By SARAH GOODRICH Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Local businesses and organizations are in collaboration with the creation of Fairmont Arts Week, a week-long project dedicated to celebrating the local arts. The idea for Fairmont Arts Week came from the group, 4Fairmont, which Fairmont State University’s Academy for the Arts[Read More…]
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WV Gov. Justice switching political parties, returning to GOP
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday night that he is switching political parties, changing from a Democrat to a Republican — a move that apparently caught almost everyone in his administration and West Virginia politics by surprise. Justice made the announcement[Read More…]
Dems furious, Northern Panhandle GOP shrugs at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s party switch
By Ian Hicks The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns said it will take more than a party switch to repair the strained relationship between Gov. Jim Justice and the GOP-controlled Legislature. During President Donald Trump’s rally in Huntington, Justice announced he[Read More…]
Mixed feelings for officials on Gov. Jim Justice’s return to GOP
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice switching to the Republican Party isn’t good no matter what’s said, according to a former Wood County Democratic Party chairman and state executive committee member. “It’s terrible,” said Walt Auvil. “And there’s no good spin to[Read More…]
Trump doubles down against ‘Russia story’ in Huntington rally
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If reports of the assembling of a grand jury in relation to alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election rattled President Donald Trump, he didn’t let it show Thursday before a raucous crowd at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena. Although news broke[Read More…]
Trump energizes WV supporters with Huntington speech
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON – Making good on a promise he made on his campaign trail, President Donald Trump returned to West Virginia on Thursday for a rally in Huntington at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena. The rally brought out thousands of Trump supporters from across the state[Read More…]
Outside arena, protesters rally against Trump policies
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Though on different sides of the street Thursday, the concerns of supporters and dissenters of President Donald Trump were the same: jobs and health care. However, that’s where the similarities stop. Seeping out of their designated protest area Thursday to peacefully converse[Read More…]
Trump supporters turn out early for rally
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Supporters from the Tri-State area and beyond showed up by the masses Thursday at Big Sandy Superstore Arena for President Donald Trump’s visit, expecting him to talk about jobs and ways to boost the economy. Down the street, a coalition of 13 citizen[Read More…]
W.Va. Chamber of Commerce to hold summit at Greenbrier Resort
Staff report The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly 800 participants are already registered for the 81st annual Meeting and Business Summit of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, which opens Aug. 30 at The Greenbrier Resort. This meeting is the largest gathering of business, education and policy leaders in[Read More…]
William J. Powell named U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia
Staff report The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — President Donald Trump has nominated Jefferson County Assistant Prosecutor William J. Powell to be the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s office said late Thursday. Capito, R-W.Va., recommended Powell’s nomination to[Read More…]
