By Derek ReddFor The Intelligencer A Major Investment The upcoming WVU Cancer Institute St. Joseph Regional Cancer Complex represents one of the biggest single investments in downtown Wheeling in the city’s history. Among the highlights: — The complex will cost $122 million to construct. — The facility will include four[Read More…]

By Maggie SusaFor HDMedia The West Virginia International Yeager Airport is collecting donations for U.S. Transportation Security Administration workers amid the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. In a social media post on Tuesday, airport officials said they are accepting donations of nonperishable food items, pet and food supplies, household essentials and gift[Read More…]

By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph The city Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday to provide a $250,000 allocation toward the creation of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Bluefield. The funds will cover the first year of operations, staffing and renovations for the new Esports center, according to[Read More…]

By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Beckley — The new nonprofit WV Dis(EN)Abled returned to the public last weekend to announce its first project and raise awareness about local accessibility barriers. A follow-up press conference at Bill Withers Plaza on Friday built on the group’s earlier soft-launch event at Tamarack on March[Read More…]

By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Morgantown — A program launched in 2024 to tackle food insecurity in West Virginia received $1 million from a nonprofit on Monday.  The Highmark Foundation contributed to the Food for Mountaineers program, an effort to help WVU Medicine patients avoid hunger in their households.[Read More…]

By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia State officials confirmed Monday the presence of the deadly Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, otherwise known as “bird flu,” which was detected in a backyard flock of chickens in Kanawha County. As explained by Beth Southern, communications director with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, confirmation of[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — Monday marked the 16th anniversary since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act went into effect, with more than 67,000 West Virginians receiving health insurance through its marketplace. But advocates and supporters worry changes to the program could cause[Read More…]

The Register-Herald BECKLEY — West Virginia University Institute of Technology will host a Discover Day for prospective students and their families on Saturday, March 28, giving attendees an opportunity to tour campus and learn more about the admissions process. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., beginning[Read More…]

By Joselyn KingThe Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING – The rainbow of colors in a bag of Ziegenfelder “Twin Pops” made in Wheeling will now come from natural sources. But parents might not want to tell their children that vegetables have found their way into the frozen confection. “We have[Read More…]

By Charles Owens Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Legislation that would have eventually ended tolls along the 88-mile West Virginia Turnpike died in the final days of the West Virginia Legislature’s regular session. Bills dealing with turnpike tolls, and the operations of the West Virginia Parkways Authority, were referred to[Read More…]