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Properties owned by Justice companies auctioned

Dozens of tracts owned by the branches of Gov. Jim Justice’s family business network have been up for auction this month in Raleigh, McDowell and Monroe counties because of unpaid property taxes that provide support for services like school systems. The lots were available for sale because property taxes went unpaid and warnings were unheeded over more than a year. Although the lots have now been sold, the state’s process still allows months for Justice or his businesses to reclaim their property. Property taxes in West Virginia go to support public school districts, local ...

Sen. Capito announces federal grants for Morgantown-area projects

MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on Monday resources from several federal agencies for projects that will support initiatives across the state, including economic development, education, environmental cleanup and drug ...

Senate Finance chair questions governor’s tax cut pitch

The state Senate Finance chairman isn’t buying Gov. Jim Justice’s pitch to follow up an automatic reduction in the personal income tax with another 5% on top of it. The governor made the pitch this past week at the state Culture Center, telling lawmakers, “I want to challenge you to ...

Justice wants more tax cuts pronto

MORE COVERAGE: Senate Finance Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, questions whether the governor’s proposal is realistic. See The Dominion Post Sunday. Gov. Jim Justice has dared officials to embrace a personal income tax proposal that would result in financial effects beyond his ...

Greenmont residents frustrated by lack of Pennsylvania Avenue progress

MORGANTOWN — There are places in Morgantown you might expect to find a tent. The meeting chamber in Morgantown City Hall isn’t among those places.   And yet, there a tent sat Thursday afternoon.  It was carried in and placed before members of the Morgantown Land Reuse and ...

Justice holdings ordered to be sold

A federal judge in Delaware has ordered a company owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family to be moved toward a sale over a tangle of debt. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews entered the order late last week. The order kicks into gear a forced sale of Bluestone Mineral Inc., a holding company in the Justices’ expansive business network. Shares of Bluestone Mineral “shall be sold to satisfy the judgment” in a form to be proposed by the parties to the court action within 30 days of the order. Bluestone Mineral is significant in that it isn’t just one of Justice’s ...