West Virginia Narrows Vehicle inspections to Biennial Schedule
Gov. Jim Justice signed House Bill 2810 allowing biennial vehicle inspections starting 2024, ending annual checks. The change, tied to inflation, doubles inspection sticker fees for businesses to 6 and raises the max fee to 19, with Antique Fleet plates for multiple vehicles. West Virginia joins 4 other states with biennial or relaxed rules and 87 with no inspections, amid past failed efforts to alter frequency.
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West Virginia
Jim Justice
Senate
Officials seek ongoing support for King Coal Highway plan
Mercer County officials urge state and federal backing as a $58 million project links King Coal Highway to Airport Road near Bluefield. With no current authority, board, or director and lawmakers having eliminated funding in 2017, regional leaders fear stalled progress on the four lane interstate corridor and warn against “bridges to nowhere.”
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Bluefield
King Coal Highway Authority
West Virginia
King Coal
Mercer County
Greg Puckett
King Coal Highway Authority Board
Airport
Airport Road
Capito backs federal reform to speed MVP progress
Sen Shelley Moore Capito says a federal permitting reform bill could gain momentum to accelerate the Mountain Valley Pipeline. She cites seven to ten year timelines for energy projects and notes that without siting lines for transmission, wind farms or solar panels, MVP cannot proceed. The 303 mile 42 inch line runs from North Central West Virginia to Chatham Virginia and was due for completion in 2018.
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Shelley Moore Capito
R-Wva
Capito
Mountain Valley
MVR
North Central West Virginia
Chatham
Mercer County judge gives mobile home park owner until August 1 to fix issues
A status hearing in Duncan v. Smith Management LLC before Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope in Mercer County Circuit Court ordered the owner of five Mercer County mobile home parks to address problems found by the Mercer County Health Department by August 1. The case involves tenants’ concerns over rising lot rents, with Mountain State Justice handling two lawsuits.
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Princeton
Mercer County Health Department
Derek Swope
Duncan v. Smith Management LLC
Gardner Estates
Elk View
Country Roads
Delaney
Shadow Wood
Mountain State Justice
Tara Wyatt
Circuit Court
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