By Roger Adkins, Coal Valley News MADISON, W.Va. — A Boone County community is mourning the loss of a Madison Middle School student who died Saturday after injuries sustained at football practice on Friday. 13-year-old Cohen Craddock, an 8th-grade student and football player succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day.[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State officials predict that about $5.26 billion in total revenues will be collected in Fiscal Year 2025, a decline of 7.8% compared to the previous fiscal year. Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow, during testimony Monday before the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Dozens of boats will roar on the Ohio River over Labor Day weekend during the 17th Annual Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta. The vintage vehicles and their drivers, coming from far and wide to Friendly City, will arrive in town for registration on[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On day two of the August legislative interim meetings, the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and PEIA met to hear a couple of presentations on the state’s prior authorization law and its new electronic portal use requirement, which became effective[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. ­– Providers and advocates for childcare in West Virginia are pleased funding has been found to hold off a looming shortfall in childcare subsidy funding until the end of the year, but they’re not pleased with how this was[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Fruits of Labor has closed its Beckley location. The organization’s president, Tammy Jordan, announced the decision via email to city officials and media Friday afternoon, shortly after the Beckley location closed for the day. “After months of thoughtful consideration, Fruits of[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s lawmakers are looking at ways to increase mental health support for the state’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers.  On Sunday, during the first day of August’s legislative interim meetings, members of the Joint Committee on Volunteer Fire Departments[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — From 2017 to 2021, West Virginia attracted $6.2 billion in private sector investments, according to state Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael. In 2022 and 2023, the figure rose to $10 billion, which includes planned projects promised to bring hundreds of new[Read More…]

By Katelyn Aluise, HD Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In anticipation of leaves changing in the coming months, the West Virginia Department of Tourism has released its 2024 Fall Foliage Projection Map to guide people toward scenic views. According to Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby, the Division of Forestry provides the department[Read More…]