Why wasn’t there a plan? Key players knew of potential for Elk River spill By Ken Ward Jr. The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Last February, Freedom Industries sent state officials a form telling them the company stored thousands of pounds of a coal-cleaning chemical called 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol in the storage tanks[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing
Member newspaper- and West Virginia Press Association-generated news articles, series, photos, cartoons. This information is available for sharing and publication by other member newspapers.
WVPA Sharing: Tom Miller’s First Legislative Column looks at State of State Speech
Governor to balance budget without major tax increases? By Tom Miller West Virginia Press Association Charleston, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin made no mention of any new state tax issues to lawmakers during his traditional address the first day of the 2014 Legislative Session here last week which[Read More…]
WVPS Sharing: Photo for water emergency stories on Sunday.
CHARLESTON, W, Va. — The Charleston Daily Mail has provided the WVPS Sharing Network with another photo for your use with the water emergency stories on Sunday. The WVPA thanks Editor/Publisher Brad McElhinny and multimedia reporter Marcus Constantino for the photo below. It is provided for use at your discretion in print[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Column from Jeff Kessler, president of the West Virginia Senate
Editor’s Note: The West Virginia Press Association hopes to provide our member newspapers with regular columns from the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House and Majority and Minority leaders in both chambers, along with the other State Constitutional Officers: Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor and[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Water contamination hurting business
Zombie apocalypse? No, Toxic Friday. With public drinking water contaminated and all restaurants and many businesses closed during a state of emergency, at 2:30 p.m Friday — normally an extremely busy time — Capitol Street in Charleston, W.Va., was deserted. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency in[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Gov. Tomblin declares state of emergency in nine counties
Water to be available through the county offices of emergency services CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Thursday evening, Jan. 9, 2014, issued a State of Emergency for Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, and Roane counties. This declaration follows a notice from West Virginia American Water Company that its water supply had[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Photo available for water stories
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Daily Mail has provided the WVPS Sharing Network with a photo for your use with stories on the water emergency around the Capitol region. The WVPA thanks Editor/Publisher Brad McElhinny and photographer Bob Wojcieszak for this photo. Please credit photographer Bob Wojcieszak and the Charleston Daily[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Gov. Tomblin’s 2015 Budget Document now available online
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia State Budget Office has placed Gov. Earl Ray Tomlbin’s budget document online for public review: http://tinyurl.com/pmsajvd You can visit the WVSBO website at http://www.budget.wv.gov State of West Virginia Executive Budget Fiscal Year 2015 Volume I Budget Report Office of the Governor State Capitol 1900 Kanawha[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Additional photos of the Legislature, State of State available
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Member newspapers of the West Virginia Press Association are benefitting from the WVPA’s Sharing Network as photos and articles from the West Virginia Legislative Session are being shared on the network. The Charleston Daily Mail and The Charleston Gazette both provided photos from the State of the[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Tomblin talks of positive change and initiatives during State of State Address
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today delivered the 2014 State of the State Address in the House Chamber at the State Capitol. “As many of you know, I was raised in the small town of Chapmanville in Logan County. I lived in a modest home with my mom,[Read More…]
