Staff, wire reports The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With teachers and some other public workers planning a statewide walkout Thursday, Feb. 22, and Friday, Feb. 23, over pay and benefits, many schools around West Virginia have announced plans to close temporarily. Teachers have held rallies decrying low pay, small proposed increases[Read More…]
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West Virginia Attorney General: Planned teacher walkout Is illegal
By JOSELYN KING and ALAN OLSEN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Ohio County Schools officials continue to prepare for a planned two-day teacher walkout set for today and Friday, while teachers and school service employees are strategizing for additional rolling walkouts in selective counties starting Monday if the[Read More…]
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Bill to fund PEIA with surplus goes to vote
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill dedicating some General Revenue Fund surplus money into the Public Employees’ Insurance Agency Stability Fund will be up for passage Thursday in the House of Delegates. The bill dedicates 20 percent of the surplus money at the end of the[Read More…]
As oil and gas bills continue through West Virginia Legislature, workers rally outside
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the West Virginia Senate’s Energy, Industry and Mining Committee and House Judiciary Committee were voting on two controversial oil and gas bills inside the capitol Wednesday morning, industry workers were already gathering outside the building. Hundreds of workers from the natural gas[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate talks tax bill, hemp industry
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Senate had a relatively light calendar Wednesday morning, passing one bill dealing with tax credits and a resolution promoting the industrial hemp industry. The bill is SB 477. It requires any new tax credits approved by the Legislature to[Read More…]
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West Virginia’s medical marijuana board recommends smokable forms of marijuana
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s medical marijuana board plans to recommend to state lawmakers that patients who have met certain requirements be able to buy smokable forms of marijuana. The board, which met Tuesday afternoon at the University of Charleston, also plans to recommend state lawmakers[Read More…]
Wheeling prepares for Its 250th Birthday Bash
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Elaborate parades, theme songs and unique activities involving the Wheeling Suspension Bridge could be in store, as the “Wheeling 250” committee prepares to celebrate the city’s 250th anniversary, which will occur in 2019. From the days of Native Americans[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley pastors discuss Billy Graham’s legacy
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Rev. Michael Seely of Parkersburg attended a Billy Graham crusade in Pittsburgh. It was a long time ago, said Seely, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church on Juliana Street, but he remembers it was so moving only the[Read More…]
