State Budget
If there is going to be a compromise on a state budget, it will not happen until early June. After the Senate made modifications to a revenue bill earlier this week, the House refused...
Local News
Johnson & Johnson Settlement
West Virginia is included in a settlement with a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary over representation of product quality and will receive more than $440,000. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office said West Virginia...
Big Bend Golf Course to See Improvements
Upgrades are coming to a Kanawha County golf course. Golfers at the Big Bend Golf Course will see $100,000 in improvements after commissioners gave the okay this week. County leaders are expecting more sports...
New VA Clinic Opens
A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic has opened after air-quality issues led to the previous one being closed in 2015. The Gazette-Mail reports state officials opened the Greenbrier VA Community Based Outpatient...
Justice Administration Moves to Protect Privacy
Gov. Jim Justice has directed the West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management to take steps to protect personally identifiable information collected and kept by state agencies, including health information required by law...
Acid Spill on I 77
Traffic is running again along Interstate 77 northbound in West Virginia after a huge battery acid spill. A tanker overturned Tuesday morning and left corrosive material all over the area with a monster traffic...
New Schools for Kanawha
New schools will soon be built to replace flood damaged buildings in Kanawha County. The Board of Education approved plans for architects and engineers to replace Hebert Hoover High School and Clendenin Elementary. The...
Target Settles with WV
West Virginia will receive more than $200,000 from a multimillion-dollar settlement reached between retailer Target and 47 states and the District of Columbia. The settlement addresses allegations from a data breach in 2013. West...
Cyber Security in State
Gov. Jim Justice has directed the West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management to take steps to protect personally identifiable information collected and kept by state agencies, including health information required by law...
Tax Overhaul bill Passed
West Virginia’s Senate has passed a tax-overhaul bill that would raise the state sales tax from 6 to 7.25 percent then cut all income tax rates next year with a goal of eventually ending...
