West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice delivered the following address on July 15 to the people of West Virginia following the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump on Saturday, July 13, 2024.

By Fred Pace, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Just 18 months after Buzz Foods of Charleston announced it had acquired Huntington-based S.S. Logan Packing Co., the company has closed the Huntington facility. “This was not our original plan,” said Buzz’s owner Dickinson Gould. “Our intention and hope was to grow[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University alumni and friends contributed a record $282.6 million during fiscal year 2024 to support high-quality education, meaningful research, world-class patient care and outreach programs that benefit the Mountain State and beyond. The WVU Foundation’s remarkable year in fundraising trumps the previous record —[Read More…]

By Derek Redd, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — As the world reeled in the aftermath of an assassination attempt Saturday against former president Donald Trump, political leaders throughout West Virginia condemned the act and thanked the first responders who came to Trump’s aid. The incident also led one candidate to[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite a Wall Street Journal article casting doubt on the future viability of a project in Pleasants County to take coal and create graphite and hydrogen, Pleasants County Commission President Jay Powell remains a cheerleader for the project[Read More…]

By Eric Jones, The Journal HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. – When Ted Staley first purchased the John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry in 2010, he had little knowledge of the historic town and the events of John Brown. “I didn’t know much. I had been there one or two times,[Read More…]

By Steve Keenan, The Fayette Tribune ANSTED, W.Va. — A constant query at Hawks Nest State Park in the last couple of years has centered on the potential return of the park’s aerial tramway, which was shelved in 2021. State and local officials gathered at the park Friday to detail[Read More…]

By Bryce Cohen, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The St. Louis Cardinals drafted former WVU Baseball infielder JJ Wetherholt with the No. 7 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. Despite spending nearly half of the 2024 season sidelined with a hamstring injury, Wetherholt managed eight home runs and 30[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly one year after Gov. Jim Justice celebrated steam rising from the cooling towers at the Pleasants Power Plant after the coal-fired plant nearly closed for good, a national publication raised new questions about a project at the[Read More…]

By John Mark Shaver, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that state revenue collections in Fiscal Year 2024 were enough to trigger an additional 4% decrease in West Virginia’s personal income tax rate. While making the announcement, Justice reiterated that he doesn’t want to stop[Read More…]