Kanawha County constituents invited to share their concerns, suggestions CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Delegate Mike Pushkin, D-37, and Delegate Andrew Robinson, D-36, will host a Budget Town Hall tonight at 6 p.m. for their constituents concerned about the upcoming Special Session and the state’s budget woes. The town hall will be held at[Read More…]
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Justice gives closed-door talk to WV DEP inspectors
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice gave a closed-door speech on Tuesday to hundreds of state Department of Environmental Protection inspectors, in which the governor said he repeated his message that he wants DEP officials to stop saying “no” to state business and industry.[Read More…]
Former coal miner announces US Senate campaign
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A laid-off West Virginia coal miner, who entered the spotlight last year after confronting presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, announced his candidacy Tuesday for the U.S. Senate. Jimmy “Bo” Copley II, who questioned Clinton for remarks she made about the declining coal industry,[Read More…]
Arch Coal benefits from tighter met coal market
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A strong market for metallurgical coal propelled Arch Coal to higher earnings in the fourth quarter, and company executives said they continue to plan to develop additional met coal reserves in North Central West Virginia. Arch reported net income of $51.7[Read More…]
Sheetz to hire nearly 300 employees in West Virginia
Staff reports The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The Sheetz convenience store chain announced Monday that it plans to hire nearly 300 employees in West Virginia as part of a companywide push to add more than 3,4000 full-time and part-time positions. Right now, 57 percent of the company’s staff is[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court rehears gas company’s argument in royalty payment case
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers for EQT Corp., on Tuesday, urged a new lineup of state Supreme Court justices to find that the company is permitted to deduct a variety of post-production expenses when it sends checks to a group of mineral royalty owners covered[Read More…]
Environmentalists, Dominion argue over pipeline’s effect on mountaintops
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the Atlantic Coast Pipeline heads toward its final approval or rejection from federal regulators, its developers and its opponents are arguing over whether it will require the removal of 19 miles of ridgeline in West Virginia and a similar amount[Read More…]
Officials eye school menu changes
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain PHILIPPI, W.Va. — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Monday that school meals will no longer have to meet certain federal requirements, and local school officials say the decision may have an effect on the meals served to area children. In 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free[Read More…]
Wheeling City Council: County-wide smoking ban would burn Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — City leaders fear an absolute smoking ban at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack would cripple the business, but Wheeling-Ohio County Health Administrator Howard Gamble said the public deserves protection from secondhand smoke. During Wheeling City Council’s meeting Tuesday, Councilman Dave Palmer[Read More…]
West Virginia ranks No. 4 as most gambling-addicted state
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — According to a recent release from WalletHub, West Virginia is the fourth most gambling-addicted state in the nation. The study, inspired by the upcoming Kentucky Derby on Saturday, reported Americans lose roughly $100 billion through gambling each year. WalletHub analysts compared 50[Read More…]
