By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The Hancock County Republican Party is supporting a Kanawha County GOP resolution expressing “no confidence” in Gov. Jim Justice. Kanawha County Republicans on Tuesday night passed the “no confidence” resolution, citing Justice’s failure to adhere to the party’s platform[Read More…]
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Northrop Grumman plant in Mineral County, WV, will create up to 500 jobs over five year period
NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Northrop Grumman plant in Rocket Center, West Virginia, will create up to 500 more jobs at their Mineral County location over a five year period. According to a release from Gov. Jim Justice’s office, Northrop Grumman, which employs 1,100 currently at the Mineral County[Read More…]
WVU researchers identify how light at night may harm outcomes in cardiac patients
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, West Virginia University neuroscientists linked white light at night—the kind that typically illuminates hospital rooms—to inflammation, brain-cell death and higher mortality risk in cardiac patients. Randy Nelson, who chairs the Department of Neuroscience in the WVU School of[Read More…]
Huntington officials show off available business sites for W.Va. commerce contingent
By TRAVIS CRUM The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — There have been several manufacturing companies interested in purchasing a 100,000-square-foot shell building at a business park in Green Bottom. In the building’s 11-year history, it has come close to being sold but deals have fallen through for one reason or another,[Read More…]
Wyoming County among first to participate in National Guard’s Future Leaders Corps program
By MARY CATHERINE BROOKS The Register-Herald CLEARFORK, W.Va. — Wyoming County will be one of the first in the state to participate in the Future Leaders Corps. “That’s the National Guard version of the ROTC,” Major Gen. James Hoyer, Adjutant General of the West Virginia National Guard, told Westside High[Read More…]
With pipeline permits on hold, Dominion Energy shares news of methane emissions
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amid court losses and mounting costs for its natural gas pipeline, Dominion Energy is traveling around the region to share news of plans to mitigate the effects of climate change. The company plans to reduce methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure in[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, April 4
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, April 4, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CREW OF DOOMED ETHIOPIA JET FOLLOWED PROCEDURES Data from the recorders of the Boeing 737[Read More…]
Hampshire Review looking for a “do-it-all” journalist
ROMNEY, W.Va. — The Hampshire Review is looking for a “full-time journalist capable of doing it all.” Senior Editor Jim King said, “As the best big weekly in West Virginia, the standards are high. You’ll need to be able to report and write, but you’ll also need to shoot photos[Read More…]
WV DOH employees file grievances over failure to update pay grades
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 270 Division of Highways employees have filed a mass personnel grievance over what they believe is the division’s lack of progress in complying with a 2017 law intended to make the division’s pay schedules more competitive with the private sector[Read More…]
