An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin approved the state budget last week, but not before exercising his power of the veto to slash $67 million from the Legislature’s budget for the next year. Among those cuts was $100,000 that was intended to go to[Read More…]
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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Monday, March 24
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, March 24, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CHINESE PLANE SPOTS OBJECTS IN INDIAN OCEAN The[Read More…]
Photos of Friday’s games at the West Virginia boys state basketball tournament
The West Virginia Press Association has put together photo galleries for the West Virginia boys state basketball tournament. The galleries will be updated throughout the day. These photos are emailed to our member newspapers. The galleries are also on the West Virginia Press Association facebook page.
W.Va. mininum wage bill raises overtime issues
WHEELING, W.Va. — Red flags are being raised over West Virginia’s plan to raise the minimum wage, as lawyer Brian Peterson has pointed out what he believes are several flaws with the pending law that could cost businesses and taxpayers a substantial amount of additional overtime funding. House Bill 4283,[Read More…]
Let the sun shine in on public’s business
Editor’s note: Sunshine Week, March 16-22, 2014, is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. An editorial from The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Openness in government is not a liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat, Independent, TEA party or Libertarian issue. The[Read More…]
Cleveland flights continue at Wood County airport
WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. – Air travelers hoping to use the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport’s service to Cleveland will sleep easier as the United States Department of Transportation has ordered flights to continue until a new service can begin. “The doom and gloom everyone thought was coming when Silver announced the end[Read More…]
Mason County boys face uncertainty of epilepsy
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Courage isn’t necessarily found facing a tiger in the jungle, or jumping out of an airplane – sometimes courage is found by simply living a normal life while facing the unknown. Take Ezekiel Ross, 12, who attends Hannan Junior High School and Mark Kincaid, 11,[Read More…]
Fairmont ‘pothole’ now sinkhole over mine shaft
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A section of Pleasant Valley Road has caved in due to an old mine shaft. Workers with the West Virginia Division of Highways who were on the scene Thursday morning said the hole was nearly 20 feet deep and the width of one lane. The hole is[Read More…]
Saints march into W.Va, along with tourism dollars
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton doesn’t just see Greenbrier County as a place to practice. The Super Bowl-winning coach sees southern West Virginia as the Saints’ new second home. Payton, who was at the Capitol building in Charleston Thursday to witness Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s[Read More…]
Governor cuts $67 million from W.Va. budget bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wielding his line-item veto authority, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin cut nearly $67 million in appropriations out of the 2014-15 budget bill, passed by the Legislature last Friday. Tomblin, in his veto message, raised concerns that the Legislature’s spending plan took about $147 million out of the state’s[Read More…]
