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Encova: Motorists Insurance Group and BrickStreet Insurance re-enter the market as Encova Mutual Insurance Group

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Motorists Insurance Group and BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. are now Encova Mutual Insurance Group following the announcement of the new brand name and identity on July 12. Encova.com launched Monday, July 15. Motorists and BrickStreet affiliated in 2017. Bringing these two companies together allowed them[Read More…]

Contractors Association of West Virginia

Contractors Association of West Virginia elects new officers; Doug Meeks of Brewer & Company now president

Release from Contractors Association of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Doug Meeks, president of Brewer & Company of West Virginia, Inc., Charleston, was elected president of the Contractors Association of West Virginia at the association’s Annual Meeting held July 11-14 at The Greenbrier. Meeks replaces Roger Thomas, vice president of Kelly Paving,[Read More…]

U.S. Senators Capito, Manchin announce $568,000 for water infrastructure in W.Va.

Midland and Bluewell public service districts get grants WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced grants totaling $568,000 to support water and waste disposal projects in the Midland and Bluewell Public Service Districts. Funding is provided by the[Read More…]

10 things to know: Tuesday, July 16

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers 1. TARGETED LAWMAKERS FIGHT BACK Four Democratic congresswomen of color fire back at[Read More…]

W.Va. state superintendent refuses $4K raise after Senate president’s criticism

By Ryan Quinn for The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael asked the state Board of Education Thursday morning to retract the state schools superintendent’s $4,000 raise, which Carmichael called “unwarranted,” “shocking” and “outraging.” By Thursday afternoon, Superintendent Steve Paine had sent out a news[Read More…]

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