By AARON PAYNE The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Trump administration officials have been visiting parts of the country affected by the opioid addiction crisis, including the Ohio Valley. The administration called it a “listening tour,” and they got an earful in events marked by protests and controversies. Some people working[Read More…]
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Entrepreneurs launch products with a little help from RCBI
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For years, Dr. Greg Crews attempted to make a better feed bucket for horses. He found the help he needed to bring his concept to life at the Robert C. Byrd Institute in Huntington. Less than two years later, his buckets are being[Read More…]
Mon Health birth center earns state’s first distinction from World Health Organization
By KELSIE LEROSE Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mon Health Medical Center is being recognized as the first Baby-Friendly USA designated birth center in the state. The World Health Organization (WHO) Baby-Friendly Hospital initiative approved Mon Health on May 8 after a 19-month process that included various trainings and a[Read More…]
Fourteen miles of memories for sale in the Eastern Panhandle
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Consider it a 14-mile long candy store for yard sale bargain hunters. Eastern Panhandle residents can literally rummage along a 14 mile line of “pre-owned” merchandise at the 10th annual 14-Mile Yard Sale on May 27. The one-day event, which unofficially kicks[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, May 25
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 25, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UK ANGERED BY US BOMBING LEAKS British security and law enforcement officials are reviewing whether[Read More…]
Gulf in WV budget talks widens as special session continues
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a move more likely to intensify than resolve the 20-day-old legislative budget impasse, West Virginia Senate Republicans moved closer Tuesday to restoring their version of a revenue plan that cuts income taxes and severance taxes on coal while imposing an increase[Read More…]
Justice adds FY 2018 budget and other legislation to special session
By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice introduced a 2018 budget bill and six pieces of legislation to the ongoing special session Tuesday. The budget bill has been greatly anticipated as the House and Senate modified and contemplated a revenue bill for the first eight days[Read More…]
Legislative movement expected soon on revenue, roads bills
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate’s committee on finance passed an amended version of a House of Delegates tax and revenue bill on Tuesday, May 23 that would raise the state sales tax from 6 percent to 7.25 percent and would[Read More…]
WV groups hope study leads to end of mountaintop removal mining
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail LOGAN, W.Va. — West Virginia environmental groups on Tuesday urged a National Academy of Sciences panel to look carefully at the public health impact of strip mining, saying they hope more scrutiny of the issue will lead to a ban on the practice. “We[Read More…]
Governor reintroduces legislation to sell Hopemont
By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News & Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice announced that he is adding six pieces of legislation to the special session. One of the proposed pieces of legislation is a House of Delegates Bill reintroducing the sell Hopemont Hospital. The bill has been[Read More…]
