West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. — Jina Belcher, Executive Director of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), hailed the state’s enactment of a bill that land reuse agencies say is crucial to their mission of returning vacant, abandoned or dilapidated properties to productivity. The bill, SB 538,[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug LSD, which is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction. Corinne[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — President Donald Trump’s budget may defund women’s health care in some areas should the bill passed by the House of Representatives move through the US Senate unchanged. The bill, H.R. 1, prohibits federal funds from reaching agencies that provide family planning services,[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — Company representatives of Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power will have to defend their request for another rate increase, with the public being able to provide direct input. In a press release Thursday, the West Virginia Public Service Commission scheduled a public[Read More…]

By Ainsley Hall, The Journal MARTINSBURG — Local beekeepers Bob and Bea Aikens were named the West Virginia Beekeepers of the Year by the West Virginia Beekeepers Association earlier this year. Bea and Bob have been working with bees for more than 50 years, attending many different events and participating[Read More…]

By Rebecca Hempleman, The Herald-Dispatch LESAGE, W.Va. — Jack Legath, better known by his online persona “Jack Eatzz” is a personal trainer and graduate student at Ohio University, and a competitive eater in his spare time. A self-described “hungry guy,” Legath, 21, of Cleveland, broke the record Sunday for completing[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — In his first public reaction to a lawsuit filed last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said that his executive order allowing for religious and philosophical exemptions to West Virginia’s mandatory immunization program for entering public and private schools was not[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal court has approved a class-action settlement and dismissed the case between West Virginia landowners and what is believed to be the nation’s largest owner of gas and oil wells. The court recently dismissed the case after signing o on a[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph beckley – Legislation supporting mothers and infants, increasing penalties for child abuse and expanding vehicular homicide charges by classifying the loss of an unborn child as a death became law Thursday after a signing ceremony. Gov. Patrick Morrsiey met with area legislators and other dignitaries[Read More…]

By Heather Wolford, Mingo Messenger WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — During the regular commission meeting on May 20, Michael Parsley, a student at Kermit Pre K-8, was commended for his performance in a statewide essay contest, in which he earned the third-place position. “I want to recognize a young gentleman from Kermit[Read More…]