CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican Delegate Suzette Raines, the subject of recent Democratic accusations about her residency and her financial disclosures, is withdrawing from the West Virginia House of Delegates race and will seek to have her name removed from November’s ballot. “This has been a paralyzing experience that has disabled[Read More…]
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Kanawha judge acquitted in nurse battery
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A jury found Kanawha Family Court Judge Mark Snyder not guilty on charges that he battered a health care worker. Magistrate Jack Pauley received the verdict at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. “I feel really good. I’ve been vindicated on this and I just hope it’s a learning[Read More…]
Groups protest mine near Kanawha State Forest
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Daile Boulis moved into her home along Middlelick Branch in Loudendale two and a half years ago, adjusting to well water and life in a hollow seemed to be the biggest challenges facing her. That changed earlier this year, she said, when she learned that Keystone[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Aug. 8
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. THREE-DAY MIDEAST TRUCE EXPIRES Gaza militants and Israeli[Read More…]
WVPA Convention 2014: President’s Reception draws large crowd
CANAAN VALLEY RESORT — The reception for West Virginia Press Association President Perry Nardo, publisher of The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, opened Convention 2014 Thursday night. Highlights of the night included Nardo sharing information about his WVPA initiatives of the past year, West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee explaining the value of West Virginia University and Charleston[Read More…]
McDowell County teacher housing plans advance
WELCH, W.Va. — Officials gathered Wednesday to announce the Reconnecting McDowell Board’s decision to demolish the Best Furniture and Katzen buildings on Wyoming Street and replace them with the “Renaissance Village” apartment building. “We have a fantastic teacher core, many of whom have been in the county a long time,[Read More…]
W.Va. GOP cancels speech by Dinesh D’Souza
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Republican Party has canceled an event where controversial conservative filmmaker, author and felon Dinesh D’Souza was slated to speak days before his sentencing on a federal crime. “On the eve of such an exciting election year in West Virginia, we want to ensure that[Read More…]
W.Va. seeks $1.8 million in Freedom bankruptcy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia government agencies have filed a nearly $1.8 million claim in the bankruptcy of Freedom Industries, seeking repayment of money they spent responding to Freedom’s January chemical leak, which contaminated the drinking water for 300,000 residents in Charleston and counties surrounding Kanawha County. Lawyers for the[Read More…]
Dirt flying for Clarksburg state office complex
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A muddy pit marks the future site of a new state office complex in Clarksburg. Workers are making headway preparing the West Main Street site for the four-story, 84,000-square-foot facility, said Tony O’Leary, a spokesman for the state Department of Administration. “The general contractor has moved his[Read More…]
W.Va. officials should act on mental health issues
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — For years, the care of those afflicted with mental illness in West Virginia has been oft criticized, especially in regard to state facilities. Complaints about inadequate and inappropriate care, poor facilities and lack of staff have plagued both the William R. Sharpe[Read More…]
