By MATT DELLINGER The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man who allegedly shot himself in the head during a traffic stop, following a reported domestic incident Tuesday morning, has been identified. John Patrick Gracy, 50, of Poor House Road, was pronounced dead at Berkeley County Medical Center, according to Berkeley[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Wednesday, Jan. 11
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT PRESIDENT-ELECT FACES FROM NEWS MEDIA Trump is due to be queried about what[Read More…]
Interim committee to review draft legislation requiring government websites
W.Va. Legislature Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization meeting Wednesday 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Among the agenda items is consideration of interim draft legislation relating to: 1) A centralized state vehicle[Read More…]
WV revenue shortfall for 2017 nears $100M
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The State of West Virginia’s budget shortfall swelled again in December as the state came up $6.7 million short of its projected revenue for the month, Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss reported Monday. During the first day of interim meetings of the 83rd West[Read More…]
3 years after MCHM spill, concern about WV drinking water remains
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail Three years after the Freedom Industries chemical spill and the Kanawha Valley water crisis that followed, citizen groups and environmental advocates on Monday said the state has made much progress but that continued work to protect West Virginia’s drinking water needs to remain a priority. Representatives[Read More…]
Planned Parkersburg recovery facility gets $650K grant
By EVAN BLEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A planned 80-bed recovery facility and detox center has received a boost in the form of a $650,000 Affordable Housing Program grant. Recovery Point Parkersburg is planned to open in the former National Guard Armory at 4200 Emerson Ave.,[Read More…]
Via Airlines promises a full slate of flights next week at GVA
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herad LEWISBURG, W.Va. — A single round-trip flight Monday between Lewisburg and Charlotte marked the resumption of Via Airlines’ scheduled commercial service at Greenbrier Valley Airport. According to a release issued Friday evening by Matthew Macri, Via’s vice president of operations, and forwarded to local media[Read More…]
Goodwin: Marketing dollars across divisions lack coordinated message, oversight
By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For outgoing Commissioner of Tourism Amy Shuler Goodwin, marketing Wild, Wonderful West Virginia falls short because marketing dollars are spread out across government factions with no oversight or accountability. “It is not working because we are shattered. We are shattered in state[Read More…]
Federal funds announced for regional sewer systems
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BRADSHAW, W.Va. — A $132,000 grant to help a McDowell County sewer system and a $250,000 grant to aid the Region 1 Planning & Development Council in mapping 30 sewer systems were announced Monday by U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va. McDowell County has received a[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, Jan. 10
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT AG PICK SESSIONS FACES Trump’s pick for attorney general will be queried about[Read More…]