CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The 2017 West Virginia AP Legislative Lookahead featured four panels and a record turnout of media. Held at The Charleston Gazette-Mail, the Legislative Lookahead started at 9 a.m. The panels were as follows: 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. – Legalization of Marijuana. Moderator: Matthew Burdette, executive editor at The Inter-Mountain[Read More…]
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Study: Decline In Coal Coming
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A study released Thursday suggests falling solar power costs will cause demand for coal to decline after 2020. The report co-authored by the Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Grantham Institute at Imperial College, both based in London, also shows oil demand will[Read More…]
ArcelorMittal Steel sells Weirton property
By CRAIG HOWELL and CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WEIRTON, W.Va. — A proposed land purchase almost two years in the making that could open the door for numerous economic development projects in Weirton is moving forward. On Wednesday, officials with the Frontier Group of Companies, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based corporation[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, Feb. 2
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP’S CLASH WITH AUSTRALIA STRAINS ALLIANCE An irritable tweet the president fired off[Read More…]
The Daily Anthenaeum: Fake news — the poison that threatens our democracy
From The Daily Anthenaeum: By Maryanne Reed Honorary Correspondent Dean of the Reed College of Media There’s an antidote to fake news. It’s called “journalism.” Journalism is the act of gathering information about current events and relevant issues and disseminating it to an audience. Its purpose is to help people[Read More…]
Budget concerns limit services at state tax department
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Concerns over the state budget have prompted West Virginia Tax Commissioner Dale Steager to cut back public services offered to walk-in customers at state tax department locations. Tax department employees will no longer be able to prepare state tax returns for[Read More…]
WVU holds forum, vigil over immigration ban
By BEN CONLEY The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU needs and supports its international students. It’s too early to know. Those two statements, in various forms, sum up much of the open forum held Jan. 30 in the Mountainlair in reaction to the executive order signed Friday by President[Read More…]
Marshall President Gilbert addresses Trump’s executive order
By WILLIE IZZO The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Students, staff and faculty gathered in room BE 5 of the Memorial Student Center Monday for a forum regarding President Donald Trump’s executive orders and specifically how they affect Marshall University’s international student population. The meeting was announced early Monday via a[Read More…]
New DHHR eligibility system could cost $477M
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — DHHR officials want to buy a new computing system that tracks people’s eligibility in agency programs, such as Medicaid, and the services they receive. It would replace three outdated systems, according to agency officials. On Monday, state officials opened bids on the[Read More…]
House, Senate members challenge stream rule
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Local representatives have sponsored resolutions to block an anti-pollution rule supported by the previous administration. The House and Senate resolutions would overturn the stream protection rule finalized in December by the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining and[Read More…]