By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the past several months, Gov. Jim Justice has been discussing the possibility of calling the West Virginia Legislature into a special session to have lawmakers take up his proposal for an additional personal income tax cut. Although the governor previously[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, for The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There has been much talk of tax breaks and rebates for childcare services in West Virginia, but there is near silence from Gov. Jim Justice and human services officials on actions the state can immediately take to fund an impending[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Deaths: 35. Property damage: $482.3 million. Those are the losses that West Virginia suffered due to flood and flash flood events from 2004 through May 2024, according to a Gazette-Mail review of National Centers for Environmental Information data. That’s the same time[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – According to advertising experts from the Dutch Miller Auto Group and West Virginia University (WVU), newspaper ad representatives should consider providing additional data and print/online package deals as well as a balance between online and print ads to increase sales. [Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Public Service Commission has suspended through May 29 a rate hike proposal that has drawn the ire of Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power customers. In an order Thursday, the PSC suspended for 270 days the American Electric Power-controlled utilities’[Read More…]

By Christopher Dacanay, The Weirton Daily Times BEECH BOTTOM, W.Va. — An official with the electric boat manufacturer Pure Watercraft confirmed Thursday that the Seattle-based company has ceased operations at its 80,000-square-foot production facility in the Beech Bottom Industrial Park. “Pure Watercraft has, unfortunately, ceased operations in Brooke County, although[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alleging that West Virginia corrections, education and human services officials are not following state law requiring collection of data on juvenile justice outcomes, the state NAACP filed a lawsuit Thursday. The suit was filed by the West Virginia[Read More…]

By Katelyn Aluise, The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The SNAP Stretch Program, which can double or triple SNAP/EBT benefits when consumers use them at local farmers’ markets, has been temporarily paused due to growing popularity and lack of funding. The program, created by the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition,[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Connie Ahrens put a second mortgage on her home to pay for her mother’s nursing home stay. That’s how expensive it was. Prices for senior care being what they are quickly meant Ahrens had to look for other options. “Skilled nursing[Read More…]