By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed 60-36 Wednesday, for the second consecutive year, a bill to eliminate the state Department of Education and the Arts and the position of its secretary, Gayle Manchin, while moving its agencies to other departments. Secretary[Read More…]
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Ohio, W.Va. congressional reps discuss train accident
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney was leaning back in his seat, relaxing, on the train carrying him and other Republican lawmakers from the nation’s capital to the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va He said he might have even[Read More…]
Republican Retreat location appropriate for today’s nuclear times
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — With President Trump visiting The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs Thursday for the Republican Congressional Retreat, thoughts will race on the content of the discussions taking place inside the famed resort. A slew of topics may up for discussion from immigration[Read More…]
Something extra to watch for this Groundhog Day
By CANDIE MAGILL The Pocahontas Times GREEN BANK, W.Va. — If an albino groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog Day would it be dark or white? The answer may or may not be clear this February 2, when I keep a close eye on my shed to see if the[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, February 1
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT THE FBI HAS ‘GRAVE CONCERNS’ ABOUT The accuracy of a classified memo on the[Read More…]
Officials: Amendment needed to remove ‘Greatest Impediment’ to W.Va. Economy
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Industrial personal property tax is destructive to the economic health of the state of West Virginia, state officials said Wednesday, adding that a recent West Virginia Forward report by West Virginia University and Marshall University with the Department of Commerce[Read More…]
Teachers to consider West Virginia ‘day of action’
By JOSHUA QUALLS The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Facing proposed state legislation that could put them at risk in several ways, teachers from Cabell and Wayne counties voted Tuesday evening to consider having a unified protest in the coming weeks at the West Virginia State Capitol instead of going on strike.[Read More…]
Mingo County teachers plan walkout next week
By TRAVIS CRUM The Williamson Daily News WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Teachers and staff in Mingo County have decided to hold a one-day walkout next week. They want to show disapproval for proposed changes to health insurance benefits, a change in seniority rights and a lack of raises, said Brandon Wolford, a[Read More…]
Parkersburg-area educators applaud proposed West Virginia PEIA change
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — Local educators are applauding a planned change to a PEIA program, but teachers in some school systems are looking at a possible walkout to protest low pay and increasing costs. Locally no actions have been announced. The Wood County American[Read More…]
West Virginians at State of the Union concerned about miner pensions, drug crisis
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Retired Wheeling coal miner Denny Pickens fears miners pension plans are in jeopardy, and he wants Washington, D.C. leaders to do something about it. Likewise, Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader said issues associated with opioid addiction continue to grow[Read More…]