Press release from The Fix ‘Em Clinic, March 28, 2019 CHARLESTON, W. Va. — The Fix ’Em Clinic recently announced its receipt of a $20,000 grant from PetSmart Charities, the leading funder of animal welfare in North America, to help fuel spay and neuter efforts in Southern West Virginia. Funds[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Thursday, March 28
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, March 28, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HIJACKED TANKER ARRIVES SAFELY IN MALTA A Maltese special operations team boards a vessel that[Read More…]
2019 Make it Shine Statewide Cleanup underway across West Virginia
The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Volunteers across the state are rallying to improve their local parks, public spaces, waterways, hiking trails, sidewalks and streets by participating in the Department of Environmental Protection’s WV Make it Shine Statewide Cleanup, which takes place in April. AmeriCorps VISTA and Elkins Make it Shine[Read More…]
Lawsuit: Former Bishop Michael Bransfield ‘sexual predator’ and ‘binge drinker’
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A civil lawsuit filed in Ohio County Circuit Court alleges Bishop Michael Bransfield to be “a sexual predator” prone to binge drinking liquor, then molesting young men. The suit filed Friday lists the complainant only as someone with the[Read More…]
W.Va.’s road maintenance list underlines shortages of workers, equipment
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Inside the towering stack of binders now in West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s possession is a list of every road in the state that needs some sort of attention, but the biggest roadblock will not be tackling the list, but finding the[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court upholds excessive force lawsuit against Mt. Olive
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court handed down a ruling Monday that will allow an excessive force lawsuit against guards at Mount Olive Correctional Complex to progress in Kanawha County. The court upheld a ruling by Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit, who denied[Read More…]
WVU’s HAPI Project/Healthy Start Program receives $5.47 million for next five years
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants Project received a total of $5.47 million in continued federal funding for the next five years through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health. Healthy Start aims to improve health[Read More…]
Women at WVU-Parkersburg symposium urged to seek potential and dreams
By JEFF BAUGHAN The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia University at Parkersburg hosted “The Climb Symposium: A Celebration of Women’s History Month” as part of National Women’s History Month on Tuesday at the school. The symposium had two panel discussions with local women in academia, government[Read More…]
WV Secretary of Transportation White pledges to improve state roads
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A 21-inch stack of “wish lists” from the 10 West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) district managers was being reviewed Tuesday by Gov. Jim Justice and newly-appointed Secretary of Transportation Byrd White III. White said managers had submitted their lists — which have more[Read More…]
