W.Va. Biscuit Voted ‘South’s Best’
Tudor’s "Mountaineer” biscuit was named “The South’s Best Biscuit” in an online poll contest held by Garden & Gun, a southern lifestyle magazine.
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Workers At 2 Allegheny Wood Products Mills Could Get A Reprieve
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia last week approved the sale of sawmills in Randolph and Greenbrier counties to a Pennsylvania flooring company.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUnemployment Benefits Now Capped, Even If Inflation Rises
Under a new law, West Virginia’s maximum unemployment benefit rate will no longer adjust as inflation rises. Also, unemployed residents must prove they're seeking a job at least four times a week to receive benefits.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Legislature Ends Session With Pay Raises, Tax Cut And Failure Of Social Issue Bills
West Virginia's Republican-dominated state Legislature on Saturday concluded a 60-day session marked by budget disputes and controversial social issue bills that advanced but ultimately didn't go anywhere.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Changes, Passes Bill To Reduce Unemployment Benefits
The engrossed bill that passed the Senate shaves two weeks of the current 26 weeks of unemployment benefits available to workers who have lost their job due through no fault of their own. It increases the initial benefit to up to $712 per week, or 70 percent of the original wage, for the first four weeks of unemployment. That's up from $624 per week, and 65 percent of the wage. However after those first four weeks, the benefit decreases by 5 percent of the original wage, or max benefit.
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A Conversation With New Mountaineer Area Council Boy Scout Chair Amy Garbrick, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, the Mountaineer Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America serves 12 counties in north central West Virginia. On Feb. 8, the council appointed the first woman to serve as its governing board president. Jack Walker spoke with new president Amy Garbrick about her scouting background and gender inclusivity in scouting since the Boy Scouts became co-ed in 2019.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBill That Greatly Reduces Unemployment Benefits Advances
Senate Bill 840 would reduce the maximum amount to $550 dollars a week. Senate Bill 841 reduces the duration of benefits. It works on a tiered system based on statewide unemployment numbers. If the statewide unemployment number is under 5 percent — which it currently is — then the maximum benefit duration would be 12 weeks, cutting it down by more than half.
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