By Tabitha Johnston, The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN — The final event held in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Bee Line March was held at Morgan’s Grove Park and in downtown Shepherdstown on Saturday. Two hundred fifty years ago, the Second Continental Congress called for 10 companies of riflemen from[Read More…]

By Brett Dunlap, Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — Representatives of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to discuss the state’s largest medical school and its presence in the area. The school’s main campus is in Lewisburg, but its 10-county Central[Read More…]

WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — St. Joseph’s Hospital of Buckhannon Inc. is appealing a decision by the West Virginia Health Care Authority that allows Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Co.  to relocate its hospital without obtaining a Certificate of Need. The case, St. Joseph’s Hospital of Buckhannon Inc. vs.[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Upstairs on the second floor of the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center, the Braxton County Monster lurked. Portrayed by Greg Popovich, the iconic green and red cryptid roamed among other visitors who came out for Fairmont’s Second Annual Veggie[Read More…]

By Toni Milbourne, The Journal CHARLES TOWN — Storms arrived with a vengeance in the Eastern Panhandle Wednesday evening, bringing significant damage to the Charles Town area specifically. Interim City Manager Alissa Meeks shared that based on assessments after the storms left the area, the bulk of the damage appeared[Read More…]

By Erik Anderson, Spirit of Jefferson CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The Jefferson County Commission voted unanimously on July 8 to dissolve and reconfigure the board of the Jefferson County Development Authority (JCDA), drawing criticism from some former board members. Commissioners say the change was necessary to ensure the JCDA becomes[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., urged Russell Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, to restore $6 billion in education funding to public schools nationwide. President Donald Trump’s administration withheld previously approved money from schools nationwide hours before[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — A member of the Mercer County Commission is hoping to follow Raleigh County’s lead on regulating vape shops. Mercer County Commissioner Greg Puckett said he is working with Prosecuting Attorney Brian Cochran to draft an ordinance that mirrors a plan adopted earlier[Read More…]

By Bruce Justice, Mingo Messenger WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — In the less than two weeks she’s been on the job, newly state-appointed Mingo County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joetta Basile has been busy dividing her time between getting to know her department directors and conducting meetings — taking what she refers to[Read More…]

New Initiative Will Serve All West Virginia Students—Public, Private, and Homeschooled  West Virginia Press Association FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The GameChanger Board of Directors is proposing budgeting an amount exceeding one million dollars toward the development of GameChanger University, a groundbreaking online platform designed to provide state-of-the-art prevention education focused on opioid and substance[Read More…]