By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A bill to eliminate the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund passed the House of Delegates Saturday despite the efforts of local delegates and supporters and greyhound breeders present at the Capitol in Charleston. The bill also eliminates a[Read More…]
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Parkersburg’s Jeff Fox makes 26th straight trip to Baltimore for Orioles’ Opening Day
By JAY W. BENNETT The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — While a growing passion for a game usually brings people to liking a sport, it proved to be a lost love which ignited Parkersburg City Councilman Jeff Fox’s fire to start making a yearly trip for opening day[Read More…]
Marching Knights honored by the West Virginia Senate
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of Cabell Midland High School’s Marching Knights stayed in step Wednesday as they were recognized in the West Virginia Senate. The Senate approved a resolution honoring the band’s more than 20 years of accomplishments during its regular session Wednesday morning. Among the[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, April 3
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, April 3, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW GOP PLANS TO GET GORSUCH CONFIRMATION THROUGH McConnell is likely to change Senate[Read More…]
Traveling Exhibit on the Life and Career of Senator Robert C. Byrd coming to Marshall
April 10 lecture, panel discussion and reception planned HUNTINGTON,, W.Va. – Marshall University Libraries and the Robert C. Byrd Institute welcome the community to the opening of a traveling exhibit celebrating the life and career of Senator Robert C. Byrd at 10 a.m. Monday, April 10, in Marshall University’s John Deaver[Read More…]
Editorial: A compassionate vote for medical marijuana in WV
From The Charleston Gazette Mail: Amid the Legislature’s chaos over the state budget and other issues, a bright spot has emerged. Lawmakers moved swiftly toward making West Virginia the 30th state to allow medical marijuana to ease the suffering of cancer victims and others in agony. Battling over compassionate pot[Read More…]
Column looks at effectiveness, adverse effects, and safety of Medical Marijuana
JENNIFER KEEHBAUCH, MD, and MATTHEW RENSBERRY, MD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Winter Park, Florida Increasingly, physicians across the country are being asked about medical marijuana. Although marijuana has been around for centuries, there is no consensus on its safety and effectiveness. In 1970, the U.S. Food and Drug[Read More…]
Column: Legislators should listen to physicians on marijuana; no medical marijuana
By Dr. Adam Breinig, DO, FAAFP Chairman of WV Academy of Family Physicians Senior Council-at-Large of WV State Medical Association Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana We have heard the words so often this legislative session that marijuana begins to sound like a legitimate fix-all medication. Proponents support that it[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Monday, April 3
W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE: Monday, April 3, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. RESOLUTIONS SCR 53: US Army SGT Benny Fleming Memorial Bridge SR 66: Honoring Katherine[Read More…]
House passes bill eliminating state funding for greyhound racing
Phil Kabler The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Greyhound racing may be coming around its final turn in West Virginia, after the House of Delegates voted 56-44 Saturday for passage of a bill eliminating the state’s $15 million annual purse fund subsidy (SB437). During an extended debate on the measure,[Read More…]