By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s highest court has rejected a state Public Service Commission order that disallowed Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power from recovering $231.8 million in fuel costs from ratepayers. The Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday filed an opinion reversing the PSC’s January[Read More…]

By Tabitha Johnston, The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The International Fly-Fishing Film Festival (IF4) was held for the second year-in-a-row in the National Conservation Training Center’s (NCTC) Byrd Auditorium on Nov. 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service national historian Mark Madison welcomed those in attendance to the festival. “Tonight,[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is now the No. 4 Republican in the U.S. Senate. Capito, who was previously the No. 5 Senate Republican, won an uncontested race Wednesday as GOP senators voted to choose their next leadership team. She will now[Read More…]

By Jerenie Sands, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band is set to perform in the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time since 2016.  The Pride is one of 12 college bands invited to perform at the annual, nationally-televised parade. [Read More…]

By Erik Anderson, Spirit of Jefferson MIDDLEWAY, W.Va. — Stacy Chapman, 61, appeared nervous as she looked out over a crowd of more than 60 people who gathered on Nov. 7 at the historic White Church in Middleway to hear her hastily organized presentation opposing the proposed water bottling facility[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. — The bond and pretrial hearing for State Sen. Michael Maroney for charges of indecent exposure and driving under the influence was stayed Wednesday after Maroney’s defense counsel appealed Marshall County Magistrate Zachary Allman’s decision to allow media in the courtroom. Allman[Read More…]

By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS — Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon is always looking for ways for members of the Sheriff’s Office to bond with area youth, and last year he and some of his fellow deputies came up with a plan they hoped would work. The Sheriff’s Office[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One week after securing the election for West Virginia’s next governor, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is hitting the ground running on forming a transition team, soliciting resumes and ideas and working with lawmakers and other state officials to[Read More…]

By John Mark Shaver, The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Lung cancer operations at WVU Medicine United Hospital Center have gotten more precise and efficient thanks to Cytalux, a drug that allows doctors to more easily see exactly where the cancer lies in the lung. WVU Medicine thoracic surgeon Dr.[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia landowners have secured an agreement from the nation’s largest gas and oil well owner and largest gas producer to pay up to $6.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over thousands of unplugged wells. Under the agreement, the country’s largest[Read More…]