By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Senate confirmed three new nominees for the nation’s regulator of major energy projects, including West Virginia’s solicitor general who won a recent victory before the U.S. Supreme Court blocking a major environmental rule. On Wednesday, Senators[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A statue honoring Raleigh County native and musical legend Bill Withers could be in place in Beckley as early as this fall. After raising nearly $170,000 over the past three years, Jill Moorefield of Beckley Events said the city wil have[Read More…]

By Chad Vaughn, River Cities Register APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday for the long in the planning wastewater treatment plant in Apple Grove. Nucor Steel donated 10 acres of land to the Mason County Public Service District for the project. The land is adjacent[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. – A new regional cancer center, a proposed hotel, increased airport activity and recreation and tourism are all factors expected to positively drive Wheeling’s economy over the next decade, according to local leaders. They indicated there is also going to be a need[Read More…]

By Nolan Duncan, The Herald Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University’s Memorial Fountain has been nominated to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination was announced Thursday morning at the fountain. It was created through the work of Cody Straley, an alumnus of Marshall and a[Read More…]

Wetzel Chronicle PADEN CITY, W.Va. — While Wetzel County Superintendent Cassie Porter explained that her decision to close Paden City High School and relocate its students for the 2024-25 school year was done with the safety of students, faculty and staff at the forefront, Paden City residents rallied at the[Read More…]

By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CROSS LANES, W.Va. — On Wednesday, three days after the sudden and unexpected resignation of 10 Tyler Mountain Volunteer Fire Department firefighters, a crowd of more than 100 people turned out for a meeting of the VFD’s board of directors to voice their displeasure over[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times FRANKLIN, W.Va. — The national media marked the arrival of the native Chinese Joro spider to the Northeastern United States with typical breathless irresponsibility. Headlines screaming about giant flying venomous spiders terrified readers last week, but missed the mark on accuracy. David Nelson, a[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON, DC — Proponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline are lauding the final authorization needed to put the long-delayed project into service. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted the project’s developer’s request to begin operating the pipeline in a letter issued late Tuesday. That[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Community and environmental advocates are infuriated after federal regulators green-lighted gas to flow through the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline, citing safety concerns after the cause of a pipe rupture last month remains unknown. But West Virginia congressional delegates who helped force the[Read More…]