By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature passed a bill Monday authorizing the sale of bonds for the “Roads to Prosperity” projects and setting a schedule for the sale during the third Special Session. Senate Bill 3001 gives Gov. Jim Justice the authority to sell up[Read More…]
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W.Va. Gov. Justice presents $1.4M check for IEI fire expenses
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice presented the Wood County Commission with a $1.4 million check Monday to cover the expenses of fighting an industrial fire in late October. Justice presented the commission with a check for $1,466,299.15 to cover the expenses[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice: China deal is ‘serious’
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Although relatively short on specifics during a Monday press conference, Gov. Jim Justice showed plenty of enthusiasm for what he termed a “deathly serious” $83.7 billion China Energy investment plan for shale natural gas and petrochemical projects in West[Read More…]
Revenue secretary “cautiously optimistic” about West Virginia revenue numbers
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy said he is “cautiously optimistic” about state revenue numbers so far for the current fiscal year. Cumulative General Revenue Fund collections were $1.6 billion – $14.1 million below estimate but 4.5 percent ahead of last year. Hardy presented numbers[Read More…]
Nearly 38,000 claims filed so far in West Virginia water crisis deal
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly 38,000 residents and businesses in the Kanawha Valley have filed claims to be compensated as part of the landmark proposed settlement in the class-action lawsuit over the January 2014 water crisis. The deadline for filing claims — Feb. 21, 2018[Read More…]
Ohio Valley leaders oppose versions of tax bill
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Murray Energy Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Robert Murray opposes the U.S. Senate’s version of tax reform because he said it will increase his company’s federal liability by $60 million per year. Meanwhile, city of Wheeling officials, along with[Read More…]
Marshall fraternity responds to criticisms over ‘homeless’-themed party, university officials to discuss sanctions
By BREANNA FRANCIS The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. Chapter officials from Alpha Sigma Phi released a statement Monday explaining that the sorority, Alpha Xi Delta, did not act alone in throwing a party where members dressed up as though they were homeless and held up cardboard signs with various sayings. “The[Read More…]
Raleigh County on economic upswing
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Raleigh County economy is ranked sixth of all counties in the state for growth and sustained businesses at nearly three times the rate of the top-ranked Kanawha and second-place Cabell County, a recent study by a New York financial technology firm[Read More…]
Wes Blankenship from Mingo announces run for W.Va. State Senate
Williamson Daily News BAISDEN, W.Va. — Mingo County resident Wesley Blankenship, of Baisden, W.Va., announced he has filed for State Senate for the 6th District as a Republican candidate. Blankenship has lived at Gilbert Creek most of his life. He is married to his wife, Sabrina, and has two children, Allie[Read More…]
Federal No. 2 mine in Marion County idles most workers
By JIM ROSS The State Journal BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. — A mine in Marion County has idled almost all its workers. Enough workers are on hand at the Federal No. 2 mine to prevent the mine from flooding and to keep it ready to reopen, but “it’s a minimal, skeletal crew,”[Read More…]
