By Elle Colbert, The Journal PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission has issued a notice to administrators and coaches across the state, stating that a trending unsportsmanlike celebration will now result in a technical foul for basketball. The WVSSAC’s notice is as follows: “There has recently[Read More…]
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Weirton businesses adapt to water issue
By Christopher Dacanay, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — Ongoing water line issues in the city have disrupted the lives of many, leaving certain residents with boil orders, reduced water pressure or no water at all. Dating back to mid-December, numerous water line breaks have tested the city’s endurance.[Read More…]
Morrisey, West Virginia legislative leaders pledge better communication for upcoming session
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the 2025 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature less than two weeks away, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and leaders of the House of Delegates and state Senate said Wednesday they were committed to better communication on potential[Read More…]
Justice coal firms try to keep tax returns, other finances from public amid $434K debt
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal companies in U.S. Sen. Jim Justice’s business portfolio that owe the federal government $434,000 in delinquent mine safety fine penalties want to keep tax returns and other financial information from public view as federal prosecutors look to collect on their debt.[Read More…]
OPINION: WV’s environmental activist groups should not be de facto regulators
By Bill Bissett, Ed.D., president of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association This op-ed first appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail Last month, The Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Mike Tony wrote an article about Community Air Monitoring and the involvement of environmental activist groups along with the outgoing Biden Administration in the promotion and[Read More…]
New United States Geological Survey Map shows yet another potential energy resource in West Virginia
By Stephen Smoot, The Shinnston News & Harrison County Journal SHINNSTON, W.Va. — West Virginia serves as one of the leading producers of energy in the United States, ranking fifth among all states in that category. Most associate West Virginia with coal and natural gas, but the state also has[Read More…]
Potential federal aid freeze causes concern, confusion for local organizations
The Intelligencer Staff WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Housing Authority Executive Director Joyce Wolen watched all of Tuesday as organizations like hers and countless others learned about the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans, which was to go into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Loren L.[Read More…]
Morrisey outlines fiscal year 2026 budget issues in greater detail
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The white board – once a staple of former governor Jim Justice’s briefings – returned to the Governor’s Reception Room Tuesday morning as Gov. Patrick Morrisey provided more details on a projected $400 million hole in the fiscal[Read More…]
Investigation into Clarksburg (West Virginia) house explosion continues, some families still out of homes following evacuation
By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Following a house explosion on Sunday, which was said to be caused by a gas leak, residents of Chestnut Street have still not been permitted to return to their homes after a five-block radius around the blast was evacuated.[Read More…]
Blaze claims Treetop House, center of resurrected Coolfont Resort
By Kate Shunney, The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Local residents, workers, visitors to Berkeley Springs and the area’s business community are mourning the loss of the iconic Treetop House at Coolfont Resort to a Sunday evening fire that quickly consumed the wood lodge building. Firefighting agencies from four[Read More…]
