MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said Wednesday he’s not sure what’s changed at the West Virginia Division of Highways, or why, but he hopes it continues. Days after it was learned the DOH is reversing years of precedent by contracting some core maintenance ...
Four financial institutions have been cast into darkness for state banking services over their environmental policies. State Treasurer Riley Moore’s office this week said it has placed Citigroup Inc.; TD Bank, N.A.; The Northern Trust Company and HSBC Holdings, PLC onto the state’s ...
BY MIKE NOLTING The state Division of Highways is turning to contractors to do what has typically been regular maintenance work in north-central West Virginia. In an effort to relieve some of the core maintenance workload for DOH workers, bids have been received to complete ditching in ...
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,667,724 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for three West Virginia projects. The funding will support research into improving West Virginia manufacturing for the defense industry, resources to ...
Senator Shelley Moore Capito is one of the recipients of a letter urging Congress to authorize the money required to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed earlier this month after a massive cargo ship lost power and collided with it. Capito, R-W.Va., was addressed in the letter to key members of Congress because of her role as ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Similarly-positioned colleagues in the Senate and House also received the letter. The letter came from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and was timed ...
Gov. Jim Justice has added seven counties to a state of emergency declaration because of flooding and ongoing storm-related threats. The additions include Barbour, Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel and Wood counties. The governor had already declared emergency for Fayette, Kanawha, ...
