The Herald-Dispatch The West Virginia Legislature is again considering proposals to restore the death penalty. This time it is aimed at people who kill police officers or other first responders in the line of duty. As of Monday morning, Senate Bill 264 and House Bill 2567 were in committee waiting[Read More…]
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Unanimous West Virginia Senate Passes Elementary School Discipline Bill
Measure Heads Back to House of Delegates With Changes By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate passed its version of a bill Monday addressing student discipline in elementary schools, as well as Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s bills opening up the state to those bringing[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley Fellowship Home receives $80K for opioids fight
By Amber Phipps, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday announced funding to prevent the spread of opioids in West Virginia, along with collaborations with the West Virginia First Foundation. Morrisey stood on the front steps of the Mid-Ohio Valley Fellowship Home in Parkersburg[Read More…]
Accomplished Swedish-born artist teaches embroidery in Man area
By Dylan Vidovich, The Logan Banner SOUTH MAN — For over a year now, Fia Backström, an accomplished multidisciplinary artist and writer who is a native of Sweden, has found an unlikely venue to host an embroidery class: the Buffalo Creek Memorial Library in South Man. Backström, who currently lives[Read More…]
WV Building and Construction Trades impact shown through Marshall study
By Katelyn Aluise, HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Building and Construction Trades generated an estimated $8.1 billion economic impact between 2022 and 2023, according to a report from the Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research. Justin Williams, director of the Affiliated Construction Trades (ACT-WV), said[Read More…]
Lawmakers receive crash course on powering West Virginia’s economic future with microgrids
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Lawmakers in the West Virginia House of Delegates recently got a crash course on microgrids from a group of energy experts. Representatives of energy companies and trade associations gave members of the the House Energy and Public Works Committee an[Read More…]
Update: Five Buildings Destroyed In Jefferson Ave. Fire
The Intelligencer MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Eighteen fire departments from Marshall, Wetzel, Belmont and Ohio counties responded to a structure fire on Jefferson Avenue in Moundsville on Friday. The fire destroyed five buildings inside a larger structure, including the Red Dragon Hybrid Tae Kwon Do martial arts school building. No injuries[Read More…]
Register-Herald editor named Editorial Writer of the Year in CNHI contest
The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — J. Damon Cain, editor of The Register-Herald, has been named Editorial Writer of the Year in the 2025 Best of CNHI newspaper contest. In his 10th year at the helm in Beckley, Cain won in the large circulation class for work published in 2024. Last[Read More…]
Fayette County native named 71st WVU Mountaineer mascot
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Expanding on his academic and service accomplishments at West Virginia University, Cade Kincaid of Fayetteville will don the buckskins and coonskin cap to represent the University and the Mountain State as the next Mountaineer mascot. Kincaid, a junior accounting major minoring in finance, business data analytics, and business ethics and prosperity, was named[Read More…]
First bill introduced by Sen. Justice honors West Virginia’s Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams
By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — The first bill introduced by Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., is named in honor of a beloved West Virginia icon. Justice introduced the “Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act” on Wednesday. The bill would authorize the National Medal[Read More…]
