An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monday’s announcement the Environmental Protection Agency is coming down hard on existing coal-fired power plants raises literally hundreds of questions. Perhaps the only one to which we already have an answer is what the edict will cost. For tens of millions of[Read More…]
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Huntington beer festival tickets sell out in hours
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If you wanted tickets to the second annual Rails and Ales Festival in August, you have waited too long. The 1,500 tickets went on sale at noon Monday, and exactly three hours and 15 minutes later, all were gone, including 150 VIP tickets which sold out in[Read More…]
Kanawha students to get iPads in classrooms
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Every middle and high school student in Kanawha County will have access to an iPad starting this fall. The Kanawha County Board of Education approved the school system’s Learning 20/20 plan on Monday, which will provide a slew of Apple products to students, teachers and principals across[Read More…]
W.Va. Republicans, Democrats unite to fight EPA
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a sweeping announcement with pronounced ramifications for West Virginia, President Barack Obama’s administration on Monday called for a 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 2030. While the state is already halfway toward meeting that goal, Democrat and Republican officials united in[Read More…]
Air pollution proposal animates the usual critics
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Predictably, West Virginia conservatives went ballistic over the Obama administration’s modest, reasonable attempt to reduce air pollution and curtail global warming caused by coal-burning power plants. The state Republican headquarters issued a statement titled “When Obama Attacks.” It said West Virginia[Read More…]
Global warming: Obama plan a job killer
An editorial from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — President Barack Obama says his new carbon emission plan is another way of “skinning the cat” in terms of addressing climate change, or the science formerly known as global warming. But here in the coalfields of southern West Virginia and[Read More…]
Clarksburg, 22 other W.Va. cities vie for home rule
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Clarksburg has plenty of competition when it comes to applying for a state program that gives cities more say in how they govern. More than 20 municipalities applied for 16 additional slots in the expanded home rule program by Sunday’s deadline. “Hopefully, we’re leader of the pack,”[Read More…]
Bridgeport airport hits 10,000 threshold way early
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — In just five months, the North Central West Virginia Airport has topped 10,000 enplanements for the year, securing the facility $1 million in Airport Improvement Funds. For the past several years, it was often December before the airport hit that number, according to Benedum Airport Authority President[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, June 3
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHY WASHINGTON WORRIED TO THE VERY END ABOUT[Read More…]
McDowell County government to lay off eight
WELCH, W.Va. — Eight employees, including Assistant County Administrator Clif Moore, are being laid off as a result of a widening budget shortfall in McDowell County. “These are reductions in force,” Moore said Friday. “Depending upon the economic outlook the county commission has the flexibility of calling people back. It[Read More…]
