By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two West Virginia-based environmental groups joined the Sierra Club in a federal lawsuit filed against the Biden administration Monday over concerns that West Virginia’s mine reclamation program is dangerously underfunded. The lawsuit from the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, the West Virginia Highlands[Read More…]

By Brett Dunlap, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — State officials want to help local communities know how they can legally spend federal aid money to help repair and rebuild from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials from around the state gathered Monday at West Virginia University[Read More…]

  Release from WV Power Baseball: CHARLESTON, W.Va. (May 17, 2021) – Multi-platinum selling, Grammy and Golden Globe nominated recording artist Wiz Khalifa will burst into Appalachian Power Park for a one-night event on Friday, July 9.  Bone Thugs N Harmony and Chevy Woods will also be performing for this summer[Read More…]

Release from NRGRDA: BECKLEY, W.Va. – Two new staff have joined the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) to help boost expanded opportunities for regional community and economic development initiatives. Jenna Grayson has been named as Manager of Strategic Partnerships, and Hannah Schoolcraft, will be the new Marketing Coordinator.[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe Bluefield Daily Telegraph and J. Damon Cain The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It did not take Gov. Jim Justice long to adapt to new pandemic realities – on dropping his own mask mandate and ending unemployment benefits in a move to encourage people to go back to[Read More…]

By Kailee Kroll, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Summer programs to target learning loss are in the final preparation and registration phases as county school systems begin addressing the effects of the pandemic on education. As a result of the pandemic, student learning loss and social-emotional well-being have been adversely[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — Trillions of insects known for their bizarre appearance and their constant noise are expected to start emerging this month in parts of West Virginia and Virginia, but exactly where they will appear this year will vary. Often referred to as 17-year-locusts,[Read More…]

By Taylor Stuck, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Though some measures are popular among the American public, West Virginia officials are standing against the For the People Act, which is making its way through Congress. The Democrats’ election overhaul would effectively neuter voter ID laws, put in place national automatic voter[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The climate is changing more because West Virginia’s economy is changing less. West Virginia’s per capita energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were third-highest in the country in 2018 and decreased less than 14% from 1990 to 2018, according to a Charleston Gazette-Mail analysis[Read More…]

By Evan Bevins, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginians fully vaccinated against COVID-19 won’t have to wait for the state mask mandate to be officially lifted on June 20. During his regular briefing Friday, Gov. Jim Justice announced he was signing an executive order modifying the[Read More…]