CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s interacting gaming bill is now law after Gov. Jim Justice failed to act on House Bill 2934 before the deadline last Wednesday. According to the law, the state Lottery has more than a year to design and implement regulations for iGaming at the state’s five ...
MORGANTOWN — At the height of West Virginia’s opioid crisis in 2016, one Mountain State resident was dying of a drug overdose every 10 hours. One every 10 hours. Somebody’s son, somebody’s daughter. Somebody’s best friend, somebody’s sibling, somebody’s husband or ...
Chester wants to provide secondary education opportunities for all high school students, despite their family’s financial status. Chester, who has led the Health Sciences and Technology Aca-demy at WVU as its director for the last 25 years, said the program offers free secondary education for the state’s high school students who need options. According to a WVU press release, only about 56 percent of West Virginians attend college. However, through the HSTA program, students reach the 99 percent mark. The graduation rate for HSTA is 90 percent. “HSTA can impact a student by ...
CHARLESTON — Hoo Hoo Hollow is not alone. That’s the community described by Gov. Jim Justice to illustrate West Virginia’s deteriorating roads. “Our situation is, here Edith is sitting up in Hoo Hoo Hollow today, doesn’t really care a whole heck of a lot about us spending $300 million on repairing or building a new bridge on the interstate,” Justice said in a press conference earlier this month. “She just cares about how she can get to the convenience store.” Hoo Hoo Hollow is a real place in Raleigh County. Edith might not actually be a resident. But there are plenty ...
A former employee of Green Tea Asian Fusion filed a lawsuit over unpaid wages and other violations. John W. Rolf was hired by the restaurant as a delivery driver in September 2018. He was paid $10 an hour and kept all tips from customers, according to the suit. Rolf received his pay, including credit card tips, by the restaurant and then paid it back 24 percent of the pre-tax total — expecting that money to be put toward state and federal taxes. Instead, that money was converted to the use of the defendants, the suit said. Rolf realized 24 percent did not get put toward his taxes ...
MORGANTOWN — On the 11th day of spring, West Virginia and No. 22 Oklahoma played the rubber game of their weekend series amid snow flurries and blustery winds. “Advantage Mountaineers,” said coach Randy Mazey. While the weather might’ve assisted, Kade Strowd’s repeated ability ...
