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WV school officials look to raise FAFSA completion rate for 2017

By KAILEE E. GALLAHAN The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va.  — Students across the state are in the process of filing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid applications since the process began Oct. 1, instead of next month for the 2017-18 school year. School officials are hoping to see an[Read More…]

Newspapers’ ‘Through the Lens’ book offers snapshots of life in the Ohio Valley

Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — With the holiday season at hand, there will be no better conversation piece when friends and family are over for a visit than our new, hardbound book that chronicles life in the Ohio Valley, “Through the Lens.” The 128-page book, which[Read More…]

More money coming to Northern Panhandle counties from gas and oil

By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — Increases in oil and natural gas production continue providing more property tax revenue for Northern Panhandle counties, with Wetzel County scheduled to collect more than $24 million from the industry during tax year 2016. Overall, West Virginia Oil and[Read More…]

Officials: Early Sunday alcohol service could help businesses, tourism

By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Supporters of allowing earlier alcohol sales on Sunday say the change would level the playing field for local eateries with their counterparts across state lines. “I think we need to be competitive, market-wise, to other states,” said John Muller, food[Read More…]

Create WV members put together ‘Maker’s Guide’

By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail As the cost of living rises in major cities and their economies continue to be crowded with young, ambitious entrepreneurs, more millennials will see rural life as an appealing alternative. They just have to know where to look. That’s the theory posed by Rebecca Kimmons[Read More…]

10 things you need to know: Monday, Dec. 12

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHERE TRUMP IS FACING AN EARLY TEST Lawmakers want to investigate Russian interference[Read More…]

WV Parkways Authority wants Turnpike tolls to remain past 2019

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Parkways Authority members unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling for tolls to remain on the West Virginia Turnpike after the current round of bonds are paid off in 2019, contending that removing the tolls is not in the best interest of[Read More…]

WV GOP opposes Manchin in Trump Cabinet

By ANDREW BROWN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Joe Manchin is to meet with Donald Trump this morning, according to a report from Trump’s transition team, and West Virginia’s Republican Party is upset that the president-elect reportedly is considering West Virginia’s lone Democratic member of Congress for a Cabinet[Read More…]

White House encourages passage of UMW benefit bill

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The White House on Thursday urged congressional Republicans to provide a long-term funding fix for the troubled health care and pension plans that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s retired coal miners, calling it “quite cynical” that leading lawmakers would[Read More…]

Revenue collections for November falls short by $4 million

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON — The bleeding in West Virginia’s revenue collections continued in November with numbers falling short of estimates by $4.1 million. However Department of Revenue Cabinet Secretary Bob Kiss said Thursday those numbers may be a bit deceiving. He said he anticipates a growing deficit moving forward, but maybe[Read More…]

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