Tobacco Division
The state of West Virginia is laying off all but one employees in the Division of Tobacco Prevention. The new state budget eliminated all funding for the department, but the director is staying on...
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Flooding
The threat of flooding rains has returned to West Virginia. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch through this evening for most of the state. The weather service says a series...
Jobless Rate Up
Unemployment rates rose in 54 of West Virginia’s 55 counties in June. WorkForce West Virginia says the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell last month in Pocahontas County. Jefferson County’s 3.2 percent unemployment rate was...
Pipeline Suit
A newly filed lawsuit is seeking to stop federal regulators from granting the developers of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline the power of eminent domain. The lawsuit was filed yesterday in federal court in...
Natural Gas Production Rising
Natural gas production continues to rise in West Virginia. Numbers released by the state’s Department of Environmental show an upward trend in 2016, jumping by two-and-a-half percent from the year before. Doddridge County was...
Gun Laws
West Virginia is asking the nation’s High Court to review a decision that makes it tougher to legally own guns. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led a group of five states his week to ask...
CAMC cutting 300 Jobs
Charleston Area Medical Center is cutting 300 jobs by the end of the year due to financial problems. Media outlets report CAMC announced the layoffs yesterday. CAMC Health System CEO Dave Ramsey told employees...
Trump Gets A Do Over Speech
President Donald Trump is getting another chance to connect with young people after a widely panned political speech to Boy Scouts earlier this week. Trump is addressing high school juniors who visited the White...
No Vote
West Virginia’s Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has voted to replace the Affordable Care Act with a proposed substitute that was defeated in a 57-43 floor vote. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin voted against...
Parents Upset over Trump Speech
President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging speech at the national Boy Scout jamboree has incensed some parents and former Scouts. In the Monday night speech, Trump spoke for more than half an hour against the media...
