The Herald-Dispatch MATEWAN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, located in Matewan, West Virginia, islaunching the Mingo County Black History Project, according to a news release. In the Mine Wars era, more than 64,000 African Americans lived in West Virginia and made up about 20% of the state’s[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginians are trapped in a power struggle. Enduring some of the least affordable electricity in the country in recent years didn’t stop long-running electric utility reliability issues throughout the state in 2023, according to recent filings the utilities submitted to the[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia’s school superintendents have selected Ohio County Schools Superintendent Kim Miller to lead them for the next year, as Miller will serve as president of the West Virginia Association of School Administrators for the 2024-2025 school year. “It’s an honor to[Read More…]

By Jacob Martin, The Preston County News and Journal KINGWOOD, W.Va. — Preston County Office of Emergency Management Director Duane Hamilton and Floodplain Manager Clark Nicklow have received the 2024 Floodplain Manager of the Year award. The honor was bestowed at this year’s West Virginia Floodplain Management Conference, held in[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Board of Governors endorsed a slate of 21 nominated individuals on Friday (June 21) to serve on the committee to select the University’s next president. The Ad Hoc Governance Committee recommended four BOG members and three faculty members to serve on the[Read More…]

By Bob Madison for The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Major League Baseball cut ties with the lowest minor leagues, when it collapsed the Appalachian League after the 2021 season. West Virginia towns of Bluefield and Princeton lost their years-old franchises and the coalfields saw baseball history ground into so[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The State of West Virginia celebrated its 161st birthday in style Thursday, with the unveiling of four new murals in the capitol rotunda, and the announcement of the top three finalists in the “First Lady’s West Virginia Day Hot Dog Sauce[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association INSTITUTE, W.Va. — On June 18, Gov. Justice ceremonially signed Senate Bill 1003, which allocates $50 million to construct a new state-of-the-art agricultural laboratory at West Virginia State University.  The cutting-edge facility will house laboratory space for both West Virginia State University and the West Virginia Department of[Read More…]

State’s birthplace now features a monument to its first governor By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Day saw a statue of the state’s first governor, Arthur I. Boreman, unveiled outside West Virginia Independence Hall, and current Gov. Jim Justice — known as a larger-than-life character, himself[Read More…]

By Logan Cottrell, The Exponent Telegram WESTON, W.Va. — This week was buzzing with excitement at Jackson’s Mill as campers and counselors alike celebrated National Pollinator Week. National Pollinator Week is dedicated to celebrating diverse pollinators that range from bees to butterflies and publicizing how they help with agriculture around[Read More…]