We’ve written about the Justice family’s debts a lot. Because, frankly, there are a lot of them — seemingly multiplying by the day — and therefore we have much to say. But there are two debts, one of which recently came to light, that are of particular interest, because it wasn’t ...
Jim Justice saved The Greenbrier Hotel. The iconic luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs was on the brink of closure in 2009 when Justice bought the massive vacation complex from CSX, pulling it out of bankruptcy. Marriott was on the verge of purchasing the resort when Justice swooped in. ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Hoppy is on vacation this week. This column originally published on March 22. The news that the Greenbrier Hotel Corp. failed to pay five months of sales taxes due the state last year is not surprising. Hardly a week goes by that there is not a revelation or legal action ...
Jim Justice is in the news in West Virginia about every day. What the state’s governor does and says is typically newsworthy, and Justice is very quotable. He is running for the U.S. Senate, so his candidacy makes news. In addition, there is often news about one or more of his family ...
The Gazette-Mail’s Mike Tony reported this week that BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company has asked a federal court to fine one of Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies $2,500 a day for failing to comply with a court order to pay a $1.5 -million debt. Just a few days earlier, the newspaper ...
It’s no secret Jim Justice’s finances are a mess. They’ve been the subject of reporting and court cases since before Justice became governor of West Virginia. And they’ve always come across as something between a drama and a tragedy: failing empires, shady deals and the ...