Manchin’s Funds
Federal campaign records show West Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin with $3.5 million in his re-election fund, Rep. Evan Jenkins with $1.2 million for his challenge and no filing yet by state Attorney General...
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Trump in WV
President Donald Trump reached for an emotional and political boost at a campaign rally late yesterday here in West Virginia. Trump has been holding campaign-style events on friendly turf since taking office to get...
Justice Switches parties
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says he’s switching parties to join the Republicans as President Donald Trump visited the increasingly conservative state. Justice told about 9,000 Trump supporters at a rally in Huntington on...
Comment Period is Open on State’s Education Plan
The West Virginia Department of Education is allowing the public to comment on a draft of a state replacement plan for the No Child Left Behind Act. States have to submit plans under the...
Mining Industry Improves
A new federal report shows West Virginia’s economic output rose 3 percent in the first quarter of this year led by mining. The Bureau of Economic Analysis says the state’s increase in gross domestic...
State Trooper & Division of Corrections
A longtime state police trooper is now the head of the revamped Corrections Investigation Division. After recently retiring from the state police, William Marshall the Third will oversee all investigations within the Division of...
Murray Energy & CSX
Murray Energy is saying CSX Transportation is costing it money and it is taking the railroad to court. Murray CEO Robert Murray claims CSX’s, quote, “gross lack of service, flagrant disregard for our agreements...
Plans for Addiction Epidemci
Democrats are criticizing a plan announced by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to send 12 federal prosecutors to cities ravaged by opioid addiction. Sessions said in a speech Wednesday in Ohio that the prosecutors...
Audit’s Late
A top official in Gov. Jim Justice’s administration says most West Virginia’s government agencies submitted needed audit information late, which has resulted in financial sanctions on the state’s colleges and universities. Nick Casey, Justice’s...
Kanawha River
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced an agreement to address dioxin contamination in the Kanawha River by constructing a cap over nine acres of sediment containing the toxic substance. According to the EPA, the...
