By Evan Bevins, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A former Parkersburg City Councilman was close to Wednesday’s chaos at the U.S. Capitol. Eric Barber said he was in Washington, D.C., to attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was[Read More…]
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Huntington, Cabell County opioid trial to start in May after pandemic delays
By Courtney Hessler, The Herald Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As attorneys attempt to navigate uncharted waters created by the COVID-19 pandemic, sides met via a video conference Wednesday in an effort to push a Cabell County and Huntington lawsuit against opioid distributors forward. During the hearing, a new trial date[Read More…]
Manchin: Trump to blame for Georgia losses
By Jess Mancini, The Inter-Mountain WASHINGTON — Republican losses in Tuesday’s runoff elections for U.S. Senate in Georgia where the Democrats may pick up both seats fall on President Donald Trump, a senator from West Virginia said on Wednesday. He’s the leader of the Republican Party and the “Trump Train,” U.S. Sen.[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia with 94,678 positive cases, 1,516 deaths, 60,933 vaccines administered as of 10 a.m. today
Free testing sites listed; Harvard Global Health COVID Map not available today WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 94,678 Current Active Cases –[Read More…]
Struggling West Virginia restaurant owners, managers find Greenbrier party hard to swallow
By Maria Young, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Matt Welsch, owner of Vagabond Kitchen in Wheeling, said he typically does several thousand dollars’ worth of business on New Year’s Eve. Last week, he shut the doors instead. “We did nothing,” Welsch said. “Considering where everything’s at and our [statewide COVID-19][Read More…]
Dam replacement at Glenwood Park granted almost $4M in federal funds by Manchin, Capito
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph GLENWOOD, W.Va. — A project to replace the dam at Glenwood Park may begin soon as an almost $4 million grant has been approved for the work. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito made the grant announcement Tuesday, saying the more than $3.7[Read More…]
Project tracks final resting place of West Virginians lost during Vietnam War
HD Media, The Herald Dispatch WAYNE, W.Va. — More than a half-century after small-arms fire killed Sgt. Archie Melvin Ellyson in a Vietnam battlefield southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Linda Whaley found him in England. The soldier from Richwood was the last of 734 servicemen Whaley tracked to ensure[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Mountain State Maple Days set
The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — The West Virginia Maple Syrup Producer’s Association is thrilled to announce the 2021 Mountain State Maple Days will be taking place on two separate days: Saturday, Feb. 20, and Saturday, March 20, across the state. This event celebrates West Virginia’s growing maple syrup industry by[Read More…]
‘Food for thought’: How West Virginia parents can help children develop a positive self-image and relationship with food
From WVU Today: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As a new year begins – and the inevitable wave of health-related resolutions go into effect – one West Virginia University researcher reminds parents in particular of the critical role they play when it comes to shaping their children’s self-image and lifelong relationship with food. According to Elizabeth[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice denies involvement in videoed New Year’s Eve party, calls it ‘a political hit’
By Bradley Heltzel, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice denied any involvement or responsibility for a large gathering held at The Greenbrier resort on New Year’s Eve that went viral on social media over the weekend, during his Monday press briefing. Instead, the second-term governor labeled[Read More…]
