By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — When a Jeep started floating by Logan Siburt’s window on June 15, he and his family knew it was time to leave their second floor apartment. Siburt was one of the residents left stranded by the Fairmont Village Apartment building’s partial collapse[Read More…]

By Anna Goldizen, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Daily Athenaeum’s print newspaper will be inserted in The Charleston Gazette-Mail beginning in August, among other changes to the publication in the upcoming academic year. The DA will now hit newsstands on Thursdays rather than Wednesdays, according to WVU Student[Read More…]

The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia has secured just under $100 million in federal funding to assist in maintaining and improving water and sewer systems. The state’s Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council (IJDC) invested $19,793,400 in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water[Read More…]

By Amanda Larch Hinchman for The Herald-Dispatch HURRICANE, W.Va. — Modified route options for Appalachian Power’s Bancroft-Milton Transmission Line Rebuild Project were introduced to the public during open houses Tuesday and Wednesday. Hurricane resident Julie Walker said there are two possible route options for the area where her neighborhood is[Read More…]

By Steve Keenan, The Register-Herald BECKLEY — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the concept of protecting religious liberty for state families. At the same time as he stressed the importance of allowing religious exemptions for vaccine requirements, Morrisey drew positive response from a[Read More…]

By Rebecca Hempleman, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s honeybees population decline is estimated at about 40% this year, according to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. A drought last year, bad weather and an invasive species called the Varroa mite all have led to a record high number[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram ROANOKE, W.Va. (WV News) — Work on the future site of the West Virginia Consolidated State Laboratory facility officially got underway Tuesday, according to the project manager. The $250 million, 288,000-square-foot facility is expected to be completed by spring 2028, said Rodney Pauley of[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At an interim legislative session meeting Sunday, a panel of West Virginia lawmakers got an update from the head of the state Office of Energy on a Morrisey administration reassessment of the state’s economic development strategy. But the meeting yielded more questions[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey said that all West Virginia National Guard personnel in Qatar are accounted for and safe following retaliatory bombing by Iran of an air base after the U.S. bombed suspected nuclear facilities in Iran. In a statement[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News ROANOKE, W.Va. (WV News) — State lawmakers were advised to be wary of some upcoming base-building budget items during interim committee meetings Monday morning. Dr. Peter Shirley, deputy secretary of the state Department of Revenue, who addressed a meeting of the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee[Read More…]