By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia U.S. Senate candidates’ campaigns have netted over $4 million in contributions in the 2024 election cycle, with most of that collected by Gov. Jim Justice and Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., as they vie for the Republican Senate nomination. The campaign[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Monday he would challenge another decision of a federal appeals court to the U.S. Supreme Court after it said West Virginia could not deny Medicaid coverage for gender reassignment surgeries. In an 8-6[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A siting certificate for a gas-turbine wholesale plant capable of supplying electricity to 1.8 million homes yearly was approved Monday by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. A Commission staff memo estimated the total investment in construction and the facilities in Doddridge County at $3.3 billion,[Read More…]

By Logan Cottrell, The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The results of the 25th annual American Lung Association State of the Air Report are in, and it looks good for West Virginia. “The American Lung Association’s 25th annual State of the Air Report shows healthy levels of pollution” in West[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly one year after the federal government awarded West Virginia more than $1.2 billion for broadband expansion, West Virginia was one of three states whose plan to implement that expansion was approved. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration[Read More…]

By Fred Pace, HD Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Workforce and criminal justice leaders from across West Virginia will join forces next week for a screening of the documentary “Being Free,” from producers of the award-winning PBS series, “Roadtrip Nation.” The film — which follows the journey of three formerly incarcerated[Read More…]

By Shelley Hanson, The Intelligencer BENWOOD, W.Va. — West Virginia workers who died this year and decades ago were remembered Sunday during a memorial ceremony at St. John’s Fellowship Hall in Benwood. The event was organized by West Virginia AFL-CIO and the Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler Central Labor Council. The featured[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Before completing his senior year of high school in Beckley, Billy F. Garretson left to join the U.S. Army, serving from 1958 to 1964. Though he graduated from a military academy, worked as a minister for decades and earned other educational[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Charleston Dirty Birds kicked off their 2024 season Thursday evening, when they welcomed the Staten Island Ferryhawks to a packed house at GoMart Ballpark. And with a new club manager in P.J. Phillips, and only one player – designated hitter[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer MOZART, W.Va. – The Mt. Zion Cemetery Association received $2 million from the state of West Virginia Thursday to begin clean up and restoration following a landslide there earlier this month — but officials with the cemetery aren’t sure how far the money is going[Read More…]