BY DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A resolution to allow West Virginia voters to decide if the Legislature should control the state Supreme Court’s budget moved one step closer to reality on Friday, as the House of Delegates approved an amended version of it and sent it[Read More…]
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WV House Democrats delay passage of budget
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature got one step closer to passing a budget Friday night, with the House of Delegates wrapping its budget into the Senate’s. The House moved to suspend constitutional rules Friday night in order to advance the[Read More…]
WV Gov. Jim Justice signs natural gas co-tenancy bill
From the office of Governor Jim Justice: CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today signed HB 4268 that will allow oil and gas development to occur in cases where there are seven or more royalty owners and at least 75 percent of the undivided interest owners of the oil and[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes cyberbullying bill
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill making cyberbullying directed at minors a crime passed the Senate unanimously Friday at the State Capitol. Senator Lynne Arvon, R-Raleigh, rose in support of Senate Bill 2655, saying she personally became keenly aware of cyberbullying as recently as the[Read More…]
West Virginia superintendent: Schools must make up missed days
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Individual county school districts are to make their own decisions on how best to reschedule nine days lost during the statewide teachers strike, West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Steven Paine said Thursday. Each county best knows its own needs in rescheduling the remainder of[Read More…]
HD Media wins bid for Charleston Newspapers after rival withdraws
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — HD Media, the parent company of The Herald-Dispatch, is the successful bidder for the purchase of bankrupt Charleston Newspapers after the withdrawal of a bid previously made by Ogden Newspapers. HD Media managing member Doug Reynolds said he had bid $11,487,243 for the organization, compared with[Read More…]
Science advocate, author to speak at WVU
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Paul A. Offit, M.D., has built an international reputation defending science and medicine against attack. But he doesn’t think scientists never make mistakes. He’s planning to visit West Virginia University March 23 to talk about what we can learn from the laboratory mishaps of the[Read More…]
WV broadband council mulls combining federal, state data on internet access
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state broadband council discussed Thursday melding its own data with federal data to paint a more accurate picture of West Virginia broadband internet access, one month after its chairman blasted numbers in a federal report on broadband for “not even being close[Read More…]
Manchin: Bill guarantees loans for gas storage hubs
Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — A bill ensuring a natural gas storage hub qualifies for a federal loan program was passed Thursday by a committee of the U.S. Senate. The Capitalizing American Storage Potential Act approved by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee would make sure[Read More…]
International Women’s Day event showcases women in leadership
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Over the past few years, leadership roles at Fairmont State University have been filled more frequently by women. As Andrea Pammer, director of counseling and disability services at the university, pointed out, roles which were previously filled by men have been occupied[Read More…]
