By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Business is booming for one somber industry in West Virginia: the transportation of dead bodies. The state’s Department of Health and Human Resources paid private contractors $881,620 in fiscal year 2017 to shuttle corpses from one place to another — more than[Read More…]
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Justice calls for Roads to Prosperity approval in Morgantown
By CONNOR GRIFFITH NCWV Media MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the clock winding down before West Virginia voters decide on a road bond issue, Gov. Jim Justice held a town hall meeting at West Virginia University’s Erickson Alumni Center Tuesday to rally support for the “Roads to Prosperity” program. The road[Read More…]
$115M project for WV Toyota plant to start in 2020
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch BUFFALO, W.Va. —Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia will be making a $115.3 million investment to produce the company’s first American-made hybrid transaxles at its Buffalo facility, company leaders announced Tuesday morning. “Hybrid technology is the pathway to the next generation of vehicles and hybrid technology[Read More…]
WV parks, pools and campgrounds get federal funding
By RICK STEELHAMMER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A portion of fees collected from energy companies to lease publicly owned offshore oil and gas exploration rights will help pay for additional power and water hookups at Pipestem Resort State Park’s campground, the restoration of Benwood City Park’s swimming pool in[Read More…]
Calhoun farmer thinks small with microgreens
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tom Thiltgen wanted to be a farmer. While living in Virginia Beach, Virginia, he longed for a slower pace of life in the countryside where he could live off of the land with his wife and four children. So, they moved; but[Read More…]
PSC starts hearing on Pleasants power plant transfer
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission began to hear testimony Tuesday in a hotly contested and controversial case over FirstEnergy’s effort to transfer one of its coal-fired power plants to a West Virginia subsidiary, a move that consumer advocates and environmental groups[Read More…]
Proposed new center to boost aerospace industry
By FRED PACE HD Media LOGAN, W.Va. — Officials see the establishment of a manufacturing “proof of concept” and training center for Cabell and Wayne counties as a vital step toward getting aerospace manufacturing industry off the ground in the region. Making such a center possible is a $500,000 grant[Read More…]
New occupant for Coldwater Creek? Development Authority, Hino Trucks USA schedule press events
Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A new occupant for the former Coldwater Creek facility is expected to be announced this evening. A press conference has been scheduled for 7 p.m. today by the Wood County Development Authority at the Parkersburg Country Club in Vienna. The[Read More…]
Officials chime in on M&G Polymers news
By BETH SERGENT Point Pleasant Register APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — As news about the reported, impending cessation of production activities at the M&G Polymers Plant began to spread across the community Tuesday, more elected officials chimed in. “I am disappointed to hear of this closure,” U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D)[Read More…]
There’s no place like Appalachia: Q&A with Bob Henry Baber
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Dr. Bob Henry Baber is the mayor of Richwood and supported the town during the June 23, 2016, 1,000-year flood and its fight with the Nicholas County School Board over school consolidation. He has long supported the Appalachian area, and believes there[Read More…]
