By Phil Kabler For The West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After 10 days in special session failed to bring the Senate and House of Delegates any closer to resolution of the impasse over the 2017-18 state budget, legislators voted for put the session on hiatus for a second time – until June[Read More…]
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Whether eliminating income taxes will help West Virginia depends on who you ask
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — During a recent debate on the floor of the West Virginia Senate, Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio, called a plan to move the state’s tax structure to consumption taxes and eventually eliminate the personal income tax a “bold, aggressive approach”[Read More…]
Grafton Memorial Day’s 150th celebration honors vets, tradition
By STEPHEN SANTILLI The Exponent Telegram GRAFTON, W.Va. — The longest on-going Memorial Day celebration in the United States was held in Taylor County Monday. The 150th Grafton Memorial Day Parade was held on a sunny day with temps in the mid to upper 70s. Even though the hot sunshine,[Read More…]
Campaign for WVU women’s studies endowment nearly done
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail An endowed professorship named in honor of the first woman to graduate from West Virginia University is nearly funded. It’s the brainchild and legacy of Judith Stitzel, the first director of WVU’s Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, which began in 1980. The Harriet E.[Read More…]
Shepherd receives $1.2 million grant for prep program
Staff report The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Shepherd University received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to operate an Upward Bound program over the next five years in Berkeley County’s four high schools. The grant will provide $257,500 a year so Shepherd can provide academic and[Read More…]
Pickens High School sees two students graduate
By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain PICKENS, W.Va. — Two Pickens School students celebrated with friends and family this weekend in a commencement ceremony that highlighted their successes. Commencement speaker Delegate Bill Hamilton, R-Upshur, addressed Michael Casillas and Tyler McCartney – both members of Pickens School class of 2017 – offering[Read More…]
Memorial Day opportunity to reach out to veterans in crisis
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Under an arch memorializing Cabell County soldiers that gave their lives during the first World War, an American flag blew in the wind. Between the pillars sat two boots holding a rifle and a helmet. The battlefield cross is a reminder of a[Read More…]
WVU makes NCAA Baseball Tournament for first time since 1996
By BOB HERTZEL Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s returning to the NCAA Baseball Championships for the first time in 26 years and as an at large selection for the first time in its 125 years of playing the game. Despite an endless string of injuries to[Read More…]
NIE auction, flea market set for June 3
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Over 100 vendors selling knickknacks of every sort will be set up Saturday, June 3, in the Marquee Cinemas parking lot for the 22nd annual Newspapers in Education Flea Market and Live Auction. Carla Nelson, sales and marketing manager for Newspapers in[Read More…]
Will it be a big year for snakes in southern West Virginia?
By BLAKE STOWERS Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Joseph Hodge Sr. has seen plenty of snakes in Bluefield over the years, but never before three copperheads within a two-day period. Hodge, a resident of Norfolk Street, said he saw the copperheads near Nelson Street. He wants to raise awareness[Read More…]
