By Steve Keenan, The Fayette Tribune OAK HILL, W.Va. — Barbara Painter, the emergency food director for the Fayette County-based Southern Appalachian Labor School, reminds us of the old adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” While a delivery of about 36,000 pounds of the fruit received in[Read More…]
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OPINION: New USDA resource keeps rural WV healthy, thriving
By Ryan Thorn, West Virginia state director of USDA Rural Development The success of every community across West Virginia depends on the health and wellbeing of its people. At USDA Rural Development, we believe that everyone should live in a healthy and safe environment, and everyone should have access to[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court again sides with WVSSAC, this time in volleyball
WV News Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission won its petition for a writ of prohibition Thursday at the state Supreme Court, nixing rulings from Tyler and Hardy judges and clearing the way for the Class A state volleyball tournament to proceed as the SSAC[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail editorial: Don’t fret, or celebrate, over Cabinet picks yet
Charleston Gazette-Mail It’s not surprising that outgoing West Virginia governor and incoming Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Justice says he’ll back whomever President-elect Donald Trump appoints to Cabinet positions once the new president takes office. Seeing Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., toe the line on deeply flawed appointees like recently resigned[Read More…]
Domestic violence victims in W.Va. can now seek a protective order without having to face their attacker
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Victims of domestic violence and sexual assault will soon be able to access court protection orders remotely thanks to a program adopted by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. “We want individuals to be able to come into court,” Lisa[Read More…]
A ‘beary’ blessed life: Local woman looks back at experiences in grizzly bear, polar bear country
By Tabitha Johnston, The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Over the past 91 years of her life, Elizabeth Miller has gone many places and seen many things. Out of all of them, some of her favorite memories are those of seeing bears in the wild. According to Miller, this love[Read More…]
Way past turkey
By Laura Dean Bennett, The Pocahontas Times MARLINTON, W.Va. — I know it may be heresy to suggest this, but Americans might just as well have chosen fish and seafood as traditional Thanksgiving fare, after all, according to Early American historians, seafood likely comprised a large portion of the first[Read More…]
4 new murals installed in Capitol Rotunda, completing controversial project
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The four original Capitol Rotunda murals now have company. Work was recently completed on four more murals that accent the main artwork surrounding the Rotunda at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston. Each new artwork depicts a woman and a child. The four murals[Read More…]
Randolph, Wetzel residents reach out to West Virginia Professional Charter School Board
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board may have an answer for parents upset about school closures and consolidations in their counties: apply to convert those schools to public charter schools. James Paul, executive director of[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Sen. Joe Manchin bids farewell to Senate Energy Committee, reflects on key legislation
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., presided over his last business meeting as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Tuesday. Manchin, who chose not to seek re-election and will soon be retiring from the Senate, reflected on his[Read More…]
