CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Secretary of State Mac Warner announced the launch a new program to educate the public on the state’s voter identification law, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. The “Be Registered & Be Ready to Vote” campaign will help educate voters on the kinds of photo and non-photo[Read More…]
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West Virginia Gov. Justice appoints fired chief of staff to prestigious state job
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Four months after unceremoniously firing him as his chief of staff, Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Charleston lawyer Nick Casey to a prestigious state appeals board. Justice appointed Casey to the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review, a three-member judicial panel that hears[Read More…]
Huntington Police Department unveils plan to combat violent crimes
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Passion and concern were the two main emotions exuding from the roughly dozen community members who spoke Wednesday during a special call Huntington City Council meeting as they asked not only for more action from city officials but also from the citizens of[Read More…]
Study of two West Virginia tech parks to be completed by year’s end
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher said a report will be finished by the end of the year examining the efficacy of the I-79 Technology Park in Fairmont and the West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South Charleston. A provision requiring[Read More…]
Marshall student remembered 10 years after unsolved death
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Leah Hickman, a 21-year-old Marshall University student who was strangled to death, was last seen alive 10 years ago Thursday, Dec. 14, and her killer has still not been identified. The investigation was thrust into the national spotlight when it was initially treated[Read More…]
UN expert hears about WV’s response to poverty
By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After meeting with representatives from civic and advocacy groups Wednesday, a United Nations expert said he believes the way the government in West Virginia has addressed poverty may be making it worse. Professor Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Sen. Manchin asks FDA, DEA to consider rescheduling gabapentin
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKELY, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is calling on the Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration to consider rescheduling a type of medication connected to overdose deaths in West Virginia. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Acting[Read More…]
Shale Energy Alliance touts ways to build the oil and gas industry in West Virginia
By JEFFREY SAULTON The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.V.a — Area oil and gas company representatives gathered Wednesday at the Blennerhassett Hotel to learn how the Shale Energy Alliance can make a difference and make the industry grow. Dave Caliguiri, with the Shale Energy Alliance, said the alliance is[Read More…]
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College discusses training facilities in West Virginia with plastic manufacturers
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is talking with two plastics manufacturers about providing them plastics technology worker training facilities at the college next year, said officials at the college’s Board of Governors meeting Wednesday. College officials met with two companies —[Read More…]
AARP members prepare blizzard boxes for Eastern Panhandle seniors
By ADRANISA STEPHENS The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the Martinsburg chapter of the AARP will be delivering Christmas to area seniors early this year. Members hand-prepared “blizzard boxes” Wednesday at the Berkeley Services Senior Center. According to Gloria Young, president of the Martinsburg/Berkeley County AARP Chapter, in West[Read More…]
