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W.Va. Dems to Justice: Drop out of Senate race

West Virginia Democrats are calling for Gov. Jim Justice to drop out as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate over a series of financial conflicts, particularly the failure of the Justice-owned Greenbrier Hotel to ensure health insurance for employees. “It’s one thing to default on a bank loan or a tax obligation or even a fine from a regulatory agency,” Democratic Party Chairman Mike Pushkin stated in a release distributed to West Virginia news outlets. “It’s another thing altogether to fail to pay the health care premiums for your workers with money that isn’t even ...

City awards bid to clear Richwood development area

MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown, the Monongalia County Development Authority, the Monongalia County Commission, WVU and various stakeholders have spent three-plus years laying the groundwork for the 10-acre Richwood redevelopment.  The time has finally come to clear the ...

Westover’s Holland Avenue bids due by Aug. 20

The Westover City Hall meeting chamber was packed on July 30.  The city is hopeful that’s a promising sign.  The gathering was the mandatory pre-bid meeting for the city’s Holland Avenue and Dunkard Avenue lift station projects.  “There was a very large turnout, ...

Feds file for contempt for Justice companies over mine safety fines unpaid for a year

Lawyers for the federal government are asking for a judge to hold 23 coal companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family in contempt, saying they failed to meet the terms of a settlement agreement over mine safety fines, continually made payments late and whiffed five months ago on paying the final amount of nearly a half-million dollars. The Tuesday filing in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia includes emails from federal officials continually reminding a lawyer for the Justice companies that payments are overdue or missing. “The only thing consistent ...