By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Among the nuggets of data in the campaign financial disclosures by candidates in local legislative races is something of a cautionary tale about the perils of hosting campaign fundraising events: Two candidates hosted fundraisers — and both lost money. Dean Jeffries, a[Read More…]

By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register DILLES BOTTOM, Ohio — PTT Global Chemical officially controls about 500 acres for building the Belmont County ethane cracker, as a deed filed this week shows the Thailand-based firm paid about $17.5 million to acquire the Ohio-West Virginia Excavating property. Last summer,[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three leading Republican Senate candidates missed no opportunity to pummel one another on live national television in their final debate before the upcoming primary election. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship made[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Super PACs with tangential ties to the West Virginia GOP have poured just shy of a collective $4 million into the state’s Republican Senate primary. With the May 8 election in sight, that number is expected to spike in the coming week.[Read More…]

By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — West Virginia Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher said President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff on steel should not derail China Energy’s plan to build $83.7 billion worth of ethane crackers, power plants and related shale natural gas infrastructure. In November,[Read More…]

The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — After two rounds of voting, totaling more than 2,400 responses from producers and the public, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture has revealed the next logo for the West Virginia Grown program, the agency said in a news release. Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt announced[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — More than 30,000 ballots have been cast so far during early voting, the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office reported Tuesday morning. Early voting for the May 8 primary election began April 25 and continues through May 5. Early voting is not[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A record number of  West Virginia University students have been named Fulbright Scholars this year, doubling the previous record of five. The Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program, enables students to study, teach or conduct research while increasing mutual understanding between Americans[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SPECIAL COUNSEL TEAM FLOATED IDEA OF TRUMP SUBPOENA Trump’s former attorney, John Dowd, confirms to[Read More…]