The Logan Banner Fresh, healthy food on a school cafeteria tray if it was bought with a program begun during the COVID era? Not if the federal government has any say in it, which it does. Any aggressive, hasty and ideology-driven program will have what is euphemistically called “collateral damage”[Read More…]
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Hancock County looking into cryptocurrency investment
By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times NEW CUMBERLAND — While there has been much attention on the county’s budget in recent weeks, Hancock County commissioners are looking into the possibility of investment in digital currency. As part of their meeting Thursday, commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between the[Read More…]
Reporter’s Notebook: Summer school
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel We’re on the countdown to Crossover Day Wednesday, when state Senate bills must cross over to the House of Delegates and vice versa in order to ensure these bills have a chance of making it to passage by midnight on Saturday,[Read More…]
West Virginia utilities, consumer groups raise concerns over energy
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — A bill passed Thursday by the West Virginia Senate and a bill set for passage next week in the House of Delegates have something in common: Both bills are aimed at increasing base-load power with the goal of limiting[Read More…]
Local officials to discuss ‘State of the Corridor’
By Brad Johnson, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS — Local leaders from Randolph, Upshur and Lewis counties will gather for the second-ever “State of the Corridor” event later this month. The April 30 event, to take place at 11:30 a.m. at Magnolia Hall at Scott Hill in Elkins, is described as a[Read More…]
Statehouse beat: Federal cuts will hit W.Va. harder than other states
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail For reasons not entirely explicable, for the past few years legislative leaders have prided themselves on passing the Budget Bill by the 60th day of the regular session, avoiding the traditional post session, budget conference, when the session would be extended for a few days[Read More…]
West Virginia’s oil and natural gas industry generates $660M in revenue, drives job growth
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — In the 2023-2024 fiscal year alone, West Virginia’s natural gas and oil industry accounted for over $660 million in state revenue via severance and property taxes, according to information from the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia. The industry[Read More…]
Region remembers former Daily Telegraph Editor Samantha Perry
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — People across the region were sharing fond memories Thursday of a journalist who, with passion and dedication, recorded life’s good and the bad moments while striving to give people a voice and improve their quality of life. Susan Samantha Myers Perry,[Read More…]
Bill moving to remove West Virginia Legislature from FOIA law, set own public document policy
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON – A bill moving in the final two weeks of the 2025 legislative session aims to allow the House of Delegates and state Senate to set their own policies on the kinds of documents made available to the public. The[Read More…]
WV House overwhelmingly passes bill expanding PSC reach to advanced nuclear reactors
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail The West Virginia House of Delegates has overwhelmingly approved legislation that would expand West Virginia Public Service Commission jurisdiction to cover an energy source not yet ready for large-scale deployment: advanced nuclear reactors. In a 90-5 vote Thursday, the House passed House Bill 2205, sending[Read More…]
