Senate compromise on teacher pay
The West Virginia Senate is trying to come up with a compromise on pay and insurance benefits before a statewide teacher walkout Thursday and Friday. The “Gazette” reports that Senate leadership hope to move...
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Teacher Walkout Planned for Thursday and Friday
School teachers and public employees are planning a statewide walkout as they continue to protest low pay, projected hikes in health insurance costs and small proposed pay hikes. The decision to hold the walkout...
Sanitary Board Will Have to Pay $1.3 Million to Contractor
The Charleston Sanitary Board has to pay over a million dollars for breach of contract. The Gazette-Mail reports the money will go to Upshur County contractor JF Allen Corporation after the sanitary board didn’t...
Scrutiny Continues Over Supreme Court Spending
The state Supreme Court has been under scrutiny for its spending, and more information is coming available all the time. The Gazette-Mail reports five secretaries at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals make...
Former CSX Employees File Suit
A lawsuit by 46 former CSX employees is pending against the company. The fired employees allege wrongful termination and say they were fired as retaliation for using their health insurance among other things. The...
Wednesday is the Deadline to File Water Claims
Tomorrow is the deadline to file a claim in the class-action lawsuit over the January 2014 water spill. The settlement lets you file a simple claim form and get $550 for the first resident...
Marshall University receives grant to study obesity
Marshall University has received a nearly eleven-million-dollar grant to study obesity. The federal funding comes from the National Institutes of Health to investigate obesity and obesity-related conditions. It’s the largest award of its kind...
New Supreme Court Chief Justice
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has voted to replace Chief Justice Allen Loughry. Effective immediately, he’ll be replaced by Margaret Workman. Workman issued a statement Friday, saying “It’s time to begin...
Teacher walk-out Thursday & Friday
West Virginia teachers will hold a walkout Thursday and Friday in response to the legislature’s inaction on low wages and an increase in health care costs. Unions representing the teachers made the announcement on...
Fleeing suspect jumps into Ohio River
The search will resume this morning for a suspect who jumped into the Ohio River. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department was involved in a pursuit last night when the suspect’s vehicle crashed at U-S-52...
