Six other job fairs scheduled around the state By JIM WORKMAN West Virginia Press Association SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia job seekers will have an opportunity to connect with many potential employers in one location Friday. More than 100 confirmed companies are participating Friday, March 2, at the South[Read More…]
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West Virginia school employee pay raise proposal explained
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s proposal Tuesday evening to give West Virginia teachers and school service personnel a 5 percent pay raise and other state employees a 3 percent raise, effective July 1, has caused considerable confusion and consternation. Questions include How much more[Read More…]
Justice company’s unpaid West Virginia taxes continue to mount, records show
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While teachers’ chants for increased pay and benefits reverberate through the halls of the West Virginia Capitol, records housed less than 2 miles away in the Kanawha County Courthouse show Gov. Jim Justice still isn’t paying state taxes. Tams Management Inc, one of[Read More…]
Union leaders give update on progress made in West Virginia teacher walkout
By ANDREA LANNOM and WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All counties canceled plans for teachers and service personnel to return to work Thursday, despite union leaders saying they believe the best course of action is for teachers to return to school. American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia President Christine[Read More…]
Class still out in West Virginia
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia union leaders advised striking teachers and service personnel to go back to school today, but Northern Panhandle administrators canceled all classes yet again. School systems in Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel counties canceled school Wednesday[Read More…]
Marshall University Board of Governors approves tuition, fees for 2018-19
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Marshall University Board of Governors on Wednesday approved the university’s tuition and fee schedule for the 2018-19 academic year. Beginning with the fall 2018 semester, full-time, resident undergraduate students will pay $165 more per semester, undergraduate students who live in the metro counties in Kentucky[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Jenkins: Eastern Panhandle is in good economic position
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins says the Eastern Panhandle would be an eligible candidate for any federal money earmarked from President Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan, which could exceed $1.5 trillion. “As go the roads, so goes the jobs,” said Jenkins, R-W.Va., who toured[Read More…]
Thinking outside the hollow: Investment in Appalachia
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), along with some of the region’s movers and shakers, was in Daniels Wednesday to discuss investment in Appalachia. The group held a regional workshop at The Resort at Glade Springs to discuss its POWER Initiative, the funds available and[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley’s historic Henderson Hall opens today
Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel BOAZ, W.Va. — The historic Henderson Hall Plantation opens for the season today. The early 19th century mansion on River Road off W.Va. 14 south of Williamstown was built by George Washington Henderson and his wife Elizabeth Tomlinson Henderson. It is filled with[Read More…]
West Virginia school employee strike to continue across state
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The statewide public school employees strike that began last Thursday will continue today, despite state-level union leaders’ call for workers to return to schools today following a new proposal from the governor. As of 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, all 55 counties had announced[Read More…]
