By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON (WV News) — A West Virginia House of Delegates committee advanced a bill Wednesday that could establish a parental bill of rights in the state. The Judiciary Committee voted to report a committee substitute for House Bill 2129 to the House floor with[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Wool is a highly functional fiber, but despite this, most of the wool and textile industry has left the country due to lack of infrastructure, limiting farmers’ profits from wool production. With the help of a USDA grant, West Virginia University researchers are exploring new ways to[Read More…]

By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — The Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center dismissed several employees this week as a part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ effort to eliminate probationary employees. The exact number of positions removed was not given, but a spokesperson[Read More…]

By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia residents seeking to board commercial aircraft for domestic flights will soon need more than a standard-issue driver’s license to clear Transportation Security Administration security checkpoints. Starting May 7, a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, or other approved form of identification, such[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP), continues its efforts to combat substance use in West Virginia, contributing to a significant reduction in overdose deaths across the state. Current data shows a 41.7% decrease in overdose deaths from January to August[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Governor Patrick Morrisey has announced that Fidelis and Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) have joined forces in the development of B&W’s BrightLoop™ facility at the Mountaineer GigaSystem™ (Mountaineer) Site in Mason County, West Virginia. The Brightloop facility will enable an “all of the above” approach[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In 2003, flooding washed off five acres of Maria Gunnoe’s Boone County land, taking out two bridges and killing one of her dogs. “It destroyed everything,” Gunnoe remembered in a phone interview Sunday. Gunnoe learned the value of the Federal Emergency Management[Read More…]

Wood County Commission discusses issue, DOGE By Evan Bevins and Brett Dunlap, Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A local member of the Constitution Party of West Virginia said that group opposes the dismissal of 80 probationary employees at the federal Bureau of the Fiscal Service and questions the[Read More…]

By Matt Harvey, The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — The West Virginia Bar now has until March 14 to respond to a federal lawsuit contending the Bar has violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection covenant by setting aside a seat on its board of governors exclusively for black[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a blow to a major agenda item proposed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, lawmakers in a West Virginia House of Delegates committee voted down yet another attempt to repeal the state’s certificate of need program for health care services. The[Read More…]