From the West Virginia Press Association: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the West Virginia Legislature prepares for its 2018 regular session, the state’s newspaper industry is preparing its extensive coverage plans, including a new 30-minute weekly video program. “West Virginia Press Insight” will offer viewers a look at legislative and news coverage from community[Read More…]
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Natural gas storage hub in Appalachia clears hurdle
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A hurdle has been cleared in the development of an underground natural gas liquids storage hub that industry representatives said could create thousands of jobs and encourage billions of dollars of development in Appalachia. Appalachia Development Group LLC of[Read More…]
West Virginia meteorologists call present cold front ‘out of the ordinary’
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Frigid temperatures settled into the region days ago, and according to weather officials, the single and below zero digits have stuck around long enough to be called “out of the ordinary.” A jet-stream has made its way over the region, including Fayette,[Read More…]
Cabell County led West Virginia in overdose deaths in 2017; non-fatal pace slowing
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than 20 percent of West Virginia’s overdose deaths last year were suffered in Cabell County, which led the state’s 55 counties for a second consecutive year with a record 152 deaths in 2017, according to the latest data from the West Virginia[Read More…]
West Virginia secretary of state to enforce ban on anonymous campaign ads
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner plans to enforce a state law that bars anonymous campaign mailers, even though Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has called the law unconstitutional, Warner’s office said Wednesday. The state law aims to rein-in anonymous political attack[Read More…]
In a first for West Virginia, WVU Heart and Vascular Institute team implants life-saving heart pump
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A 62-year-old Maryland man with a failing heart has received a permanent heart pump in an operation performed for the first time in West Virginia. A team of specialists at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute(HVI) on Dec. 11 installed the pump, known as a[Read More…]
Two more women say West Virginia correctional officers abused them
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two more women have filed lawsuits saying they were sexually abused by correctional officers while they were in the state’s custody. With the two lawsuits filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court on Tuesday, a total of five lawsuits have been filed by[Read More…]
‘Everybody’s going to know Fairmont State in West Virginia’
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Dr. Mirta Martin woke up in the new year in her home at the Shaw House, still feeling as though it is a hotel stay. She headed to her office in Hardway Hall, featuring unpacked boxes rather than decor. New Fairmont[Read More…]
American Federation of Teachers meets with local West Virginian legislators
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – On Wednesday night, members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) held a conference at the Disability Action Center, where they voiced their concerns with district and state legislators. The AFT organized the annual meeting in the wake of the upcoming West Virginia[Read More…]
West Virginia Economic Development Authority approves $5M loan approved Armstrong Flooring expansion
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Funding for an expansion project at Armstrong Flooring has been approved by the West Virginia Economic Development Authority. Robbie Morris, executive director of the Randolph County Development Authority, announced during the RCDA’s regular meeting Wednesday that the WVEDA board of directors recently[Read More…]
