By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — October General Revenue Fund collections totaled nearly $417.8 million, exceeding the monthly estimate of $375.9 million by more than $41.9 million, state officials reported Monday. Receipts were 6.1% higher than last year’s October total. Year-to-date collections reached $1.789 billion, $102.9 million above[Read More…]
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1985 Election Day Flood: Of buried firetrucks, unaware goldfish and a mission bigger than it all
By Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post ROWLESBURG – Rick Felton worked for the railroad and was used to hearing metal on metal. Still, the CSX brakeman was sonically unprepared for what shrieked across the night before the Election Day Flood of Nov. 5, 1985. That’s when people started realizing they[Read More…]
UMWA presidential transition takes effect amid miner safety regulation turmoil
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the first time in three decades, there’s a new leader atop the United Mine Workers of America. Cecil Roberts officially retired from his position as UMWA president, the union announced Thursday after Brian Sanson was sworn in as his successor, a[Read More…]
Hospital’s new owner agrees to continue FMRS lease agreement
By Greg Jordan, CNHI West Virginia beckley – A new owner of a local hospital adjoining the property where a behavioral health center stands will continue its lease agreement for two years, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced when the hospital’s sale was finalized this last weekend. The governor announced that the[Read More…]
UC announces Jamie Cope as new Executive Director of Innovation
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The University of Charleston has announced that Jamie Cope has been named Executive Director of Innovation. Cope brings an accomplished background spanning entrepreneurship, marketing, economic development, and advanced manufacturing to UC. He joins the university from the West Virginia University Industrial Extension, where he served as Business Development Manager. [Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: The Health Plan to Award Full Medical School Scholarship to Cabell County Native
On Thursday, November 6 at 2:00 p.m., The Health Plan will award Barboursville native and Cabell Midland High School graduate Morgan Christian with a full scholarship to the WV School of Osteopathic Medicine. Since 2009, The Health Plan has provided more than $3 million in full scholarships to more than[Read More…]
West Virginia Settles Lawsuit Over State Capitol Building Rotunda Mural Project
By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — A proposed settlement order is pending before a Kanawha County judge that could bring to an end a lawsuit challenging the legality of a series of murals installed in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building last year. According to the[Read More…]
West Virginia WWII veteran turns 103-years-old
By Faithlyn Graham, WV News WEST UNION, W.Va. — On Oct. 8, Doddridge County native and World War II veteran Jim Hall turned 103 years old. For his birthday, Hall received cards from kids in local Early Learning Programs, friends, family, and even a letter from the 457th Bomb Group Association, which[Read More…]
Brian Dayton: The free market works, even in energy (Opinion)
Charleston Gazette-Mail Who wants higher electricity rates? Ask just about anyone, and they’ll agree that energy prices have risen. They’re not wrong. In recent weeks, there has been significant attention in the Mountain State on what is driving those costs. The question has no doubt arisen from people seeing their[Read More…]
WV Coal Association Response to Brian Dayton of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
By Chris Hamilton, President and CEO, West Virginia Coal Association In his op-ed published Friday in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Brian Dayton of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce argues that natural gas is a cheaper base fuel for electric generation. Unfortunately, his claims rely on selective data, flawed comparisons, and[Read More…]
