By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia “Before you brew beer, you drink it.” That’s what Jason Martin, owner of newly opened Ursus Brew Works in downtown Charleston, said while explaining the motivation behind his wanting to open a brewery. “I joined the military right out of high school,” Martin said. “I was in the[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — In December, members of the Republican supermajority in the West Virginia House of Delegates unveiled their legislative agenda focused on growing the state’s economy and producing jobs. Nearly four months later, most of that agenda is awaiting Gov. Patrick[Read More…]

By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Princeton — Work on Princeton’s new dog park should be getting underway in the near future. A contract on the project was awarded earlier this year, and the work was expected to start in January. But the weather didn’t cooperate as snow, ice and[Read More…]

By Mike TonyFor HDMedia When it comes to West Virginia’s support for drinking water quality improvements, the numbers haven’t added up. After West Virginia’s 60-day regular legislative session for 2026 that ended Saturday, they still don’t. Roughly $1.73 billion is how much a report prepared for the Appalachian Regional Commission[Read More…]

By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Beckley — On March 18, parents and teachers packed the Beckley Art Center as Raleigh County students decorated wall spaces with award-winning art. The Raleigh County reception took place after the Beckley Art Center hosted the statewide Youth Art Month reception. The local event, postponed[Read More…]

By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Rivesville — Mon Power recently detected arsenic in the groundwater by a coal ash landfill in Rivesville. The company held a town hall meeting at the Rivesville Community Center Wednesday evening. Representatives from Mon Power parent company First Energy and Civil and Environmental Consultants[Read More…]

By Joselyn KingFor The Intelligencer Wheeling – For now, “Twin Pops” can still be produced and sold in West Virginia. A law that bans both the manufacture and sale of foods in West Virginia containing certain food dyes remains blocked in federal court after being passed by the West Virginia[Read More…]

By Mike TonyFor HDMedia Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., has had a tremendous influence over the electric rates West Virginians pay via his appointments to the state Public Service Commission. As governor, the coal magnate appointed all three current PSC commissioners who have overseen sharply increasing rates at utilities’ requests in[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsForThe Intelligencer Charleston – Despite West Virginia’s burden of maintaining nearly 71,000 miles of roads and continued backlog of bridge maintenance, the state moved up slightly in a nationwide rankings of road systems The libertarian Reason Foundation released its 29th Annual Highway Report Thursday, comparing highway systems[Read More…]

By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — It’s been a good day for Bob and Jeff Tinnell from Allegheny Image Factory. Two of their films, “Gaslit by my Husband” and “The Bad Guardian,” hit two of the top five spots on Netflix since Sunday. Everyone from the actors to[Read More…]