Gov. Jim Justice has approved legislation that elevates the state’s tourism division and development office to separate cabinet-level departments. The measure will become effective in late May, and the offices will become known as the Department of Tourism and the Department of Economic Development. Last month Justice appointed former Senate President Mitch Carmichael to become … Read more
Students at Dunlow Elementary in Wayne County will have a new place to attend in-person classes while their school is being cleaned up after recent flooding. Governor Jim Justice said that Cabwaylingo State Forest will open its group camp facility so students can resume in-person instruction, beginning Monday, March 15th. The students will attend classes … Read more
Applications are being accepted for grants available for economic development projects near abandoned mine sites in West Virginia. The state Department of Environmental Protection said federal funding of $25 million is available for the projects and is administered by the Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation Pilot Program. Projects must be located on or … Read more
Kanawha County commissioners said they entered an emergency order Tuesday directing two other fire departments in the county to handle all fire and first responder calls for the Chesapeake Volunteer Fire Department until further notice. The commission said it approved the emergency order after a request from the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office. Kanawha County … Read more
Live on the Levee will return to Haddad Riverfront Park this summer. City officials say the concert series will start later than usual, and is being pushed back to late summer or fall. City officials are looking for bands for the weekly shows. You can apply online.
West Virginia’s unemployment rate dipped to six-and-a-half-percent in January. Unemployment fell in twenty-nine counties. There were gains in the service and goods producing sectors. The national unemployment rate was six-point-three-percent in January.
Lawmakers want the state Capitol open to the public. More than eighty delegates signed a letter asking the governor to open the building. The letter says that it’s the constitutional right of all West Virginians to have their voice heard in the Capitol.
Governor Justice’s tax proposal was introduced in the House of Delegates. He calls it a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform West Virginia’s tax structure. The governor is proposing a sixty-percent state personal income tax cut, and eliminating the tax entirely within three years.
Firefighters put out a vacant house fire on Neal Road in Point Pleasant. No one was hurt. Authorities say the fire appears to be suspicious. The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.
Two men are under arrest for assaulting a state trooper in Sissonville. The officer pulled over an ATV for a traffic stop when an intoxicated man came out of a house and attacked the trooper. The trooper suffered cuts and a black eye. He’s expected to be okay.