By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Another month, another delay in the West Virginia Division of Highways submitting plans to propose new pay schedules and a new, more competitive pay policy for its employees. The item Thursday was again removed from the agenda of the state Personnel Board, which,[Read More…]

From the office of Sen. Joe Manchin: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, today praised the passage of a $19.1 billion disaster relief package to help Americans and West Virginians recover from recent hurricanes, flooding, and other natural disasters. The package includes a provision Senator Manchin championed that[Read More…]

Eight institutions of higher learning in West Virginia receive funds from Educational Matching Gift Program IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil and its XTO Energy subsidiary employees, retirees, directors and surviving spouses contributed more than $80,000 to eight West Virginia colleges and universities, the company said this month. Those individual donations were[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Health care is the issue that is most important to Americans, and it is time Republicans stop ignoring it and start talking about it, GOP policy consultant Karl Rove said Thursday. Rove, who served as senior adviser to former President George W.[Read More…]

From The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: West Virginia already know Williamstown loves its Yellowjackets, the local high school’s mascot. But the city is looking to provide a better habitat for all bees, and residents can help. City Council is working toward passage of an ordinance to certify Williamstown as a[Read More…]

By Breanna Francis, The Journal of Martinsburg MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The inaugural run of a kid-centric business fair aims to teach kids in the Eastern Panhandle about money management and entrepreneurship while allowing the public to shop wares during the event Saturday. The wares are made by local kids for[Read More…]

By Taylor Stuck, The Herald Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. —After completing her prison sentence for operating a clandestine methamphetamine lab, Tracy Jividen began to restart her life. She went to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to sign up for food assistance, which she had been on prior[Read More…]

Release from WVONGA and IOGAWV: CHARLESTON, W.Va.  – As the state works to address declining road conditions, West Virginia’s natural gas industry spent more than $110 million over the last five years (2014-2018) on road upgrades, maintenance and design. In 2018 alone, the industry spent more than $34 million.  “As an[Read More…]

W.Va. gas average price at $2.694 per gallon By FRED PACE, The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Jim Davis says each year on the Friday before Memorial Day, his family takes their first small vacation of the year to North Carolina to visit relatives. “It’s a three-day weekend[Read More…]