By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News and Journal ARTHURDALE, W.Va.  — “We love them just as much as you do” is the philosophy and motto behind a new pet crematory set to open at the end of September in Arthurdale. Owner/operator and Arthurdale resident Luke Massey has been working[Read More…]

By CHRISTOPHER DOWELL The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  — The Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter, will host a Mountaineer Style Kick-off to Walk for the 2017 Morgantown Walk to End Alzheimer’s Monday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the West Virginia University Mountainlair. The community is invited to come[Read More…]

By IAN HICKS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — They’re fast, they make a ton of noise and they’ve been thrilling Ohio Valley residents young and old at Wheeling’s Heritage Port every Labor Day weekend since 2006. The hydroplanes return to the river Sept. 2-3 for the 12th[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. OMINOUS STORM SPINS TOWARD US MAINLAND Harvey intensifies and steers for the Texas coast in[Read More…]

Thirteenth Annual Constitution Day Lecture on Sept 14 SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education have announced that the 13th annual Tom E. Moses Memorial Lecture on the U.S. Constitution will be given by Ganesh Sitaraman, author of The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic[Read More…]

By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new U.S. Department of Energy report says that competition from natural gas — not Obama administration regulations — has been the largest reason for the decline of the Appalachian coal industry, offering a conclusion that sharply contradicts President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and[Read More…]

By JIM ROSS The State Journal MONTGOMERY, W.Va.  — Wednesday morning, workers on the former WVU Tech campus were painting over the part of the welcome sign that listed the campus’s former name. They did that as the campus’ new occupants were in the former Vining Library talking about how[Read More…]

By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia spent 22.4 percent less on higher education this year than it spent at the beginning of the Great Recession, according to a report from a left-leaning national think tank. That equates to the state spending about $1,980 less per student[Read More…]

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Math and science scores continued to trend upward in schools across West Virginia’s southern coalfields in the 2016-17 school year, according to the latest results published Tuesday by the state Department of Education. Students in elementary, middle and high schools were tested in[Read More…]