Ken Ward

Jan 16, 2025 | mountainstatespotlight.org | Ken Ward

Sen. Jim Justice skipped his first two opportunities to give West Virginians their say on the floor of the United States Senate. The Senate website lists him as “Not Voting” on recorded votes that took place Wednesday at 5:57 p.m. and 6:39 p.m.As West Virginia’s governor, Justice was consistently late, refused to live in Charleston and focused on his private business affairs. The two votes Justice missed were on amendments to the Laken Riley Act.

Nov 8, 2024 | mountainstatespotlight.org | Ken Ward

The votes are counted. The results have been announced. On Tuesday, West Virginians elected a new U.S. senator and congressman, a new governor and a lot of new legislators. West Virginians helped re-elect a president. It’s been a long few months for our state, for our nation and for our newsroom. But our work won’t stop. In fact, the results make our journalism even more important. Someone has to keep an eye on how often soon-to-be Sen. Jim Justice shows up to vote.

Nov 3, 2024 | mountainstatespotlight.org | Ken Ward

Back in July, we asked incumbent state Del. Marty Gearheart if he had anything to add to his answers to questions about community redevelopment, the high costs of medical insurance and homelessness. “It seems to me you address a lot of issues that are far afield for what I address and my party addresses,” Gearheart said.

Aug 28, 2024 | seenandheard-international.com | Ken Ward

Austria St Florianer Brucknertage – Bruckner: Altomonte Orchestra / Rémy Ballot (conductor). St Florian Monastery, Austria, 23 & 24.8.2024. (KW)Bruckner – Fragments of the Finale of the Ninth Symphony (with spoken introduction and commentary by Prof. Felix Diergarten); Symphony No. 9. This concert was dedicated to the memory of the founder of the Altomonte Orchestra, a cellist and a delightful, friendly and cheerful man, Thomas Wall, who died in May this year.

Jun 20, 2024 | ceoutlook.com | Ken Ward |Amy Gilroy

By Ken WardI would like to present a few points on why vehicle specific systems are good for the industry, which I offer as a different angle to Mr. Retail’s editorial here. Sure, there are some challenges to developing and marketing vehicle-specific audio. Since the sales volume for a vehicle specific speaker will always be a fraction of a universal-fit speaker, it can be difficult to recoup R&D or tooling (and some speakers I see on the market obviously didn’t get much of either).