U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall Story Archives - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Rahall to Donate Papers to WVU

Former U.S. Nick Rahall is donating 2,000 boxes of documents from his congressional career to West Virginia University.

The papers include testimony, speeches, news releases and other documents. Rahall represented southern West Virginia for 19 terms in the U.S. House, from 1977 to 2015.

WVU Beckley and WVU Tech campus president Carolyn Long says in a news release that Rahall’s papers will offer students a unique look inside the life of a congressman who served for nearly four decades.

To further utilize Rahall’s papers, WVU said it will promote partnerships with Marshall and Concord universities, the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies and the West Virginia State Archives.

A ribbon cutting and celebration is scheduled for Oct. 3 in Beckley to commemorate Rahall’s donation of his papers.

Rove to Fundraise for Jenkins' Congressional Bid

A former top adviser to President George W. Bush will raise money for Republican congressional challenger Evan Jenkins next week in West Virginia.

The Jenkins campaign says Karl Rove is heading to Huntington for a Sept. 9 fundraiser. Rove was Bush’s deputy chief of staff and senior adviser.

Rove spearheads an outside group that has already spent $330,000 bashing Jenkins’ opponent, Democratic Congressman Nick Rahall. Groups like Rove’s Crossroads GPS legally can’t coordinate with candidates.

Crossroads GPS is one of several conservative groups spending millions combined in the 3rd Congressional District race. The liberal House Majority PAC is putting millions into its own ads attacking Jenkins.

Jenkins is a state senator who turned from Democrat to Republican to run. Rahall is seeking a 20th term in his coalfield-anchored district.

Three W.Va. Airports Received Grants for Improvements

Three airports in Southern West Virginia have been awarded federal grants to improve airfield infrastructure.

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall says Greenbrier Valley Airport will receive $1 million to pay for the design of reconstructing apron pavement and building a new taxi lane. The airport also will use the funding to acquire snow removal equipment.

Logan County Airport will receive $150,000 to acquire a new runway visual guidance system.

The Federal Aviation Administration also awarded nearly $130,000 to Summersville Airport to remove trees and obstructions from one of its runway approaches and transitional surfaces.