By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Blessed with cooperative state agriculture officials, new federal regulations and helpful law enforcement agencies, West Virginia’s hemp industry is showing promise, according to the owners of a Spa City cannabidiol (CBD) extraction laboratory. With a farm bill signed into law[Read More…]
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Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau reports rise in West Virginia tourism
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel VIENNA, W.Va. — The Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau says West Virginia tourism has seen a significant increase in visits and revenue. Thursday night’s annual meeting of the CVB at Grand Pointe Conference Center in Vienna hosted over 60 attendees, ranging from[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, February 25
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT TOOK BEST PICTURE AT OSCARS In an upset, the segregation-era road-trip drama “Green Book”[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Monday, Feb. 25
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 48th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Morgan County Day, Upper House Rotunda; Civil Air Patrol Day, Upper Senate Rotunda. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On The Agenda The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS[Read More…]
Media Alert: Press conference 1 p.m. Monday on Medicaid Work Mandate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Health care providers, advocates have set a press conference to urge the W.Va. Legislature to reject Medicaid work mandate. The participants will urge the Legislature to reject “sneak attack” on health care. They will request “more review of the high cost to state, negative impact on hospitals and[Read More…]
Mercer County, W.Va., landslide halts travel: Heavy rains wash mud down onto Route 112, closing the road
By EMILY D. COPPOLA Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUE FIELD, W.Va. — that occurred as a result of heavy rainfall accumulations. Aside from the considerable amount of earth displaced by the slide, a house, knocked off of its foundation, has slid down the hill. Instead of its original placement, it is[Read More…]
Funding awarded to expand bike trail in southern West Virginia
By Wendy Holdren The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The New River Gorge Trail Alliance (NRGTA) announced that it has received a $60,000 technical assistance grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to continue building a regionally-connected bike trail system in southern West Virginia. This grant builds off a previous $140,000 feasibility[Read More…]
Editorial: School ‘reform’ debacle taught West Virginians many lessons
From the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: Unless a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates finds an obscure legislative rule and is determined to commit political suicide, the omnibus education “reform” bill that originated in the state Senate is dead for this session. Good riddance. The bill died last week[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Legislature should revive some SB 451 Initiatives
From the Wheeling News-Register: Seldom has the old lament about throwing the baby out with the bathwater been more appropriate than it is regarding West Virginia Senate Bill 451. As a result of a strike by members of public school unions, the measure was killed last week by the House[Read More…]
Editorial: Legal advertisements vital for citizens to stay informed
From the Register-Herald of Beckeley: If someone living just down the street planned to open a business that might change the nature of your neighborhood, you would want to know about that. The same is likely true if a government entity planned to build a road through your property or[Read More…]
