By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Arguing that they were not violating judicial ethics by raising issues about West Virginia’s foster care and child welfare system, Circuit Court judges Tim Sweeney and Maryclaire Akers filed objections to recent admonishments. Third Judiciary Circuit Court Judge Sweeney[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, The Register-Herald FAIRMONT — As the president’s budget reconciliation bill moves closer to signage, concerns mount over the harm it will do to West Virginia residents. “There are certain areas that, regardless, we as a state have to protect our citizens,” W.Va. Del. Mike DeVault, R-74 (Marion),[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story is part one of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when trying to obtain benefits. KEGLEY – Seventy-one-year-old Danny Johnson[Read More…]

By Tabitha Johnston, The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History & Education held an open house on Saturday to introduce its new director, archivist and administrative assistant to the public. Founding director and board of directors executive committee co-chair Ray Smock played a vital[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON – West Virginia closed the books on fiscal year 2025 Monday, meeting its constitutional obligation to not go into the red. But Gov. Patrick Morrisey and lawmakers are already looking ahead at rocky financial seas. According to the monthly report released Tuesday[Read More…]

By Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post WHITE HALL — No buildings were ablaze when the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation call near Fairmont last week. The incendiary simmering, instead, was coming from about 40 feet underground. A coal seam fire that has plagued houses and[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Moorefield Examiner MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — On a sweltering Friday night after two weeks of seeing the region battered by dangerously violent storms, Moorefield Volunteer Fire Department member Eric Crites manned a booth at the Fireman’s Carnival. Carnivals used to be sure fire winners as fundraisers. On[Read More…]

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — Gina Turner was homeless for about 10 years. Within a month of being in Huntington, she was housed. When she first arrived in the city, Turner slept on a friend’s couch before exploring resources through Volunteers of America and Veterans Homeless Resource Center[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON (WV News) — The public soon will be able to see how cities and counties have used their share of opioid settlement funds, according to officials with the West Virginia First Foundation. The foundation is in the process of collecting reports from city and[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has nominated Moore Capito and Matthew Harvey to be the U.S. Attorneys in West Virginia, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced in a social media post Tuesday. Moore Capito, the senior West Virginia senator’s son, was nominated for the[Read More…]