By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday throwing a settlement agreement between states and the creators of OxyContin back to a lower court could mean changes to how much West Virginia could receive. In a split 5-4[Read More…]
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Editorial: The number of all-inclusive playgrounds grows
The Herald-Dispatch Kids of all ages and abilities are getting equipment to fit their needs when new playgrounds are built. It’s about time. The Huntington area got its first all-inclusive playground in 2018. It opened late in the year, past the time people normally think of kids on playgrounds, but[Read More…]
West Virginia Attorney General applauds SCOTUS ruling pausing EPA plan
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey celebrated a decision Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan requiring facilities to curtail emissions that impact other states. The high court made the “correct decision” in its[Read More…]
WVU taps Kreider to serve as interim provost as Reed prepares to retire
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After three decades of service to West Virginia University, Maryanne Reed has chosen to retire from her role as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the end of September. She will continue to offer her leadership and expertise through the end of the calendar[Read More…]
DJ has provided Elkins’ soundtrack for past 46 years
By Taylor McKinnie, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — After more than 40 years on the air, a local Elkins radio host is “hangin’ up the headphones” to focus on his health, but is looking back fondly on the past four decades. Roger Taylor, 64, is retiring after 46 years on the radio[Read More…]
Area residents plan on watching tonight’s debate between Trump and Biden
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Watching a president and a former president debate for an hour and a half tonight is a must-see television event for many voters wondering what could happen after they go to the polls in November. President Joe Biden and former President Donald[Read More…]
Multimodal Transit Center coming to fruition after nearly a decade of planning
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It was with a lot of smiles, as well as some emotional tears, that Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority (EPTA) Executive Director Elaine Bartoldson shared that the once-only-dreamed-about Eastern Panhandle Multimodal Transit Center is becoming a reality. The project has been in the[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice considering uses for expected budget surplus of ‘nearly $800M’
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is expected to have a budget surplus of “nearly $800 million,” when Fiscal Year 2024 comes to a close later this week, Gov. Jim Justice said. Justice, during his press briefing Wednesday, said he is currently considering the best[Read More…]
Protecting the protectors: State firefighters, police officers gain partial-disability benefits
By Beth Sergent, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Firefighters and police officers are brotherhoods that intersect when the public calls, and recently, when there’s a call for change in the law regarding partial-disability benefits. “I see zero drawbacks with this law [House Bill 5188],” Cpt. Steve McCormick of the Huntington[Read More…]
A community built for seniors
Shepherd Village co-housing shares living spaces aimed at ‘neighborliness on steroids’ By Erik Anderson, Spirit of Jefferson SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — When they decided to build accessible housing for seniors in Shepherdstown, the married couple who founded the Shepherd Village co-housing community said they were aiming for a vision of “neighborliness[Read More…]
