Ken Ward Jr.
5 posts
West Virginians Were Promised an Economic Revival. It Hasn’t Happened Yet.
The coal industry continues to decline. Natural gas isn’t bringing the prosperity it promised, and now the pandemic…
November 2, 2020
An Employee at a Private Sports Club Owned by This Billionaire Governor Tested Positive for Coronavirus
After complaints alleging lax reopening practices at Gov. Jim Justice’s luxury resort, a kitchen employee has tested positive…
July 7, 2020
Lawmakers Call for Ethics Reform to Deal With Billionaire Resort-Owning Governor
West Virginia legislators want Gov. Jim Justice to put The Greenbrier in a blind trust after a Charleston…
August 22, 2019
Welcome to the Greenbrier, the Governor-Owned Luxury Resort Filled With Conflicts of Interest
Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia’s richest man and owns its most storied resort. When lobbyists and state…
August 16, 2019
‘What Happened’: Hillary Clinton on ‘Country Roads,’ the coalfields, the quote and Don Blankenship
This article was originally published on Coal Tattoo, a blog by the Charleston Gazette-Mail. We certainly wrote a…
September 14, 2017