By Josephine E. Moore, The Register Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Beckley’s newly sworn interim city manager, Billie Trump, will receive an annual salary of $130,000, though he’s only expected to hold the position for a few months. The Beckley Common Council approved Trump’s salary during its meeting Tuesday night. Before[Read More…]

By Lydia Crawley, The Parsons Advocate PARSONS, W.Va. — Parsons resident Michael Whitely, Sr. addressed the City of Parsons Council June 18th with concerns over a recent influx of homeless individuals to the Parsons area.  “I was kind of thrown for a loop about two months ago when we had an[Read More…]

The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — According to the new NOAA Climate Prediction Center, which just became live last month, June’s excessive heat has the capability to lead to a regional rapid onset drought. “Also known as a flash drought, these events are tied to extreme temperatures and other[Read More…]

Hometown News Wow! Can it be a whole decade since we started down the path to establish a newspaper? It has been 10 years since we began our journey to create a paper. We put out our first issue in August. We filed for our business license in June. It[Read More…]

By Ainsley Hall, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — People gathered outside U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s Martinsburg office on Monday to share their support for and against abortion. Roe v. Wade was overturned two years ago on Monday, and to show their support for abortion, Tammy Offutt and several representatives[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Officials with North Central West Virginia Airport are prepared to sign off on a bridge loan needed to finance construction of the new terminal building. With all of the necessary approvals and paperwork in place, officials expect to finalize the $10[Read More…]

By Eric Cravey, Times West Virginian BUNNER RIDGE, W.Va. — While 87-year-old Ronnie Vandergrift was serving in the U.S. Army, his two older brothers Richard and Don were back home in Fairmont becoming famous. Until has passing at the age of 21, Richard Vandergrift played the dobro, performed a lot of[Read More…]

By Josh Brown, Williamson Daily News GILBERT, W.Va. — A community meeting to provide more information about a proposed ammonia plant in Mingo County is scheduled for Friday, June 28 at 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Larry Joe Harless Community Center in Gilbert. The meeting is open to the[Read More…]

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…]