HUNTINGTON â A public meeting of the Cabell County Airport Authority regarding the future of the Robert Newlon Airport is scheduled for noon Thursday.
The May 13 agenda says the meeting will take place in the Cabell County Commission chambers and is to discuss the âCommissionâs proposal to sell the county airport property to the Authority.â
Controversy regarding the Airport Authority erupted in November 2020 after the commission attempted to pass a resolution to dissolve it permanently. The Airport Authority is comprised of five members appointed by the County Commission. It has two Democrats, two Republicans and one county commissioner.
At that meeting, nearly two dozen people spoke against the resolution and said it was an attempt that would also lead to terminating the 30-year lease agreement the Airport Authority has with Carl Bailey, owner of the Fly In Cafe at the airport. Bailey began managing the airport in 2006.
HUNTINGTON â The Cabell County Commission will discuss letters regarding utility rate increases at its Thursday meeting.
According to the agenda for the meeting, the letters are about rate increases from West Virginia American Water and AEP. Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 13, at the Cabell County Courthouse.
Another agenda item is the commitment of funds for the Cabell-Huntington-Wayne Home Investment Trust Fund. This topic was recently discussed at a Huntington City Council meeting. Council members approved a resolution of commitment on Monday.
Cabell County Commissioners are also expected to discuss purchasing a parking lot near 4 1/2 Alley and 7th Street. The agenda includes an executive session regarding opioid litigation.
CHARLESTON – The landmark federal trial against drug distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health over their role in the opioid epidemic began May 3 in Charleston.
During Monday s opening arguments for the bench trial at the federal courthouse, attorneys for the plaintiffs – the City of Huntington and the Cabell County Commission – told Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Faber they plan to put forth records and testimony showing the drug distributors knew their role in the crisis and could foresee the harm.
Meanwhile, the defendants said the plaintiffs couldn’t prove a direct causal link between distribution and the crisis. Williams
CHARLESTON – The landmark federal trial against drug distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health over their role in the opioid epidemic began May 3 in Charleston.
During Monday s opening arguments for the bench trial at the federal courthouse, attorneys for the plaintiffs – the City of Huntington and the Cabell County Commission – told Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Faber they plan to put forth records and testimony showing the drug distributors knew their role in the crisis and could foresee the harm.
Meanwhile, the defendants said the plaintiffs couldn’t prove a direct causal link between distribution and the crisis. Williams
CHARLESTON – As the trial date looms next week, a federal judge again has denied motions for summary judgment from the defendant opioid distributors.
On April 28, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Faber denied a motion for summary judgment regarding nuisance filed by the defendant companies AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. He also denied their motion for summary judgment on proximate causation grounds and McKesson s motion for dismissal on derivative sovereign immunity grounds. He also denied a motion filed by plaintiffs Cabell County Commission and the City of Huntington holding that Cardinal Health did not comply with its duties under the Controlled Substances Act.