By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has the nation’s highest percentage of public water systems with drinking water violations, according to a new Gazette-Mail analysis of federal data. Of West Virginia’s 831 public water systems, 622 — 74.8% — had drinking water violations in 2023, according[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON — Several bills making their way through the legislative process this year seek to place the rule-making authority of the West Virginia Department of Education in the hands of lawmakers despite a higher court ruling preventing the Legislature from exercising this authority[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING – New U.S. Rep. Riley Moore got himself appointed to the House Appropriations Committee, and now he is backing the trade tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump as a means to right the economy. “I will say it was harder for me to get[Read More…]

By Anna Goldizen, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Executive Director of Communications April Kaull will depart WVU to accept a position as associate vice president for strategic communications at Carnegie Mellon University, according to a Carnegie Mellon release Wednesday. Kaull’s last day at WVU will be March 31. She is set[Read More…]

By Tabitha Johnston, The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN — The inaugural Shepherding Women in Business Conference was held in the Storer Ballroom on Saturday. The conference was the brainchild of Shepherd University student Chloe Waldeck, who was inspired to create it after assisting with a women’s conference in another state for[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates Judiciary Committee on Wednesday began discussion of a bill that would restore gun rights to nonviolent felons. House Bill 2618 would “automatically” restore the Second Amendment right of gun ownership to those[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, were given the maximum sentence Wednesday for the mistreatment of four of their five adopted children while the family lived in Sissonville. In January, a Kanawha County jury found the couple guilty on[Read More…]

By Andrew Spellman, Spirit of Jefferson SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — Cari Jubb, a school counselor at Jefferson High School, has been named High School Counselor of the Year, recognized at the West Virginia School Counselor Association Conference. And, while this honor is a testament to her critical, continuous work at Jefferson High,[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times “Our organization has recently learned the EMS Salary Enhancement Fund created by the Legislature in 2023 has no funding source in the current FY 2025 and proposed FY 2026 budgets despite spending authorization of $10 million being granted each year. This will result in thousands of EMS[Read More…]