MORGANTOWN — West Virginia's Department of Environmental Protection and Division of Natural Resources have both withdrawn their OKs on Lake Lynn Generation's proposal to lower the level of Cheat Lake by 3 feet. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has added her voice to the public opposition to the ...
There is a natural tension that exists between the press and politicians. Reporters are often trying to gather information in the public interest that politicians either do not want to share or suspect will reflect poorly on them. Preferably there is a healthy respect, but sometimes ...
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 ...
MORGANTOWN — With just over 11 weeks to the general election, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Jim Justice remains well ahead of Democratic rival Glenn Elliott for campaign fundraising. They are vying to succeed Sen. Joe Manchin, who announced his retirement last November and then ...
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. ...
West Virginians aren’t the only ones wilting in the recent heat waves — the state’s leafy inhabitants are a point of concern for state officials as severe drought conditions are expected to impact crop quality and yield across the state’s largely family owned-and-operated farms, ...