By JIM ROSS The State Journal FAYETTVILLE, W.Va.  — Whitewater rafting in West Virginia is in a long-term decline, and the state must come up with more marketing money for its tourism efforts if the problem is to be reversed, according to rafting company officials. “The rafting industry’s been declining,”[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — How do you keep West Virginians here? How do you staunch the flow of citizens exiting the state was the quintessential question fielded by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin during a 37-minute live “town hall” on the senator’s Facebook page Monday night. Manchin’s[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — One way to boost West Virginia and other state’s economy: lower corporate and personal income tax rates at the same time, said W.Va. Representative Alex Mooney. As both houses of Congress gear up to again take on tax reform, Mooney, in a[Read More…]

By BETH SERGENT Point Pleasant Register APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — After days of rumors and speculation, the Mason County Commission received written notification M&G Polymers would be ceasing production activities. In a letter dated Sept. 21, M&G Polymers USA LLC wrote: “Pursuant to the WARN Act, M&G Polymers USA LLC[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Rhode Island-based bank is suing Gov. Jim Justice and two of his companies, claiming the governor and his companies owe them $4.2 million on a loan used to purchase a helicopter. Citizens Asset Finance Inc. filed the lawsuit in the Southern[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It’s been 155 years since land-grant higher education was born in the throes of the Civil War, and while the institution is as strong as ever, education itself has changed, prompting West Virginia University to create the Center for the Future of Land-Grant Education. The[Read More…]

By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — A West Virginia gun rights advocacy group has won a partial victory in a four-year-old court battle over whether guns can be carried into city-owned recreation centers. In 2013, the West Virginia Citizens Defense League sued the city of Charleston over[Read More…]

By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — It’s not over until it’s over. Wood County Indivisible and the West Virginia Citizens Action Group held the Kill the Bill, Don’t Kill Us rally Monday to protest the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Graham-Cassidy[Read More…]

By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News and Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  — “Country Roads” and “Hail West Virginia” will be ringing through the streets of Kingwood on Saturday, Sept. 30, as the West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band performs at the 76th annual Buckwheat Festival. Among the 350 members of[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice kicked off West Virginia State Employees Combined Campaign fund with a program that will benefit all 14 United Ways in the state. The state campaign raises funds primarily through employee payroll deductions, according to a news release from the[Read More…]