Max Galand Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff released a favorable draft report on the environmental impact of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline project Friday, a major step toward approval of the construction that would go through national forests in West Virginia. The executive summary[Read More…]
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W.VA. gas tax to drop 1 cent beginning Jan. 1
By Fred Pace The Herald Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Drivers in the Mountain State will pay a penny less tax on a gallon of motor fuel in 2017, according to data released this week by the West Virginia State Tax Department. The state tax imposed on a gallon of motor fuel[Read More…]
AG Morrisey warns of post-holiday scammings
By DANYEL VANREENAN The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Now that the holidays are over, many West Virginians will be looking for ways to recover from holiday expenses. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning West Virginians of potential employment scams posing as money-making opportunities. Morrisey urged the public to research any[Read More…]
Mountaineers: Bad bowl, excellent season
By BRAD JOHNSON The Inter-Mountian You could hear it in everyone’s tone of voice Wednesday evening. Local residents’ speech sounded flat and lifeless. We spoke in slow monotones. We were depressed. Why? Because we’d just watched our beloved Mountaineers lose a bowl game. WVU started strong in the 2016 Russell[Read More…]
Betsy Jividen named acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia
By ALEC BERRY The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Betsy Jividen of Wheeling has been named acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, and will take over for U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld upon his resignation Sunday. Jividen will remain in the position until the selection and confirmation[Read More…]
Abducted teen girl found, suspect captured
By KATE WHITE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After an Amber Alert for a 16-year-old girl was lifted Thursday, police filed a kidnapping charge against a 20-year-old man they say abducted her from a Beckley pharmacy. Police found Jaddah Lashay Rodgers in the town of Raleigh and she was OK,[Read More…]
Sexual predators: ‘Grooming’ targets not only victim, but parents as well
(Editor’s Note: The following is the first in a series from Jackson Newspapers dealing with the tactic of “grooming” used by sexual predators.) JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. — In rendering his sentencing decision in the conclusion of a high profile case in October, retiring Judge Thomas C. Evans, III stated that it[Read More…]
Fayetteville Welcome Center temporarily closed, CVB heading toward restructuring
By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Historic Fayetteville Convention and Visitors Bureau will greet 2017 with a number of changes as it moves forward with a restructuring, said Adam Stephens, president of the board of directors. The Fayetteville Welcome Center on Court Street has been temporarily closed[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, Dec. 30
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OBAMA HITS RUSSIANS FOR HACKING The administration unleashes sanctions against Russia for cyber-meddling in[Read More…]
Contracts go out for 2017 Bluefield Coal Show
By GREG JORDAN The Register-Herald BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Despite the coal industry’s recent struggles and layoffs, large numbers of exhibitors are expected in mid-September when the 2017 edition of the biannual Bluefield Coal Show gets under way at the Brushfork Armory-Civic Center. The Bluefield Coal Show, sponsored by the Greater[Read More…]
