By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The interest rate for the first GARVEE bond sale is lower than state officials initially expected. In a Friday news release, Gov. Jim Justice announced the interest rate for the first GARVEE bond sale of $260 million is 2.145 percent. The bond sale[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nine former students of a now-closed boarding school have filed lawsuits this month saying they suffered severe abuse as part of a “culture of silence and secrecy” among officials at two schools in West Virginia and Tennessee. The lawsuits, filed in Kanawha[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In Iceland, drug, alcohol and tobacco use in teens has been “virtually eradicated” as a result of a nationwide push to replace teens’ unsupervised, aimless leisure time with purposeful, organized activities. Now, a West Virginia University researcher is transplanting the program to West Virginia and[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — How important is a national “drug czar” to the county level fight against the opioid crisis? Quite important, say Berkeley County officials who work in the drug recovery field, who cited the need to have a leader at the national level who[Read More…]

By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  — There’s at least one security camera on just about every door and passageway in Mylan’s massive pill manufacturing plant in Morgantown. Technicians scurry around in blue and white protective gear, and signs, slogans and reminders adorn many of the walls. “No[Read More…]

By WAYNE TOWNER The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — Wood County Schools are closed today because of the Ames Plant fire which broke out early Saturday morning in south Parkersburg. School Superintendent John Flint said school and county officials met Sunday afternoon to review the situation and decided[Read More…]

By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The historic building rehabilitation tax credit increase approved by the Legislature last week won’t go into effect until Jan. 1, but Huntington Mayor Steve Williams said if the date was Nov. 1 he believes at least two developers in the Jewel City would[Read More…]

By DOUGLAS IMBROGNO Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the end, Mike Eros faced away from the mammoth memorial sculpture he brought to life at this year’s Burning Man festival, as Margareta Appalachia went up in flames in a Nevada desert. He was not making a statement in turning away[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bankruptcy filing from the ownership group controlling a hotel in Morgantown that owes nearly $15 million to creditors does not list a partnership between U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his adviser as a stakeholder, contrary to an August complaint in[Read More…]

By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In what may be the state’s largest festival dedicated to the railroad, West Virginia may also have its largest family reunion. Although not all related by blood, those who come to Hinton’s Railroad Days are all related by a love of the[Read More…]