CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice and his staff accused a West Virginia businessman of crossing the line on the state’s efforts to work with China to develop […]
Author: Brad McElhinny, WVMetroNews.com
Justice Loughry facing 22 federal counts as impeachment proceedings begin
CHARLESTON — Impeachment proceedings focused on the West Virginia Supreme Court began Thursday July 12, with Justice Menis Ketchum now out of the mix because of his […]
State Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum resigns
CHARLESTON — Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum resigned his seat today after months of controversy surrounding the court and ahead of a deadline for the vacated seat […]
HEPC brings in WVU Tech’s Long as interim chancellor
CHARLESTON — The Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) suspended its search for a new chancellor, agreed to place current Chancellor Paul Hill in a paid position as […]
First moves come this week for W.Va.’s look at higher ed
CHARLESTON — When the commission that oversees West Virginia’s higher education system convenes today, it will kick off a new look at where the state’s colleges and […]
Smaller higher education schools fear loss of autonomy
CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers are keeping a close eye on how West Virginia and Marshall universities might interact with the state’s smaller colleges under proposals by […]
Committee calls for investigation into state properties
CHARLESTON — Leaders of the House Committee on Government Organization are calling for an investigation into whether the state is paying for any more properties it isn’t […]
Gov. Justice calls for broad study of higher education system
CHARLESTON — The search for a new higher education chancellor is likely to end next week because of Gov. Jim Justice’s call for a broad study of […]
President Trump to visit The Greenbrier resort Tuesday
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice acknowledged Monday President Donald Trump will visit The Greenbrier resort, which the governor owns, this week. Asked directly about the president’s visit, […]
State, DHHR missed many opportunities to stop payments on vacated office space
CHARLESTON. — West Virginia’s government had opportunity after opportunity to halt its monthly $30,907.34 payments for office suites it vacated in 2015. “I think our folks were […]