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…]

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…]