By Noah Jeffries, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The issue of whether or not students should be allowed to have their cell phones during school has been a hot topic for several years, and the discussion is expected to resurface during this year’s legislative session. Several counties in[Read More…]

By Katelyn Aluise, HD Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Parents of children with disabilities and legal advocates are still pushing for West Virginia Attorney General John “JB” McCuskey to pull out of litigation against a federal law that bans discrimination in federally funded programs, despite it being paused in court. Marisa[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a three-day delay, the West Virginia Senate approved Friday a bill to allow parents and guardians to cite religious or philosophical concerns to get out of the state’s mandatory immunization requirements for school-age children, but not without[Read More…]

By Brad Johnson, The Inter-Mountain PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Officials say the Leer South Mine, which was closed after an underground fire in January, is on schedule to reopen this year. The quarterly report for Core Natural Resources, the company that owns the mine, provides an update on the Leer South[Read More…]

By Tom Markland, The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – Dozens of people gathered at Fisherman’s Hall in Charles Town Saturday night to hear local stories celebrating Black History and learn more about the proposed Affrilachian Trail project, aimed at celebrating black history throughout Appalachia. The event featured multiple speakers, telling[Read More…]

By Evan Bevins, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. – Concerns about potential layoffs at the federal Bureau of the Fiscal Service facilities in Parkersburg are making the rounds on social media, but specifics on what was happening and when proved elusive. An employee speaking on condition of anonymity[Read More…]

The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s coalfield region is continuing to feel the effects of an unprecedented flooding event this week. On Thursday, Gov. Morrisey reported parts of McDowell County, where three people died, received 4.72 inches of rain in less than 48 hours, which led to the Tug[Read More…]

By Kylie Tuttle, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The owners of Hastings Family Farm are concerned for its future due to upcoming construction on Greenbag Road.  Greenbag Road will be modified to divert trucks from traveling through Downtown Morgantown. The plan is to widen the road and add two[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the eve of the vote in the West Virginia Senate scheduled today on whether to grant broad religious and philosophical exemptions for the state’s school-age mandatory immunization program, two Republican state senators from the same district — both Catholics[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An anniversary open house for the WV One Stop Business Center was celebrated on Wednesday in Charleston as part of National Entrepreneurship Week. WV Secretary of State Kris Warner and his Business Division staff in Charleston hosted the open house to also celebrate the start[Read More…]