By Fred Pace, HD Media WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Three companies plan to invest $219 million in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday afternoon at the state Chamber of Commerce’s annual business summit in White Sulphur Springs. The largest investment will be made by Babcock & Wilcox, a[Read More…]

The Exponent Telegram LINCOLN, Neb. — For the first time since the U.S. Drought Monitor was created in 1999, part of West Virginia has been listed under exceptional drought. The Drought Monitor released its latest map on Thursday morning, and parts of Mason, Putnam, Jackson, Roane, Wirt and Wood counties[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Democratic Huntington Mayor Steve Williams offered differing governing styles to members of the West Virginia business community Wednesday as they made their case to be the state’s next governor. Morrisey[Read More…]

By Taylor McKinnie, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — A Randolph County logging company is facing a civil lawsuit from the United States Attorney’s Office for logging in a National Forest that could result in them paying more than $80,000 in monetary damages. The United States Attorney’s Office has filed a[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times FRANKLIN, W.Va. — According to Cherokee lore, in the old days animals could speak in the same tongues as the human beings with whom they lived in harmony. “But as time went on,” it reads in James Mooney’s “Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees,” “the[Read More…]

By Jess Mancini, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Farmers are feeling the heat from the heat wave and drought. For cattlemen, among the problems caused by the prolonged lack of rain is the lack of grass where the cows graze. “The main problem is grass,” Suzanne Dietz, who[Read More…]

By Beth Sergent, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monday at the state Capitol, West Virginia county commissioners worried about how they will pay their jail bills. Regional jail costs continue to affect counties across the state despite legislation passed in 2023 meant to provide some relief. At Monday’s legislative interim[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The public could soon have access to additional information about investigations into the deaths of children, Dr. Cynthia Persily said Tuesday. A working group, which includes a representative of Gov. Jim Justice’s administration and leaders from the West Virginia Legislature, has[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Benjamin Hatfield was hit Tuesday with a civil lawsuit by nine people in his office, including assistant prosecuting attorneys who allege a hostile working environment, sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. The suit comes fast on the heels[Read More…]

By Lydia Crawley, The Parsons Advocate PARSONS, W.Va. — A small landfill fire sparked a discussion among the board regarding the safety of lithium ion batteries and the disposal of the batteries by the general public.  The fire, according to Tucker County Solid Waste Authority Presiding Chair Mark Holstine was[Read More…]