By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins says President Trump’s expected action to withdraw America from the Paris climate accord “is the right step” for the country. Jenkins, R-W.Va., made stops in Wheeling this week, focusing largely on issues pertaining to health care[Read More…]
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WVDA offers assistance to handle honey bee swarms
Staff report The Fayette Tribune CHARLESTON, W.Va. — You know it’s spring when honey bees start making their rounds in gardens, lawns and flowering trees across West Virginia. Exceptionally warm weather this spring brought out the blossoms early and in abundance. As a result, it may trigger honey bee colonies to[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, June 1
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, June 1, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WORLD AWAITS TRUMP DECISION ON PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT Around the world, coal-fired power plants are[Read More…]
Economist says construction work in Charleston area at record low
Contractors Associations call for support of infrastructure projects By Don Smith W.Va. Press Association CHARLESTON, W.VA. — With jobs in construction, mining and logging in the Charleston area at the lowest levels since 1990, representatives of the Contractors Association of West Virginia and Associated General Contractors of America joined with Cabinet Secretary Thomas Smith, head[Read More…]
W.Va. Treasurer’s workshops said ‘beneficial’
Release from the office of State Treasurer John Perdue: CHARLESTON – A series of May workshops held by State Treasurer John Perdue’s office proved beneficial to those charged with turning over others’ misplaced assets. The Uniform Unclaimed Property Act asks holders of unclaimed property to transfer those financial assets to[Read More…]
Senators Capito, Manchin announce Assistance to Firefighters Grants
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have announced $309,869 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for fire departments in Springfield and Shepherdstown. The grants awarded through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program will help local fire departments purchase[Read More…]
Media Alert: Sen. Manchin to speak in Huntington on Thursday
Sen. Manchin to deliver remarks at Cabell Huntington Hospital Regional Health Summit WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, will deliver remarks at the Cabell Huntington Hospital Regional Health Summit. The purpose of the summit is to strengthen strategic efforts across health care, public health and community organizations to[Read More…]
BridgeValley faces eviction over $1.8M in back rent
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — BridgeValley Community and Technical College could be evicted from its campus in South Charleston in a week for not paying almost two years worth of rent, documents obtained by the Gazette-Mail show. Lawyers for the West Virginia Regional Technology Park, the landlord,[Read More…]
WV justice slams natural gas royalty ruling as ‘legal sophistry’
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis on Tuesday said the court’s four other members “used legal sophistry” to overturn a six-month-old decision and allow natural gas drillers to deduct post-production costs from the royalties paid to some types of[Read More…]
Gas pooling case could turn gas industry on its side
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A property transfer recorded more than 70 years ago in Marshall County has the potential to turn West Virginia’s oil and gas industry upside down. The state’s highest court is considering what say, if any, non-participating royalty interests should have had[Read More…]
