By Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post FAIRMONT — It didn’t take long for Michael Meade to run an inventory of the contents of his apartment Monday. “OK, that’s my bed and that’s my couch,” he said. “The other stuff, I can’t tell.” He was pointing to a pile of rubble[Read More…]
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Tuition Up, Enrollment Down as WVU Sets $1.29 Billion Budget for 2025-26
By Ben Conley for The Intelligencer MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University Board of Governors has adopted a $1.29-billion spending plan for the upcoming 2026 fiscal year. As has been the trend, enrollment numbers and tuition rates continue to creep in opposite directions. The budget anticipates collecting $550,493,000 in tuition[Read More…]
No paid holiday for W.Va. public workers for Juneteenth
By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON – A West Virginia county sought clarification regarding state law after a spokesperson for Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Juneteenth would not be considered a state paid holiday for public workers. In an advisory opinion issued Monday to Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph[Read More…]
Toyota West Virginia plants apple orchard to remember post-9/11 veterans
By Wade Sullivan, The Herald-Dispatch BUFFALO, W.Va. — Toyota West Virginia dedicated a 55-tree apple orchard in memory of post-9/11 service men and women at its plant near Buffalo on Tuesday. The orchard is in collaboration with the West Virginia Gold Star Mothers and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.[Read More…]
Consequences continue to mount for disgraced prosecuting attorney
By Esteban Fernandez, The Register-Herald BECKLEY — Former County Prosecuting Attorney Ben Hatfield has a fourth lawsuit filed against him. The woman who previously accused Hatfield of coercing her into sex filed a civil lawsuit against Hatfield on June 5. She alleges Hatfield used the power of his office to[Read More…]
Officials ID Six Flood Victims; 3 Still Missing
By Eric Ayres, The Intelligencer WHEELING — Officials on Monday released the names of six victims who lost their lives in the deadly flash flooding in the Triadelphia and Wheeling areas Saturday night. Officials with the Ohio County Emergency Management Agency, Ohio County Sheriff’s Office, Wheeling Police Department and Wheeling[Read More…]
Gov. Morrisey surveys flooding damage, gives Fairmont briefing
By Eric Cravey, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — With more rain in the forecast and the swiftness of Sunday’s flash flooding still on his mind, Gov. Patrick Morrisey urged caution Monday. In a meeting with state and local officials at the Marion County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the[Read More…]
Thousands turn out for Skaff visitation and celebration of life at Culture Center
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several thousand family, friends and well-wishers turned out Monday to say goodbye to Doug Skaff Jr. At the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, the line snaked around two sides of the Culture Center and back onto itself with people waiting for hours to visit[Read More…]
West Virginia to receive $53M through Sackler family opioid settlement
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — West Virginia could receive up to $53 million over the next nine years from a proposed settlement between the Sackler family — the owners of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma — and attorneys general in all 50 states and U.S.[Read More…]
Residents Stunned by Destruction in Wake of Flooding
By Eric Ayres and Derek Redd, The Intelligencer TRIADELPHIA — Brenda White was walking past one of the windows at the back of her home on Mink Avenue in Triadelphia on Saturday night when she called to her husband Greg to look at the swiftly rising creek waters. Wondering whether[Read More…]