By Brett Dunlap, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — The idea of making police officers more visible in schools across the state was the focus of a visit by Gov. Patrick Morrisey to Parkersburg on Tuesday. Morrisey was at Gihon Elementary School to have a ceremonial bill signing for[Read More…]
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Tariff impact on U.S. economy like ‘driving through fog,’ says Fed’s Barkin
By Charles Young, WV News BRIDGEPORT (WV News) — Navigating the current climate of economic uncertainty brought on by constantly changing tariffs is akin to “driving through fog,” said Tom Barkin, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Barkin, addressing a meeting of the West Virginia Business[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court declines to answer public nuisance question in opioid case
By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court on Monday declined to answer a certified question in the years-long opioid case in the lawsuit by Huntington and Cabell County against drug companies AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. In its 3-2 vote, the Supreme Court sent the[Read More…]
WV Wesleyan professor admits she could sit silently as Sen. Shelley Moore Capito gave commencement speech
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian BUCKHANNON — A couple of weeks ago, West Virginia Wesleyan College professor Emily Ziebarth attended what she characterized as a strange meeting. The school’s administration, she said, told the gathered faculty and staff they would not be told who this year’s commencement speaker was. [Read More…]
Residents turn out for open house on proposed 105-mile power line from Pennsylvania to Virginia
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN – Several hundred people turned out at the Erickson Alumni Center Monday afternoon for an open house to learn about the proposed NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic Resiliency Link project. They talked with NextEra employees and viewed the rows of posters displaying the possible[Read More…]
Hospital CEO speaks about impact of state and federal laws on health care
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — From May 11 to 17, Hospital Week is a time for recognizing the services that hospitals offer now and in the future as well as the efforts to make sure that people from all income levels have access to the care[Read More…]
Morrisey Says Executive Order on Religious School Vaccine Exemptions ‘Still Stands’
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday his executive order providing religious and philosophical exemptions to required vaccines for school children “still stands,” and he has “no intention of rescinding it.” Morrisey issued updated guidelines Friday to families wanting to seek religious exemptions[Read More…]
As Nucor mill goes up, local residents look to profit
By Jim Ross, The Herald-Dispatch APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — Construction at Nucor Steel West Virginia has been very good for a convenience store near the southern end of the mill site, and a new store at the northern end expects to have the same results. Customers wearing reflective vests and[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Keep up the pressure for West Virginia
The Journal U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Kelly Workman, director of West Virginia’s Office of Broadband, are right to keep up the pressure on federal officials over the pace of their review of grant funding for high-speed broadband. “As we have discussed, I am concerned that West Virginia[Read More…]
3 new campgrounds open at Summersville Lake State Park, WV’s newest recreation area
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — Summersville Lake State Park, the newest unit of West Virginia’s state park system, on Friday, officially opened three campgrounds, with accommodations ranging from primitive tent sites to premium, full-hookup RV spaces, during a ceremony officiated by Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Overlook Campground: The[Read More…]
