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Portion of Gas Bill to be Lower This Winter

Portion of Gas Bill to be Lower This Winter

The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has ordered natural gas utilities to lower the purchased gas portion of their rates for the upcoming heating season. The lower interim rates go into effect November...

Ruling Expected Soon on Freedom Settlement

Ruling Expected Soon on Freedom Settlement

A federal bankruptcy judge says he’ll make a final decision soon in the Freedom Industries bankruptcy case. The proposed settlement involves Freedom Industries and attorneys for residents, West Virginia American Water, the Department of...

High Court to Weigh in on Marple Case

High Court to Weigh in on Marple Case

The West Virginia Supreme Court is considering whether the state Board of Education can be sued by a former superintendent over her firing. The board has asked the court to overturn a circuit judge’s...

Job Struggles Expected to Continue

Job Struggles Expected to Continue

West Virginia University researchers are forecasting continued high unemployment in West Virginia. The school recently released its annual West Virginia Economic Outlook report. Fueled by a decline in the coal industry, the state’s jobless...

Jury Selection Continues in Blankenship Trial

Jury Selection Continues in Blankenship Trial

Jury selection in the criminal case against former Massey EnergyCEO Don Blankenship resumes today. Sixteen jurors were dismissed Friday. The 65-year-old Blankenship is charged with conspiring to break safety laws and lying to financial...

New Prevailing Wage Under Evaluation

New Prevailing Wage Under Evaluation

West Virginia’s new prevailing wage rates were unveiled Wednesday — rates that the research director of WorkForce West Virginia said are an accurate measure of the true wages being paid to construction workers on...

Hunt to Run for Attorney General

Hunt to Run for Attorney General

Former West Virginia Delegate Mark Hunt is joining the 2016 race for attorney general. Hunt announced his candidacy this week on his website. Hunt is a Kanawha County Democrat who served in the House...

Online Voter Registration Begins

Online Voter Registration Begins

Online voter registration is up and running. You can register to vote through the Secretary of State’s website as long as you have a West Virginia driver’s license or DMV identification card. The application...

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