West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston has awarded projects involving hundreds of thousands of state and federal dollars to the consulting firm that employs his son.
“I have had a lot of phone calls from bus drivers and truck drivers. They are seriously worried about these bridges and how safe they really are,” said Jan Hite King.
A man behind bars for five years without trial -- its just one example of a worsening situation with criminal cases dragging for years in Cabell County.
A Putnam County utility is serving notice on residents who block access to its fire hydrants, the direct result of an ongoing WSAZ investigation into the challenges firefighters face with hydrants.
More than a week after half of West Virginia’s water districts failed to comply with a state investigation, the state’s Public Service Commission is now threatening punishment for those that do not respond by Aug. 25.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission had ordered the state’s 301 regulated water utilities to comply with an investigative order for information about hydrant maintenance and testing.
Those issues include -- the now head of the agency -- awarding projects with hundreds of thousands of state and federal dollars to the company where his son works.