By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Joel Bacon gathers about a dozen George Washington High School students into a fancy interview room on a high-tech bus in the school parking lot and asks them where they get their news. The bus, operated by cable news network C-SPAN[Read More…]

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Federal support to insure around 9 million American children, including more than 48,000 in West Virginia, quietly expired at midnight Sunday as Congress failed to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Funded jointly by the federal and state government, CHIP has provided health[Read More…]

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Morgantown coal operator on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges that, for more than three years, he schemed to funnel illegal campaign contributions to four candidates for federal political office. James L. Laurita Jr. entered the not guilty plea during[Read More…]

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A longtime industry consultant picked by President Donald Trump to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical safety arm was involved in several major public health controversies in West Virginia. Toxicologist Michael Dourson was involved in the long saga over DuPont[Read More…]

By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Despite a drop in cigarette smoking nationwide, a new report led by a West Virginia University public health expert shows minority groups are at higher risk for tobacco-related diseases than others. Published by the National Cancer Institute and led by Linda Alexander,[Read More…]

By TAYLOR STUCK HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As early voting continues through Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice and supporters of his Road to Prosperity infrastructure plan are traveling across the state in the final push to get West Virginia voters to the polls next Saturday. The governor hopes the majority[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — In this case, it actually happens to be brain surgery. WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center took the wraps off its new Brain and Spine Clinic that will provide state of the art neurosurgery to patients in the Eastern Panhandle in a ribbon[Read More…]

By CHRISTOPHER DOWELL The State Journal CHARLESTON, w.Va.  — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is taking grant applications as part of the West Virginia Spay Neuter Program. The program was established in 2013, but was unfunded until House Bill 2552 was passed by the Legislature and signed into law[Read More…]