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Ribbon-cutting for new area headquarters in Morgantown

Hope Gas unveiled its new headquarters office Monday in Morgantown. Joined by Gov. Jim Justice and other dignitaries and community leaders, Hope Gas celebrated the job growth and economic development opportunities the energy industry offers to West Virginia. Hope Gas also announced more ...

Lots owned by Justice and his businesses listed as up for auction

Properties owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family’s network of businesses are listed among lots for sale at county courthouses next week. The properties in Raleigh and Wyoming counties were listed in public notices as available at auction because of delinquent taxes. Property taxes in ...

Do Justices always pay their debts?

Early last week, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against James “Jay” Justice II (Gov. Jim Justice’s son and current CEO of Bluestone Coal Sales Corp.) and 13 of the Justice family’s coal companies for roughly $7.6 million unpaid fines and fees.   From 2018 to ...

Jim Justice’s unpaid bills stack up

There have been three more news stories in recent days about bills left unpaid by companies owned and operated by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his family.   One in the Gazette-Mail detailed how a federal judge found Justice family coal company liable for six years of unpaid ...

Justice firms face heat

A gusher of financial pressures is hitting all at once on businesses headed by Gov. Jim Justice, a candidate for U.S. Senate whose political pitch traditionally has been as a “business guy.” Asked during a briefing Wednesday about the range of financial conflicts involving companies ...