Gov. Jim Justice on Monday announced a rapid acceleration of his multi-week plan to bring West Virginia back online, announcing reopenings of shopping malls, bars, casinos, Limited Video Lottery, museums and other entities between Thursday and June 5.
HARPERS FERRY — The Eastern Panhandle’s longest serving legislator just wants the state to prove him wrong.
West Virginia’s state revenue report for April was dripping in red numbers, as the coronavirus pandemic shutdown caused most business activity — and tax collections statewide — to plunge. But the suds still flowed.
United Bankshares Inc., the parent company of United Bank, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Carolina Financial Corp.
CLAY — People living in and around this Elk River town had to drive nearly an hour to buy fresh meat and produce after the Clay IGA, the county’s only supermarket, closed last June after filing for bankruptcy.
Veteran journalist Lee Wolverton is taking over leadership of the news division of HD Media, publisher of the Charleston Gazette-Mail and (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch.
At Friday’s COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Jim Justice began to sketch out plans for reopening West Virginia as the pandemic passes its peak, including possibly reopening restaurants in the next seven to 14 days.
Ending a legal battle that stretched for nearly four years, the West Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of the state’s right-to-work law.
HUNTINGTON — The West Virginia Public Service Commission said Wednesday it will ensure no services will be interrupted after Frontier Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week.
More than $1 billion in loans to small businesses across West Virginia has been approved, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
West Virginia’s senators have different takes on the efficacy of federal relief for small businesses and health care providers.
BARBOURSVILLE — Employees of Hobby Lobby in Barboursville were sent home Thursday after a West Virginia State Police trooper visited the store manager to discuss Gov. Jim Justice’s “essential business” list.
Alpha Technologies of Hurricane on Monday announced an initiative designed to provide small- to medium-sized businesses across West Virginia with the capacity and bandwidth needed to support remote workers.
The plug has been pulled on a plan to build what its developer has described as the world’s largest pumped storage hydropower project — a $5 billion development proposed for Grant County involving the construction of two 1,000-acre reservoirs connected by a 7-mile-long penstock pipe to gener…
About 70 demonstrators rallied at the TC Energy Building (the former Columbia Gas building) in Charleston on Monday to protest the planned construction of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline through tribal lands in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The Suddenlink retail store at the Charleston Town Center mall will close March 24, according to the Kanawha County Commission.
Appalachian Power, along with Wheeling Power, has made a filing to the West Virginia Public Service Commission that, if approved, would result in a 10.9% increase in most residential customers’ electric bill.
By one vote the West Virginia Senate on Monday passed a bill that seeks to simplify the relationship between independent contractors and employees.
The building that once housed the Goldfarb Lighting & Electric showroom was reduced to a pile of rubble this week.
Danny’s BBQ Shack, which opened Wednesday in the 1000 block of Quarrier Street, had a full house during the lunch rush. Charleston’s former mayor Danny Jones was a restaurateur, among other things, before he was mayor. The restaurant is open for lunch only and features barbecue sandwiches and ribs.
West Virginia Senate Finance Committee members tried Monday to sweeten a tax break for manufacturers by adding phase-outs of taxes for other businesses and personal property taxes on automobiles, but they struggled to find the money to make up for the revenue lost from those tax cuts.
HUNTINGTON — A legacy created by the late Jack Moses is celebrating 50 years of selling vehicles at the same location in Huntington.
It’s been years since Joy Gunnoe, owner of R.G. Gunnoe Farms, enjoyed a good night’s sleep.
Holstein Jr., Gary - Noon, streaming live, see obituary.
Moore, Anna - 1 p.m., Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes.
Smith, Dolan - 11 a.m., Jackson County Memory Gardens, Cottageville.
Tanner, Billy - 4 p.m., Odd Fellows Cemetery, Diana.
Wilson, Rosa - Noon, Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin.
Young, Dollie - 11 a.m., Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans.
