By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule targeting a kind of harmful air pollution that has been disproportionately pervasive in West Virginia. The EPA’s final rule released Saturday for gas and oil operations is designed to significantly lower methane emissions —[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WASHINGTON, DC — Calling it a matter of national security, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., wants border security issues to be included in an appropriations bill for Israel, Ukraine and Tawain. Capito, who has been an outspoken critic of the Biden administration’s immigration[Read More…]

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington-area residents who want to try an electric car free for two weeks will get their chance soon. Huntington is one of the first two locations in West Virginia participating in a Tennessee Tech University project sponsored by the U.S. Department of[Read More…]

By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced he would not run for reelection, most pundits declared it a foregone conclusion that the election would be decided in the Republican primary pitting Gov. Jim Justice against Congressman Alex Mooney, R-W.Va. Most media (on the national level, The Guardian being[Read More…]

By Tyler Kennett, WV News WHEELING, W.Va — It’s hard to bet against Dave Walker when he’s coaching Martinsburg football. He’s built different. “You can tell how smart he is,” Martinsburg quarterback Murphy Clement said of Walker’s return to Martinsburg in 2023. “He’s been around for a while. You notice[Read More…]

Fairmont Senior wins AA state football championship, 49-48 over cross county rival North Marion By Nick Henthorn, for the Times West Virginian WHEELING, W.Va. — North Marion and Fairmont Senior play every year, but they had not played in the state championship since 1981. In their first meetup in over[Read More…]

By Jay W. Bennett, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHEELING, W.Va. — Greenbrier West’s vaunted defense was no match for No. 3 Williamstown here Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium as the Yellowjackets capped a 14-0 campaign and back-to-back Class A state championships after securing a 42-12 victory against the[Read More…]

By Toni Milbourne, The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A weeks-long effort by Jefferson County Commissioners Jennifer Krouse and Tricia Jackson to refuse to vote on a replacement for an open seat ended Thursday as the two were ordered by Judge Bridget Cohee to attend a scheduled special meeting and[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal grand jury in Charleston has charged five former correctional officers in connection with a 2022 fatal assault on inmate Quantez Burks, 37, at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver less than a day after his arrival. A sixth was charged[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is continuing his fight to keep former President Donald Trump’s name on the 2024 ballot not just in West Virginia, but in other states as well. Morrisey, a Republican, announced that West Virginia has now[Read More…]