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Gazette-Mail to declare bankruptcy; Wheeling paper is current high bidder
CHARLESTON – The owners of The Charleston Gazette-Mail have agreed to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Charleston Newspapers is planning to file for bankruptcy on Jan. 30. -
Judge upholds arbitration ruling against Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON – A federal judge upheld a $3.8 million arbitration ruling against The Charleston Gazette-Mail. -
Motion for expedited hearing filed in Charleston Gazette-Mail case, newspaper might be sold
CHARLESTON – The Charleston Gazette-Mail might be sold to another company, according to court documents filed in a lawsuit in federal court between MediaNews Group and Daily Gazette Company. -
Kanawha magistrate suspended for 45 days
CHARLESTON – Kanawha County Magistrate Jack Pauley has been suspended without pay for 45 days for ethics violations. -
Secretary of State plans to enforce ban on anonymous campaign ads
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner has said he plans to enforce a state law that bans anonymous campaign mailers, despite the fact that state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has called the law unconstitutional. -
Settlement reached in WVU sexual assault lawsuit
CLARKSBURG – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against West Virginia University alleging a former student was sexually assaulted and the school mishandled her report of the rape. -
Malpractice cap laws only help insurance companies
CHARLESTON – I read with interest the recent Charleston Gazette-Mail editorial on quality of life issues relevant to West Virginia’s law placing arbitrary caps on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, and I wanted to expand on your thoughts if I might. -
The state Supreme Court needs a written policy about its furniture
A policy should be established and published so that the justices – and the citizens they work for – will know what it is. -
Counsel: Court has no written policy on furniture for justices' home offices
CHARLESTON – There is no state Supreme Court policy to provide Justices with court-owned furniture and equipment for use in their home offices. -
Supreme Court chairs, clocks, couches, desks, rugs under scrutiny
CHARLESTON – Purchases and use of furnishings by West Virginia Supreme Court justices have come into the spotlight after an investigation into renovations at the court offices. -
Loughry has couch removed from his home
CHARLESTON – In the wake of a Charleston newspaper column referencing it, state Supreme Court employees removed a leather couch from Chief Justice Allen Loughry’s home. -
Kanawha magistrate recommended for 45-day suspension
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission, along with Kanawha Magistrate Jack Pauley’s counsel, recommended a 45-day suspension without pay for ethics violations. -
Hearing set for Kanawha magistrate
CHARLESTON – A hearing has been set for Kanawha Magistrate Jack Pauley after he was charged with judicial misconduct. -
Tax relief will help all West Virginians
WASHINGTON – The year was 1986, Ronald Reagan was president, the Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl and Top Gun was the hit movie at the box office — and it was also the last time the federal government reformed the tax code. -
Supreme Court to no longer pay dues to legal associations for employees
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided it will no longer pay dues to legal associations for its employees beginning in 2018. -
Jenkins: Schumer 'not welcome here in West Virginia'
CHARLESTON –U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is coming to West Virginia next month for a Democratic fundraiser. -
Gazette-Mail asks judge to vacate arbitration ruling
CHARLESTON – The Charleston Gazette-Mail has asked a federal judge to vacate a $3.8 million arbitration ruling made against the newspaper earlier this month. -
West Virginia needs the road bond
CHARLESTON – In West Virginia, location is a key selling point for manufacturing companies that want easy access to eastern markets and east coast shipping channels. Yet location means little if roads and bridges are not well maintained or modernized. -
Arbitrator: Authority to cease publication of Daily Mail 'did not exist'
CHARLESTON – A federal arbitrator’s nearly $4 million ruling sheds more light on how Charleston became a one-newspaper town. In his filing, Arbitrator Edward D. McDevitt of Charleston provides some details about what happened internally at Charleston Newspapers when executives were deciding to shut down the Charleston Daily Mail and merge it with the Charleston Gazette. In closing his 16-page order, McDevitt writes that a newspaper expert used by Charleston Newspapers determined that the authority to cease publication of the Charleston Daily Mail “did not exist.” -
Arbitrator says Gazette owes nearly $4 million to Daily Mail publishers
CHARLESTON – An arbitrator has ruled Charleston Newspapers’ publishing company owes the publisher of the defunct Charleston Daily Mail nearly $4 million. The petition confirming the arbitration award was issued Sept. 6 in federal court.