By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” fiscal package is on its way to the U.S. Senate after West Virginia’s delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the bill in an early morning vote Thursday. The House[Read More…]
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West Virginia Supreme Court upholds PSC ruling in water utility case involving Mount Olive prison
By Matt Harvey, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia’s Supreme Court has backed a state Public Service Commission ruling impacting the utility that provides water to the maximum security Mount Olive Correctional Center. After the Gauley River Public Service District — which supplies water to Mount[Read More…]
WV TRIO program, which supports first-gen college students, faces funding cuts
By Katelyn Aluise, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When Scott Robertson was a senior at Wayne High School in 2001, job opportunities in the area were starting to take a downward turn, and as a low-income student whose parents didn’t graduate from college, he didn’t know what his next step[Read More…]
Putnam Produces Record Breaking Catfish
The Hurricane Breeze PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — On May 9th, Justin Connor of Milton caught a 51.49-inch, 66.30-pound blue catfish on the Kanawha River in Putnam County using a mooneye on 80-pound test line. WVDNR fish culturist Ryan Bosserman, who works at the Apple Grove Fish Hatchery, confirmed Connor’s catch,[Read More…]
Pocahontas County Schools’ Nature’s Mountain Classroom wins first-ever WV School-Business Partnership of the Year Awards Program
The Pocahontas Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Pocahontas County Schools’ partnership with Nature’s Mountain Classroom has been named West Virginia’s School-Business Partnership of the Year. The announcement was made at the 2025 West Virginia Education Summit by the Education Alliance and Hope Gas. Pocahontas County Schools was selected as the winner out of 75[Read More…]
Gov. Morrisey signs ‘Troops to Teachers’ bill at Hedgesville Middle School
By Tom Markland, The Journal HEDGESVILLE – Flanked by members of the Hedgesville Middle School Student Council, Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a bill aimed at clearing the way for veterans of the armed forces to become teachers. Senate Bill 765, also called the Troops to Teachers Act, amends two sections[Read More…]
State Sen. Tom Willis launches campaign for U.S. Senate; could challenge U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV News MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A week ago, some wondered why President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, for re-election on social media. At the time, there were no known challengers to Capito, who is the fourth highest ranking Republican in the Senate and considered to[Read More…]
Golf cart battery fire likely cause of East Fairmont home’s destruction
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian EAST SIDE— Tim Heldreth bought a golf cart early Monday morning. Ten minutes after Heldreth brought it home to his house on Merchant Street, the golf cart caught fire. “We were sitting on the porch, and I told my husband there was smoke over[Read More…]
Ben Fields: All it takes is one bad day (Opinion)
Charleston Gazette-Mail We’re at a point culturally and politically, both in West Virginia and the U.S., that reminds me a lot of the 1980s. An age when the line “The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed — for lack of a better word — is good” from the movie[Read More…]
Hatfield-McCoy Trail rolls into anniversary weekend
By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The Hatfield-McCoy Trail system is preparing for an influx of riders as the long Memorial Day weekend approaches. The arrival of the holiday weekend also marks the 13th anniversary of the Pocahontas Trail system in Mercer County, which opened to ATV[Read More…]
