By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Lawmakers are spending the next three days in Central and North Central West Virginia for June legislative interim meetings, on Sunday receiving reports from state tourism and economic development officials. Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization[Read More…]

By Toni Milbourne, The Journal MARTINSBURG – After a week of preliminary contests, dance routine practices and spending time together as a group of like-minded “sisters,” Saturday evening arrived, and the final selections were made to crown Miss West Virginia and West Virginia’s Teen 2025. A portion of the evening’s[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nineteen. That’s how many homes near Johnson Road, in Kanawha County, Eric Hanson said lose their power several times a year, though not from storms. What follows, Hanson said, are long outages to which he is especially vulnerable as the user of[Read More…]

By Bruce Justice, Mingo Messenger Since first becoming fully operational in late 2022 and early 2023 under Coalfield Development’s subsidiary and Mingo County Redevelopment Authority partner — Sprouting Farms — it has been known to most people in Mingo and surrounding areas as the Blue Acre Aquaponics facility situated along[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer TRIADELPHIA — Last weekend’s flooding in Ohio County has left tired deputies and recovering communities now being targeted by looters, according to Sheriff Nelson Croft. Deputies will now be coming from other West Virginia counties to assist the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department in the coming[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia, Democratic lawmakers urged their colleagues and Gov. Patrick Morrisey to make Juneteenth an official state holiday. House Minority[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — Nature’s Air-Conditioned City will be heating up over the next couple of days. While spring was a mixed-bag for the region with cooler than normal weather outside and a lot of rain, the first week of summer looks to be hot. Today[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING – An eighth victim was added Wednesday to the list of fatalities following Saturday’s flooding in Ohio County, and officials say at least one person is still listed as missing. The eighth casualty found Wednesday was an unidentified male, officials explained. Lou Vargo, director[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A group of West Virginia’s rising leaders, experts and decision-makers were honored Wednesday evening at the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center during the State Journal’s Generation Next: 40 Under 40 celebration. For nearly two decades, the annual distinction has recognized a class[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — A U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday that has implications for medication gender affirming care across the nation could be a sign that the justices could back West Virginia’s ban on transgender participation in high school and college sports according[Read More…]