By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 6,100 children are in the West Virginia foster care system as of October and the number keeps growing, according to the acting Bureau for Children and Families commissioner Linda Watts. Watts spoke Tuesday morning to the Joint Commission of Children and[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., suggested that the nation’s next Drug Enforcement Agency “drug czar” should have a medical background, know someone who has been addicted and be from outside the Washington, D.C., beltway, during a teleconference with reporters Tuesday afternoon. Rep.[Read More…]

By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal WHEELING, W.Va.  — Sam Amberg says it’s never too late to learn good food habits. Amberg is part of Grow Ohio Valley, a non-profit focused on improving food security in the Ohio Valley. That means making sure even the poorest residents “know where their[Read More…]

By JESSICA BROVERMAN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — Now that William Powell has taken the oath of office as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, he is prepared to take on drug-related obstacles facing the state. “I represent all of the district. I[Read More…]

By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph HOT SPRINGS, VA. — If Tazewell County gets a $2 billion hydroelectric pump storage facility, it will be very much like the one in Bath County, Va. Dominion Energy, which owns the Bath County facility, is proposing a similar pump station in Tazewell County[Read More…]

By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch KENOVA, W.Va. — For a few weeks out of the year, Ric Griffith’s backyard can best be described as organized chaos. While his home on Beech Street in Kenova may be better known as the site of the now famous Pumpkin House, Griffith said it takes[Read More…]

Staff report The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — As part of its Spooktacular festival, Tamarack is hosting a pumpkin painting contest. Members of the public are invited to enter the contest, and the first 100 people to register will receive a free t-shirt. Pumpkins are now available for purchase at Tamarack for[Read More…]

By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Like many young boys growing up in the Charleston area, Nick Keller was fascinated by airplanes. He loved to go to Yeager Airport to watch the planes take off and land. “When I was 12 years old, I came up here[Read More…]

By VICTORIA L. CANN The Weston News WESTON, W.Va. — Harvest Time at the Mill will be back for the second year at WVU Jackson’s Mill farmstead to bring the community together and celebrate the end of the year. Dean Hardman, farmstead program specialist, said they began the event last year[Read More…]