By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One of the companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice is coming to the rescue of another company that faced an ultimatum Thursday to explain how it planned to pay a massive contempt penalty. According to an order filed[Read More…]
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Discount State Fair of West Virginia tickets on sale now through Aug. 6
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — State Fair of West Virginia and One Stop and Stop In Food Store officials announced this week a partnership in selling advanced discounted tickets to the 2019 State Fair of West Virginia. Tickets will be on sale from now through Aug. 6 at 60 locations in[Read More…]
West Virginia service members who died on D-Day
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than 4,000 Allied forces died while storming the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. That number includes these 38 West Virginians, listed with their home counties, who served in different capacities during the war and paid the ultimate sacrifice 75 years ago. They[Read More…]
Feds recommend contempt penalty for Gov. Justice, son
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Labeling the company a “shell,” federal investigators are recommending the courts ignore Justice Energy Co. and go directly after Gov. Jim Justice and his son instead. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia filed a motion[Read More…]
Tri-State Comic Convention comes back to Huntington on June 8
By PAUL SEBERT For The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Whether you’re looking to shop, meet some industry professionals, or just looking for an excuse to dress up — there’s plenty to do at the Tricon. The Tri-State Comic Convention will be returning to the Big Sandy Superstore Arena on Saturday,[Read More…]
W.Va. Gov. Justice announces advertising pilot program with West Virginia Trucking Association
Press Release from the Office of the Governor: MINERAL WELLS, W.VA. — Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday announced a new pilot program and partnership between the West Virginia Tourism Office and the West Virginia Trucking Association to wrap Almost Heaven ads on large box and semi-trucks across the state and country. “Today[Read More…]
Justice firms face legal troubles amid WV Governor’s residency case
By KATE MISHKIN and LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a big hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the case over his residency, Gov. Jim Justice’s family businesses faced more legal troubles this week, with the dismissal of a case The Greenbrier resort filed against its insurance companies and the[Read More…]
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Shepherdstown celebrates Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday; contemplate the way his words touch us today
By MICHAEL NEARY The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Reading well-seasoned lines from Walt Whitman — along with fresh lines of their own — a group of about 25 people trekked from place to place in Shepherdstown on Friday to celebrate a poet whose writing, they say, speaks powerfully to us[Read More…]
