By RON GREGORY Staff Writer WEST HAMLIN — Lincoln County has lost one of its most influential businessmen and political leaders with the passing, Wednesday, July 2, of Wylie Stowers, 79. State and local leaders joined in mourning Stowers’ death and wished sympathy for the family he left behind. [more]
Manchin comments on Stowers' death
Governor Joe Manchin
Governor Joe Manchin issued the following statement: “Wylie Stowers was a dear friend of my Uncle A. James and that’s how I first came to know him. He will be remembered as someone who was always so gracious and welcoming, and his death is a loss not only to his family and to Lincoln County but to the entire state.”
BECKLEY, WV – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) issued the following statement on the passing of Wylie Stowers.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the Stowers family. Wylie Stowers
was a lion in Lincoln County for as long as I can remember. [more]
Rockefeller on Stowers' passing
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) released the following statement in response to the passing of Wylie Stowers, former chairman of the Lincoln County Democrat Executive Committee: “Wylie was an unmatched fixture in West Virginia. He was absolutely devoted to his family, to his state, and to his home of Lincoln County. He was also a dear and trusted friend of mine – and his friendship, support and counsel will always mean so much. My thoughts and prayers are with Wylie’s beloved family, and with his extended family of many close friends.”
Pictured above, (l-r) are Commissioners Charles McCann, Buster Stowers and Charles Vance, conferring just before Thursday’s regular session of the commission in Hamlin. Photo by Seán O’Donoghue
IN-DEPTH
By SEÁN O'DONOGHUE Managing Editor HAMLIN - After unseconded motions from Commissioner Charles Vance, and messages of both dissent and support from a number of members of the assembled public, former Lincoln County Assessor Jerry Allen Weaver remained hired last week and was due to start work in his former office yesterday, July 1. The matter was discussed at length during last Thursday's regular session of the Lincoln County Commission in Hamlin. Neither Weaver, nor Assessor Tracy Dempsey were present at the meeting last week. As reported in The Lincoln Journal previously, Weaver's appointment as a mapper and field appraiser was previously approved on a 3-0 vote by the commission at their June 5 regular session. At that time, Vance seconded Commissioner Buster Stowers' motion to hire Weaver. However, at last week's meeting, Vance reiterated that he did not know the June 5 Jerry Weaver hiring involved the Jerry Weaver who had been previously entered a guilty plea in a vote buying investigation. Vance therefore asked the commission [more]
By RON GREGORY Staff Writer HAMLIN — Two major issues raised by Lincoln County Commissioner Charles Vance regarding the employment of former Assessor Jerry Weaver appear to have been addressed, according to county officials. Vance said at a county commission meeting last week that, if he had known the Jerry Weaver being employed by Assessor Tracy Dempsey was “the same Jerry Weaver who was the assessor,” he would have asked for two opinions. First, Vance said, he would have asked for a prosecutor’s opinion on the hiring of Weaver and, second, he would have wanted an opinion from the county’s insurance carrier. Early this week, officials at [more]
Lincoln PSD General Manager Mike Mosteller speaking to the Lincoln County Commission last Thursday, before Friday’s decision.
By RON GREGORY Staff Writer ALUM CREEK — Good news came Friday, June 27, for those wanting public water services in Lincoln County. Lincoln Public Service District General Manager Mike Mosteller said that funding for a water line extension from Griffithsville to Route 34 near Hamlin was approved Friday by the West Virginia Infrastructure & Jobs Development Council. The group’s funding committee met at 9:30 a.m., Friday, in the Water Development Authority’s conference room at Northgate Business Park. [more]
