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West Virginia community and technical college officials have high hopes for free tuition program
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Community and technical college administrators throughout southern West Virginia are appreciative of legislators passing a free tuition bill this past session, opening doors of educational opportunity to both adults and traditional students fresh out of high school. But they are eager, too,[Read More…]
Seminar on gas, pipeline safety set in Charleston and Bridgeport in April
Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Public Service Commission of West Virginia and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association will hold pipeline safety seminars April 16 in Bridgeport and April 18 in Charleston. The seminars are free for operators and will focus on[Read More…]
Hatfield-McCoy expanding: With trail concerns settled, ATV businesses see spring uptick
By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEWELL, W.Va. — The spring season is bringing plenty of interest in the Hatfield-McCoy ATV Trail System, from Mercer County to Logan County. “We are selling a ton of permits,” said John Fekete, deputy executive director of the trail system. “It has picked up[Read More…]
The oil and gas industry future is bright in West Virginia
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Oil and natural gas industry advocates are hopeful as the field continues to grow throughout West Virginia. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, in 2017, West Virginia was the seventh-largest natural gas-producing state in the nation, with an output of about 1.6[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. McKinley taking West Virginia district issues back to Congress
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 1st District congressman has spent much of March traveling his district and state hearing about the issues important to citizens and state leaders. U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., spent the beginning of March in Charleston meeting[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, March 25
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, March 25, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MUELLER’S REPORT COMPLETED, DEBATE CONTINUES The stage is set for new rounds of political and[Read More…]
West Virginia PEIA Executive Director Cheatham: New $105M reserve fund will keep PEIA solvent through 2021
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON,W.Va. — With $105 million ready to be deposited into a newly created reserve fund, West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency will be able to get through the 2020-21 plan year without needing premium increases or benefits cuts, PEIA Executive Director Ted Cheatham said Thursday.[Read More…]
State trooper indicted for excessive force after alleged beating of 16-year-old
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Berkeley County prosecuting attorney released dashcam footage Thursday of the November police beating of a 16-year-old male in Martinsburg. The daschcam release came one day after a federal grand jury indicted former West Virginia state trooper Michael Kennedy on one charge[Read More…]
Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area has nation’s 8th-highest rate of population decline; Weirton-Steubenville MSA Is 6th
By ALAN OLSEN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The metropolitan areas that contain much of the Northern Panhandle have two of the nation’s 10 worst rates of population decline, according to recent census data. The Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area — which contains Ohio and Marshall counties in[Read More…]