Breaking News

Local Government

Lawsuit contends Greenbrier took $35M pandemic relief loan, paid nothing back

The Greenbrier Hotel Corp., owned by Gov. Jim Justice’s family, faces yet another financial strain — a $36 million lawsuit filed over a defaulted loan that was part of the federal government’s response to the economic threats of the COVID-19 pandemic. First Guaranty Bancshares filed the lawsuit last month in federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana, where the bank is headquartered. The bank has a West Virginia connection through the chairman of its board, Marshall Reynolds, the Huntington businessman who owns Chapman Printing. The Greenbrier Hotel Corp. is made up ...

City, county each put up $500,000 to aid Richwood refinancing

MORGANTOWN — Russ Rogerson, president and CEO of the Morgantown Area Partnership, told members of the Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday that the Richwood redevelopment project has green lights ahead.  But, to continue the analogy, it needs a little gas money.  In ...

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, ...