate, asked board members at their last meeting, on Oct. 20,[Read More…]
Kanawha prosecutor accepts removal from office
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mark Plants said Monday he won’t appeal to the state Supreme Court the ruling by a three-judge panel to remove him as Kanawha County’s prosecuting attorney. Instead, Plants said, he will open his own law firm. The judges ruled last month that Plants, who faces two misdemeanor[Read More…]
Parties use new tactics to encourage turnout
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Political operatives have adopted some unconventional tactics to get out the vote leading up to today’s midterm election. Voters have seen the expected flurry of television ads and direct mailers for weeks. Volunteers and candidates have waved signs and made phone calls. But for the first time[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Nov. 4
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. HOW MUCH ATTACK ADS COST IN US ELECTIONMore than[Read More…]
As ATV tourism grows, more cabins needed
BRAMWELL, W.Va. – Intersecting ATV trail systems across southern West Virginia are seeing growing revenue and more economic development for local communities as more riders from across the country come to explore the Hatfield-McCoy Trail. Two branches of the Hatfield-McCoy Trail system — the Indian Ridge Trail in McDowell County[Read More…]
Gay ex-miner manages ‘hate-free’ Dollar General
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Managing the Dollar General store in Pinch doesn’t pay as much as Sam Hall made while he was a coal miner. “It’s OK” though, he said, “it pays the bills.” Hall, who sued his former employer claiming supervisors didn’t stop miners from harassing him over being gay,[Read More…]
Future at stake in this election
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In Tuesday’s midterm election, here’s a major question: Why do multitudes of modest-income West Virginians — struggling families who need America’s safety net — embrace the GOP, which serves the rich and tries to slash the safety net? West Virginia’s growing[Read More…]
