Road Groundbreaking Draws Dignitaries
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin was one of many on hand for the groundbreaking for the final 14.6-mile section of U.S. 35 between Putnam and Mason counties. The ceremony happened Wednesday at the Department of...
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Hotel Deal Falls Through
A new downtown hotel deal is off after a meeting Wednesday with the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority. The authority had considered developing a new downtown hotel with Virginia-based developer KM Hotels, but problems with...
Rate Change Approved for Mountaineer Gas
Mountaineer Gas has won state approval to increase its base rates by $7.7 million. The West Virginia Public Service Commission says the 3 percent increase will be more than offset by a reduction in...
New Scam Warning from the Attorney General
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning West Virginians about a scam involving bogus credit card debt collections. Morrissey says the callers target consumers about an overdue credit card debt and insist on getting payment...
Trails to Close in Two Counties
Two Hatfield-McCoy Trail System trails in Boone and Lincoln counties are being closed because the trail land has been sold. The system will lose 200 miles of ATV trails from the closure of the...
President Obama to Visit Charleston Next Week
President Obama is planning to visit Charleston. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said President Obama is planning to visit the Capital City next Wednesday, and WCHS TV says he’ll be addressing the drug and heroin...
Kanawha Co. Plant More Cost Effective Than Others
Appalachian Power has asked West Virginia regulators to allow the company to dismantle the Philip Sporn Power Plant in Mason County and the Glen Lyn plant in Giles County, Virginia. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports...
State Bar Investigates Mingo Lawyer
Lauren Thompson is the daughter of Mingo Judge Miki Thompson, and is under investigation for contempt of court. And this week the state Supreme Court ruled she can’t work on anything new while the...
More Recorded Phone Calls Played In Blankenship Trial
Prosecutors are continuing to replay phone calls ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship secretly recorded in his office. In recordings played in federal court Tuesday, Blankenship said he sometimes thought without federal mine regulators, “we’d...
Raleigh Co. Lab Resumes Water Sampling
A Raleigh County laboratory has been recertified to perform coal industry water sampling and analysis six months after a worker pleaded guilty to tampering. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the state Department of Environmental...
