Staff Report Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The owners of the Charleston Gazette-Mail agreed Monday to take the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Wheeling Newspapers is currently the high bidder to assume ownership of the company. The company, operated by the Nutting family, owns more than 40 daily newspapers across[Read More…]
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Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Tuesday, Jan. 30
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Jan. 30, 2018 21th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Preston/Monongalia County Day, Upper House , Upper Senate Rotundas and Upper Well Area; WV Coal Symposium, 5 p.m, Charleston Civic Center; WV Chamber of Commerce Legislative Reception, 5-7 p.m., Great Hall – Culture Center SENATE: Senate Convenes[Read More…]
Legalizing sports betting could boost W.Va. tourism, lottery revenue
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Billions of dollars will be spent this week, betting on the Super Bowl. Officials from the West Virginia Lottery and legislative supporters of bills moving through both chambers hope sports wagering revenue may one day help pay for education,[Read More…]
U.S. Rep Jenkins to welcome President Trump at GOP policy conference this week in W.Va.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) announced today he looks forward to welcoming President Donald Trump to West Virginia later this week when he speaks at the House and Senate Republicans’ annual legislative planning conference at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs. “This will mark President Trump’s third[Read More…]
Experts question aspects of WV’s free community college tuition bill
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The free community college tuition bill backed by West Virginia’s Senate president and governor has sped through two legislative committees and is scheduled for lawmakers to possibly amend it Monday on the full Senate floor. Senators could then vote Tuesday to send[Read More…]
Tom Willis discusses campaign at West Virginia University
By ALI BARRETT The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia has the highest population of veterans per person, and congress has the lowest percentage of veterans ever, with 20 percent that have had military experience before serving, according to U.S. Senate Republican candidate Tom Willis. “I think folks are[Read More…]
Olympic landscape material produced at West Virginia farm
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald RENICK, W.Va. — As the world’s attention turns toward the Winter Olympic Games that are about to begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea, a Greenbrier County farm is already working with a Chinese firm on plans connected with the games slated for Beijing four years down the[Read More…]
Applications accepted for West Virginia energy assistance program
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Beginning today, Monday, Jan. 29, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) will accept applications for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP), which ends Friday, Feb. 2, or when funds are exhausted. The federally funded program assists eligible state residents in paying[Read More…]
National Endowment for the Arts visits West Virginia
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the federal government continues its back and forth over the budget, members of the arts community in West Virginia are awaiting grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. During a visit to West Virginia last week, Tom Simplot, senior[Read More…]
W.Va. high schools exceed halfway mark to statewide FAFSA completion goal
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The College Foundation of West Virginia has announced 32.5 percent of West Virginia high school students have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2018-19 academic year, exceeding the halfway mark to the statewide goal for the year. In October,[Read More…]
