The Record-Delta SUTTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia State Police troopers are asking for help in trying to solve the homicide of a 36-year-old Braxton County woman. Troopers from the Sutton Detachment recovered the body on March 17 in a rural area of Vernon, Braxton County, and later identified[Read More…]

The West Virginia Press Association (WVPA) has opened the platform for WVPA’s annual Editorial and Advertising Contest. Entry submission is now open, and the submission deadline is Monday, April 21, 2025. But, why wait? The WVPA is offering an Executive Director Early Bird special 10% discount to newspapers who have[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Constituents of Rep. Riley Moore and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito demanded their legislators protect Medicaid and Medicare in a pair of protests outside their Morgantown offices Monday. Rep. Moore voted for a 10-year budget blueprint in the House of Representatives which[Read More…]

By Maggie Susa, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Twenty one units at the Garden Park Apartments in the Pea Ridge area were affected by a fire Tuesday morning, and two people were taken to the hospital. The Barboursville Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire with entrapment around 1:15[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After weeks since its first hearing in the House Health and Human Services Committee, lawmakers removed a proposed religious and philosophical exemption from a bill dealing with West Virginia’s school-age immunization requirements. The House Health Committee recommended an[Read More…]

By Katelyn Aluise, HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Alex Spaulding, a Spring Valley High School graduate, said he saw there were issues in the region caused by chronic disease, and wanted to find a way to help prevent it. In 2019, he took a master class and began selling homegrown[Read More…]

By Justin Jackson for The Intelligencer MORGANTOWN – The governor and attorney general of West Virginia have opened an investigation into the NCAA and its selection process for its men’s basketball tournament – a process that controversially excluded West Virginia University on Sunday.Gov. Patrick Morrisey went public Monday, saying he[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fuel costs have sharply driven up West Virginia ratepayer bills in recent years. Some bills will go up further after another state Public Service Commission-approved cost recovery increase for Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power. The PSC last week approved a $20.4 million[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON (WV News) — The West Virginia Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 on Monday. The resolution, which now goes to the West Virginia House of Delegates, is the start of a state effort to protect and support the coal industry. The West Virginia[Read More…]

Cites Medicare, Medicaid reimbursements in decision By Brett Dunlap and Evan Bevins, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — St. Joseph’s Ambulance cease operations at the end of the month. In an announcement made Monday, St. Joseph’s Ambulance President Dwane Weekley cited Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements not keeping pace[Read More…]