Twenty-Four Carrot Country
The federal government has raised the stakes in Alpha Natural Resources’ bankruptcy reorganization by finding that Wyoming regulators failed to require adequate environmental bonding for the coal company’s two open-pit mines in the Powder...
The West Virginia Board of Education could vote this week to take over Boone County’s public school system. State board members tell The Gazette-Mail that the county board has refused the state schools superintendent’s...
The new Milan Puskar Dean at WVU’s College of Business and Economics is in place and says there is a lot of opportunity in front of him. Javier Reyes took over the office yesterday...
Sewage is spilling into the Elk River. WSAZ reports that last month’s floods damaged two lines and sewage from nearly one-thousand customers is running into the water. The leaks are where pipes are supposed...
A Fairmont resident is the state’s newest millionaire. Robert Lane was introduced yesterday as the most recent winner of the Powerball drawing. The East Park Mart in Fairmont sold the retired hydraulic mechanic the...
Six West Virginia cities have been approved to move forward with local ordinances to allow for earlier alcohol sales on Sundays. The Municipal Home Rule Board gave approval to Clarksburg, Bluefield, Charleston, South Charleston,...
The new president of the Kanawha County school board is Jim Crawford. He is well-acquainted with the schools, having been a board member for the past 16 years. The 79-year-old Crawford was unanimously selected...
Temporary housing in the form of mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are beginning to show up in West Virginia. The FEMA “multi-step, multi-week” process of providing mobile homes is a last...
The State Board of Education will vote this morning on the possible takeover of the Boone County schools. The local board has failed to provide a “fiscally sufficient” budget by making staff cuts. If...
A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates is donating the pay he received for the special legislative session that was held to resolve the state’s budget crisis. Democrat Mick Bates of Raleigh...
