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WVPA Release: Former WVDEP Chief of Enforcement Joins Alliance Consulting, Inc.
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Michael Zeto, the former chief of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Environmental Enforcement, has joined Alliance Consulting, Inc., Prior to Zeto’s retirement from WVDEP in December 2013, he spent over 34 years with the agency, with the last 22 as chief inspector of[Read More…]
Past President’s Pen: You should attend the WVPA Legislative Breakfast
Dear fellow publishers and editors, Hope that you all had a very nice, comforting and fun-filled holiday break. I had a chance to get together with most of my kids, and it was, indeed, enjoyable. I realize that many of you do not attend our convention, but if there’s any meeting[Read More…]
APCO chief says W.Va. energy efficiency ‘woeful’
By Rick Kelley Register-Herald Editor BECKLEY, W.Va. — The cold temperatures plaguing West Virginians are also causing their share of problems for Appalachian Power as the utility tries to keep pace with heavy demand for electricity this month. Appalachian Power customers in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee set an[Read More…]
Flu season worrying W.Va. officials
By Tim MacVean The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. – Local health officials are concerned about the frequency and severity of influenza cases so far this winter, although reports that one local woman died this week due to complications brought on by the flu could not be confirmed. The initial obituary for[Read More…]
54 guns found in Barboursville suspect’s home
By Curtis Johnson The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Cabell County man authorities say killed two men with one of 54 firearms he possessed rarely walked outside, according to his neighbors along Lane and Old Crow drives south of Barboursville. Shirley Hiles lived across from the street from Rodney[Read More…]
Pseudoephedrine bill would reduce meth menace
An editorial from the Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s meth curse nearly doubled last year. Police found 533 of the illegal dope-cooking labs statewide, up from 288 the previous year. Kanawha County led the sorry tally with 159 labs. “It’s an epidemic, a cancer and a scourge on[Read More…]
Requiring prescriptions cure worse than scourge
Effort to require prescriptions for cold, allergy medicine dose of over-reach An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — This is not a case of swatting a mosquito with a sledgehammer. Instead, what House Bill 4212 does is attempt to rid our state of a pestilence by spraying everyone[Read More…]
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W.Va. leaders push for Promise scholarship
By Mackenzie Mays Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise and state education officials met Tuesday to discuss the future of the Promise scholarship, which has gradually been hit with budget cuts since it was introduced more than a decade ago. The Promise — a[Read More…]
