By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — A showdown could be possible between the West Virginia Board of Education and the Legislature over whether lawmakers have any legal authority to approve or reject rules approved by the state board. The board announced Monday afternoon that it[Read More…]

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell County will introduce a new program in its court system that will reunify families and support parents in overcoming their substance use disorders. Judges, child support service professionals and others gathered at the Cabell County Courthouse on Monday for the grand[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A worker for global civil engineering company Mott MacDonald LLC in Marshall County began experiencing cramps and trouble walking while surveying a steep slope for a Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline construction project. An employee of Wood County-based Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to approve a federal disaster declaration for counties affected by flash flooding in June. The West Virginia Democratic Party issued a statement Monday — one month after severe storms impacted[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, Williamson Daily News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County judge has said that an Ohio-based Catholic school cannot use funds granted from the state of West Virginia for advocacy or religious educational purposes. Previous Gazette-Mail reporting found that the West Virginia Water Development Authority granted a $5[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING — Protesters — many of them flood victims who lost their homes and belongings on June 14 in the communities of Triadelphia and Valley Grove — came out Saturday to urge President Donald Trump to sign a federal disaster declaration that will make them[Read More…]

By Tom Markland, The Journal MARTINSBURG – Independent filmmakers, screenwriters and videographers from across the state gathered in downtown Martinsburg on Saturday for the latest West Virginia Filmmakers meetup, an event aimed at building connections and strengthening the region’s growing film industry. Hosted by the West Virginia Film Makers Guild,[Read More…]

Holstein campaigns to take the position By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Matthew Herridge, the chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party, will resign at the end of July to focus more on his role as cabinet secretary for the state Department of Commerce. In[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said she supports a plan to cut federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting but believes funding for local West Virginia stations might be preserved. The U.S. Senate is expected to take up a[Read More…]

By Benjamin Powell, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — In the wake of devastating floods that struck Marion and Ohio counties in mid-June, a new, community-based initiative is rising to meet the moment.  The West Virginia People’s Flood Relief Fund held its inaugural fundraising event Wednesday at 123 Pleasant St. in[Read More…]