From The Register-Herald of Beckley, Jan. 7: NOTICE — Applications for the Civil Service Examination and Physical Agility Test for Raleigh County Deputy Sheriff will be available beginning January 7, 2019. Applications must be picked up and returned to the County Clerk’s Office in the Raleigh County Courthouse. All persons[Read More…]
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Editorial: W.Va. Education — a case of good news … and some bad
From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: Overall, West Virginia’s education system received good news this past week when state Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steve Paine announced that the four-year graduation rate had improved to 90.2 percent. That’s an increase of about 1 percent from the year before and continues a[Read More…]
W.Va. Senators Manchin, Capito OK idea of President Trump national emergency declaration to fund border wall
By Jake Zuckerman The Charleston Gazette-Mail If the president calls an end-run around Congress and funds a border wall through executive powers, he’d do so with the blessing of both of West Virginia’s U.S. Senators. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., both said Friday, with different rationales, that[Read More…]
W.Va. Treasurer’s statewide ‘When I Grow Up’ essay contest set
Entries must be postmarked by Friday, Feb. 22 to qualify Release from the office of the West Virginia State Treasurer: CHARLESTON – West Virginia State Treasurer John Perdue and representatives from SMART529 gathered at Edgewood Elementary School in Charleston on Jan. 10 to announce the 2019 SMART529 When I Grow Up[Read More…]
W.Va. Attorney General Morrisey issues legal opinion on medical cannabis
From the office of the W.Va. Attorney General: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey issued a legal opinion concluding that as the state considers how to implement its medical cannabis law, it must carefully consider how to balance the unambiguous federal criminal statutes implicating cannabis businesses with[Read More…]
WV Press ‘At the Capitol’: Gov. Justice’s State of State more conventional
By Phil Kabler For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wednesday marked the start of the 84th Legislature, highlighted by Gov. Jim Justice’s third State of the State address, an hour-long speech that took a turn toward the conventional. Unlike his first two State of the State addresses,[Read More…]
WV House of Delegates: This Week in the House
Release from the WV House of Delegates, for the week ending Jan. 11, 2019: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The first session of 84th Legislature started Wednesday with leaders pledging a bold agenda to make West Virginia the most attractive place in the country in which to live and do business.[Read More…]
Pesky pigeons produce problems in Upshur County
By Amanda Hayes For The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Pesky pigeons have become more than just a nuisance at the Upshur County Courthouse. Their droppings are causing problems with the most iconic feature of the 1899 structure — its dome and cupola. Commissioner Terry Cutright said, “They are damaging the[Read More…]
Security tech detailed at West Virginia Energy Infrastructure Summit in Charleston
By CONOR GRIFFITH NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Among the information shared at the West Virginia Energy Infrastructure Summit in Charleston Thursday was how companies can protect themselves and the environment. Joshua Spence, the state’s chief technology officer and cyber operations officer with the West Virginia Air National Guard, was[Read More…]
Fairmont hip-hop artist seeks to establish community garden
By ERIC HRIN Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — TK Blockstar looks out across a frozen yard covered in a dusting of snow. But she sees something else. In her mind, she can picture a robust garden of vegetables with children working the soil while gardeners offer them seasoned advice.[Read More…]
