By Charles Young, The Preston County News & Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said he will consider asking lawmakers to change the requirements for reporting the progress of homeschooled students during a special session later this year. Justice, during a press briefing Friday, fielded numerous questions related to[Read More…]

By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CLAY, W.Va. — A new railbike attraction that could put Clay County on track to developing a thriving tourism industry has begun operating on a stretch of rail line formerly operated by the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad. Rail Explorers, the nation’s largest railbike operator,[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s governor signed a bill Friday which allocates more than $80 million to the state’s higher education system to strengthen West Virginia’s financial aid programs this year and support colleges and universities. “Today I’m holding a ceremonial bill signing of[Read More…]

By Derek Redd, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — The latest resident at West Virginia Independence Hall glided into his final resting spot Friday morning. The statue of Arthur I. Boreman, the first governor of West Virginia, was installed on the Independence Hall lawn. It nearly brings to an end the[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials representing child welfare, education, and law enforcement in West Virginia addressed questions from the press regarding the state’s involvement — or lack of involvement — with a 14-year-old girl who died in April. Brian Abraham, chief of[Read More…]

By Maria Young, HD Media WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — If you want to give your comedic talents a boost, try asking a group of folks at a state corrections facility which is better, the food prepared by the inmates in the culinary arts training program, or the stuff served in the[Read More…]

$37M construction effort begins By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. – WVU Medicine United Hospital Center broke ground for its planned “state-of-the-art,” 38,000 square-feet clinic in Randolph County on Thursday. The facility, which will be called the Elkins Corridor H Medical Center, will be located at the former Teter Motors property[Read More…]

By Matt Harvey, The Exponent Telegram PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Beaver Valley Power Station, a nuclear facility, is located northwest of Pittsburgh, about 130 miles north of Clarksburg. How would officials in Pennsylvania and West Virginia respond in the event of an emergency at the facility? Finding that out is[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University research is strengthening national security by ensuring policymakers, military institutions, think tanks, academics and journalists have access to substantial, up-to-date information on international conflicts when they need it. A $555,647 grant from the National Science Foundation supports the three-year expansion of[Read More…]

The Journal Today marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings along the coast in Normandy, France. On that day, thousands of brave soldiers made their way onto the beaches along the coast to fight a battle that would change the course of a war that changed the course of[Read More…]