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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — George Powell, a facilities maintenance worker at West Virginia University, has struggled with depression since they were five years old. They’re on five different medications for anxiety, ADHD, PTSD and major depression. They called it a cocktail of disorders for their[Read More…]

Ideal locations and demand for commercial kitchen space being sought FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. – Leaders of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) and its entrepreneurial program – the West Virginia Hive – are seeking the community’s input by the end of the year on several aspects of a new[Read More…]