Hardesty moves into legislative liaison role By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monday marked Paul Hardesty’s last meeting as president of the West Virginia Board of Education, with board members electing Vice President Nancy White to the revolving role while Hardesty moves into a[Read More…]

By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Although increased regulation challenges the industry, West Virginia banks are forging on, officials said. Local banks continue to provide services to their communities, while the market share of unregulated and uninsured financial institutions grows. “One of the differentiators of banks in[Read More…]

By Eric Cravey, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Rudy Williams first became interested in the field of forestry because he had a couple of friends whose fathers were foresters. After going on to have a four-decade career with the West Virginia Division of Forestry, Williams is now enshrined in the[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State residents will soon be able to track opioid settlement funds through a portal on the fiscal transparency site maintained by the state Auditor’s Office. The West Virginia Checkbook plans to launch an Opioid Settlement Transparency page where it will provide[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Bluefield State University officials announced Friday that the university has received confirmation that corrective steps they have taken addresses the concerns raised last year in a critical report from the Higher Learning Commission. Bluefield State University received a highly critical report[Read More…]

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of West Virginia has seen major enrollment growth over the years, while its financials and donations are at a standstill. The Imagination Library initiative is a program that mails books straight to a participating child’s home each month,[Read More…]

By Tom Markland, The Journal HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Hoke’s Run, the site of one of the very first battles of the Civil War, is being preserved for the first time as part of a partnership between the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation (SVBF) and several Berkeley County agencies. The 10-acre site[Read More…]

By Colin C. Rhodes, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — It’s Independence Day weekend, where we celebrate just about anything and everything American. And what could be more American than American football? While there’s no pro league playing in the United States at the moment, that doesn’t mean we can’t[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Shinnston News & Harrison County Journal SHINNSTON, W.Va. — Natural disasters do not simply leave an impression on a community or a region. When devastation in lives and property occurs, the event sears itself into the consciousness. From then on, the impact and memory affects what[Read More…]