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…]

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…]