Release by West Virginia Retailers on 2016 NPLEx Data: CHARLESTON, W.VA., February 15, 2017 – Today, the West Virginia Retailers Association released the most recent data from the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx), West Virginia’s real-time, stop-sale pseudoephedrine monitoring system, covering the period Jan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2016. West Virginia[Read More…]

By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — A Senate bill created and passed last year to raise money to extend Interstate 68 across Marshall County into Ohio is back before the Senate, but not without some controversy. SB 210 brings back the County Local Powers Act. If passed,[Read More…]

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers 1. INVESTIGATIONS INTO RUSSIA TO CONTINUE AFTER FLYNN’S EXIT Democrats contend an independent investigation is[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (February 2017) – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Feb. 23, 1867: Lincoln County was formed from Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, and Putnam counties. The county was named for Abraham Lincoln. Feb. 23,[Read More…]

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:                       Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED Senate convenes at 11 a.m.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS C. R. 10 – US Army SGT Arthur George Roush Memorial Bridge C. R. 11[Read More…]

Release from office of Gov. Jim Justice: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced today that he is opposed to a plan to privatize the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg. “It makes absolutely no sense to divest yourself of such a strong asset,” Gov. Justice said. “WVSOM graduates more physicians annually than[Read More…]

Gov. Jim Justice to speak Wednesday morning  CHARLESTON, W.VA.  – The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia’s (IOGAWV) Winter Meeting will take place today, Feb. 14 and Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Marriott Town Center Hotel in Charleston, W.Va. Several technical sessions will take place Tuesday, Feb. 14[Read More…]