BECKLEY, W.Va. — Mountain State University students are one step closer to the end of a long legal battle after a three-judge mass litigation panel gave preliminary approval Monday to a proposed settlement. The proposed settlement, which was reached in August after months of negotiation, will establish a fund to[Read More…]
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W.Va. officials host Japanese businessmen
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — What started as a business relationship between West Virginia and Japan has evolved into what one senator describes as a true friendship. And on Monday, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin welcomed 46 senior business executives from Japan to the[Read More…]
W.Va. residents speak against power rate hike
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Emotions flared Monday, as area ratepayers gathered in Shepherdstown to express opposition over the proposed 17.2 percent bill hike West Virginia residents could see in their energy bill starting in March. Constituents posed a number of concerns and questions to the West Virginia Public Service Commission during[Read More…]
WVU chief taps former governor for ‘big ideas’
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On Monday, Oct. 6, WVU President E. Gordon Gee provided an update about the State of the University, including announcing the creation of a Center for Big Ideas. During his State of the University address, Gee said the Center for Big Ideas will be led by former[Read More…]
Harrison, other counties see more homeschools
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — While students throughout the region are back in school, not all are seated at desks in a traditional classroom. Harrison County currently has 399 students who are receiving their education through homeschooling, said James Kirby, attendance director for the Harrison County Board of Education. “We increase every[Read More…]
W.Va. home rule board names 16 winning cities
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Bridgeport is no longer the only home rule city from North Central West Virginia. Clarksburg, Shinnston, Buckhannon, Fairmont and Morgantown are among the 16 additional cities accepted into the expanded program that gives municipalities more say in how they govern. The West Virginia Municipal Home Rule Board[Read More…]
Gas export project a double-edged sword
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — With the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s blessing, Dominion’s plan to switch its Cove Point terminal to be able to export natural gas is expected to gain momentum. Dominion’s Jim Norvelle told Staff Writer Jeremiah Shelor, in an article published in Sunday’s[Read More…]
Feds investigate W.Va. fiber cable project
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Commerce Department’s inspector general has started an investigation into a $42 million fiber-optic cable network that Frontier Communications built with federal stimulus funds in West Virginia. Federal investigators have told state officials to turn over Frontier’s invoices and thousands of other documents related to the[Read More…]
The amazing transformation toward equal rights
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gay marriage evidently will be legal in West Virginia, as soon as District Judge Robert C. Chambers accepts Monday’s action by the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s a stunning change — a cultural upheaval that seems unstoppable, destined to reach all 50[Read More…]
Home rule board OKs Charleston’s sales tax hike
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston’s proposed half-cent sales tax will go back before city council for final approval after the West Virginia Municipal Home Rule Board gave the green light for the tax Monday morning. The city is proposing the tax to help put cash into the $287 million of unfunded[Read More…]
