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NATIONAL PARK — Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the City of Gatlinburg maintenance crews are partnering to pick up litter along the Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge on

The City of Tyler Development Services Department is preparing for high call volume and emergency permitting to assist residents and contractors who will need immediate repairs following the aftermath of the severe winter storm.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted the stay on legislative action by Josh Booth following oral arguments regarding filling the District 19 House of Delegates vacancy,

For The Intelligencer West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announces Wednesday he has appointed Joshua Booth to replace Derrick Evans in the House of Delegates. (Photo Courtesy of West Virginia Governor’s Office) CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday the appointment of Wayne County Republican Joshua Booth to replace Derrick Evans, the former delegate who resigned after accusations of illegal entry into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, even as a lawsuit challenging the governor’s sele...

For The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday the appointment of Wayne County Republican Joshua Booth to replace Derrick Evans, the former delegate who resigned after accusations of illegal entry into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, even as a lawsuit challenging the governor’s selection is pending. “He is being appointed and I’m making that appointment today,” Justice said during his Wednesday COVID-19 briefing. “I feel very, very confident that Joshua Booth w...

Stafford outlines 2021 legislative priorities Recordation Tax Distribution Amendments Last year, the General Assembly made changes in the collection and distribution of state transportation revenues, reducing the state recordation tax’s total local government allocation by $20 million. By state code, localities may use their state recordation tax allocation for either transportation or education purposes. The change in state law resulted in reducing approximately $900,000 to the County’s Tr...

CHARLESTON – The effort to replace the former Delegate Derrick Evans has created a controversy of its own. Jeff Maynard, the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee, filed a writ of mandamus with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday asking the court to require Gov. Jim Justice to pick a replacement for Evans from the list of three candidates the committee sent to Justice on Jan. 14. Evans, who was elected to the House in November, resigned Jan. 9 after bein...

5,000 and 7,000 people in biloxi to see the african-american university marching bands we had in town, three of them. >> yeah, we have the video up of a previous parade. let me ask you this, from what i read of the state code, third monday in january is great americans day to celebrate the birthdays of dr. king and robert e. lee. why was it a good idea to celebrate the birthdays of a civil rights activist and a confederate general on the same day? >> well, if you read the posts and tweets i am s...

Recuse herself from the case, that the proossecution of these officers needs to be handled by another states attorney perhaps in another county asking for this because they say there are a number of conflicts of interest present including mosbys relationship with the gray family attorney billy murphy youve had on the program many time. billy murphy represented here in a previous proceeding and cite something we talked about many times. the issue of the knife. the knife for which the officers fir...

Chicago teachers are preparing to go to battle, the union is, with the city over the planned closure of 50 public schools. last weeks vote to close dozens of schools sparked massive protests from parents, teachers and students. today the teachers union is announcing a lawsuit again the city claiming that the state code prohibits the plan to close at least ten of those schools. yesterday i sat down with secretary arne duncan about the situation in chicago and the administrations plan to reimagine...