New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
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A Putnam County store owner’s lawyer says his client didn’t illegally raise water prices following a chemical spill.
Lawyer Tom Peyton tells the Charleston Gazette that Achraf Assi gave away water after the Jan. 9 spill left 300,000 people in nine counties without useable tap water.
Attorney General Patrick Morrissey filed an enforcement action on Friday in Putnam County Circuit Court against Assi’s business, Hurricane-based Mid Valley Mart LLC. Morrisey alleges that Mid Valley Mart more than doubled prices for one-gallon water jugs at two Hurricane stores.
It’s illegal in West Virginia to raise prices on essential products and services by more than 10 percent in a state of emergency.