By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s Greenbrier Sporting Club property has been slated for auction as a Virginia bank looks to collect on hundreds of millions of dollars of debt Justice and his family have admitted they owe it. A Gazette-Mail legal advertisement Tuesday listed[Read More…]

By Steve Keenan, The Register-Herald HICO, W.Va. — Full-throated enthusiasm from eager Fayette County school children greeted Babydog — and the man she accompanies around the state, Gov. Jim Justice — on Monday at Midland Trail High School. Many of those same children who relished their time with the English[Read More…]

Also recommends bill prohibiting ‘non-binary’ from birth certificates By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill touted by some last week as a “Women’s Bill of Rights” that would limit access to certain spaces by transgender women is on the move, along with another bill that[Read More…]

By Warren Scott, The Weirton Daily Times FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. — On Monday, Follansbee Council learned of plans by a local environmental group to monitor air pollution from local industries and was asked to assist with repairs to the Follansbee Library. Frank Rocchio, president of Ohio Valley Environmental Advocates; and Yuri[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The president of the West Virginia Education Association has urged state lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at addressing student discipline issues. Dale Lee, speaking to members of the West Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Education Monday, said teachers are increasingly[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Senate Military Committee, on Monday, advanced three separate pieces of legislation, each administrative in nature.  The first bill before committee members — SB 554, introduced by Sen, Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia — seeks to prohibit “certain persons from receiving compensation for[Read More…]

By Tom Markland, The Journal HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. – Panelists gathered in Harpers Ferry on Saturday, sharing memories of Storer College, what it was like to be a student there and the impact it had on the community at the time. Storer College, a historically black college, ran for 88[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Suzanne King of Kanawha City regularly wipes away coal dust that penetrates screens and settles on her porch furniture. Living near tracks on which trains — often over 100 cars long — transport coal and chemicals, King said she feels more prepared[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Vape shops are becoming a common sight in the region’s counties and towns, so the city of Bluefield is considering a zoning ordinance which would regulate where future vape stores can be opened. A possible zoning ordinance for vape shops was[Read More…]