Twenty-Four Carrot Country
While Republican West Virginia legislative leaders rammed a right-to-work bill into law this year, unions and business groups spent almost $1.8 million altogether battling over the policy. Grassroots campaign reports say union groups spent...
West Virginia environmental officials say they struck a $300 million-plus deal for mine cleanup with bankrupt coal giant Alpha Natural Resources. The Department of Environmental Protection said the agreement would cover bonding and reclamation...
On a tightening timeframe to avert a shutdown, West Virginia lawmakers are returning to budget work. The GOP-led House and Senate are slated to restart work tomorrow. Without a budget, the government shuts down...
Voters in Kanawha County will likely get the chance to vote on the proposal to allow Sunday deer hunting in Kanawha County. The recommendation to add the measure to the ballot passed the planning...
This fall, West Virginia public schools will begin receiving report cards. The grading system will be based on an A to F grading scale. The grading system will be based mostly on overall student...
Nearly a dozen Red Cross volunteers from the Mountain State are in Texas assisting with flood relief. Much of the work being done by the workers from West Virginia is delivering cleanup supplies to...
For the first time in over a century, the West Virginia National Guard no longer has a presence in Huntington. The guard is shutting down the Huntington Armory on Virginia Avenue. At some point,...
The hearing examiner for the West Virginia Osteopathic Board of Medicine has recommended suspending the license of a doctor accused of failing to meet care standards. The Register-Herald reports that on June 2 hearing...
As promised, Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed the budget passed by the Republican-led Legislature. In Wednesday’s veto, Tomblin also announced a deal with the Senate that includes a 65-cent tax increase on...
Mayor Dave Casebolt and Recorder Rita Cox ran unopposed in yesterday’s city election in Nitro, but there were two contested races, for City Council Wards One and Four. According to unofficial results, Donna Boggs...
