West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Charleston Dirty Birds kicked off their 2024 season Thursday evening, when they welcomed the Staten Island Ferryhawks to a packed house at GoMart Ballpark. And with a new club manager in P.J. Phillips, and only one player – designated hitter[Read More…]
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State Gives Mt. Zion Cemetery $2 million for clean up
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer MOZART, W.Va. – The Mt. Zion Cemetery Association received $2 million from the state of West Virginia Thursday to begin clean up and restoration following a landslide there earlier this month — but officials with the cemetery aren’t sure how far the money is going[Read More…]
PSC gas outage inquiry finds WVAW lacking in formal policies, customized records
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia American Water has reported lacking formal written policies and customized records containing information requested by state utility regulators in their investigation of the utility’s practices following an extended gas outage that hit Charleston’s West Side in November 2023. The state’s[Read More…]
Editorial: A close look needed at state budget
The Weirton Daily Times Gov. Jim Justice claims there was no reason for lawmakers to have cut so much from the budget after learning the state was waiting for a federal waiver they say they knew nothing about. But taxpayers can’t blame them for it. They did exactly the right[Read More…]
Memorial to fallen Gassaway police officer to be dedicated May 3
Braxton Citizens’ News GASSAWAY, W.Va. — A memorial will be dedicated to the only Gassaway Police Officer ever killed in the line of duty on Friday, May 3. Community residents and organizations have come together to fund and erect a special bench in memory of fallen Police Chief Ord Thompson.[Read More…]
‘Death by a thousand cuts:’ EPA releases final rule stakeholders say will shutter West Virginia’s coal plants
By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. EPA released the final version of its new rules regulating coal-fired power plants Thursday morning. West Virginia coal industry stakeholders have warned the rules mean the effective elimination of the state’s remaining coal-powered electrical generation facilities and officials have been vowing to[Read More…]
Ground broken on state’s newest RV campground in Monongalia County
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice and other officials broke ground on the state’s newest RV campground and resort at Mylan Park. The RV Park is an $11 million state-of-the-art campground that will feature 169 RV sites, cabins, a clubhouse, and other camping amenities. This project sits[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court overturns Intermediate Court for 1st time
Justices’ ruling breaks big new legal ground By Matt Harvey, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a ruling by the fledgling Intermediate Court of Appeals for the first time, and clarified workers’ compensation law in the process. In an opinion authored by Justice[Read More…]
Morgantown High School captures second consecutive Academic Showdown championship
West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In a nail biter that saw an overtime round and a forced final match, Morgantown High School edged out Bluefield to claim its second consecutive Academic Showdown state title. However, unlike in 2023, it was the competitor’s from Morgantown’s Team One[Read More…]
Justice: Laws need changed on child abuse disclosure, but hands tied federally
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday that while he would support changing state laws to lessen restrictions on the kinds of information West Virginia human resources officials can disclose when the death of a child is involved, he said[Read More…]