By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WELCH, W.Va. — Planning is now underway for the 106th annual Veterans Day Parade in Welch. The McDowell County parade is the longest consecutive running Veterans Day Parade in the United States. This year’s Veterans Day parade is once again being sponsored by the American[Read More…]

By Toni Milbourne, The Journal SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. — Aaron Raines, owner of Shenandoah Metal Fab in Shenandoah Junction, has a heart to help others — a trait that has been passed to his young son, Kip. Following Hurricane Helene, Aaron began gathering supplies to take down to North Carolina[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Every morning, the residents at house on a hill on Morgan Ridge Road in Rivesville can see the sun rise on Mon Power’s new solar farm. “We offered to put some hedges in so they wouldn’t have to look at it,”[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Attorneys general serving West Virginia and Virginia came together Wednesday in Bluefield to speak about how their states are addressing the opioid overdose epidemic as well as the threat posed by an even deadlier substance known as fentanyl. The public forum[Read More…]

By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — GLP-1 medications like Ozempic have come to be known as miracle weight loss drugs. But a stigma for taking them exists. Regardless of how people may feel about sharing their secret for weight loss with their friends and family, it is[Read More…]

By Rachel Morrison, Ritchie Gazette & The Cairo Standard SMITHVILLE, W.Va. — After 73 years, Sgt. Kester Bernard Hardman has finally been reunited with his family, where he belongs. Hardman, died tragically young at the age of 22 — passed April 24, 1951 —  due to illness while in captivity[Read More…]

Hurricane Breeze Newspaper The Clover STEMs 4-H Club unveiled Scan2Skate signage at the City of Hurricane Skate Park on Saturday, October 12th. HURRICANE, W.Va. — Putnam County’s 4-H Lego Robotics Team, the Clover STEMs, unveiled signage at the City of Hurricane Skate Park which allows beginning skateboarders to become proficient.[Read More…]

Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the November election, West Virginia voters will have five choices on the ballot for governor. The frontrunners are Republican nominee and current West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, 56, of Harpers Ferry, and the Democratic nominee and current Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, 68. Making[Read More…]

Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The family of Gov. Jim Justice said in a news release sent late Tuesday that all debts on the historic Greenbrier Resort and the Resort at Glade Springs — both of which the family owns — have been satisfied with Beltway Capital, which was set[Read More…]