West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Senate Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining, on Tuesday, considered a “strike and insert” amendment to HB 4292, a bill which seeks to expand damages for the nonpayment of oil and gas royalties due to land owners. As explained by[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House Committee on Insurance and Banking advanced four bills on Tuesday, including one creating the Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act and one that would increase the amount of insurance funds that may be recovered by fire departments following[Read More…]

By Ainsley Hall, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Jodi Williams, from Opequon Elementary School, was named the West Virginia School Counselor Association (WVSCA) 2024 School Counselor of the Year last week. Williams, who was nominated for the award last November, felt honored that her co-workers thought so highly of her[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — A program bringing incentives for builders creating new housing and renovating older housing to an area 20-square-miles around the city of Princeton is coming to Mercer County. The city of Princeton announced Monday that the Mercer County area has been designated[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate’s long anticipated student discipline bill focused on elementary school grades easily passed on Monday, but it might not have it so easy in the House of Delegates whose similar bill has seen no movement[Read More…]

By Roger Adkins, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate approved legislation Monday aimed at prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a minor 16 years of age or younger is present. Senate Bill 378, which amends state code to include this restriction, sparked some debate before it was[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on Monday, advanced legislation seeking to clarify that it is not required for an administratively-altered, suspended or revoked driver’s license to be surrendered to the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. Proposed by Del. Daniel[Read More…]

By Daisy Gibbons, WV News LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine will expand its degree portfolio next academic year, offering a new Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree program. The School of Osteopathic Medicine’s graduate program will place an emphasis on lifestyle and chronic disease[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald MONROE COUNTY, W.Va. — In southeastern West Virginia, in a remote corner of Monroe County just a couple hollers north of the Virginia state line, bus rides to and from school can take up to two hours. Families in the tiny unincorporated town of[Read More…]

By Nick Henthorn, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. – After a two-day, three-game odyssey across Saturday and Sunday, the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights are the champions of the 19th annual West Virginia State Bob Otten Hockey Tournament. The Knights bested the West Virginia East Vipers 5-4 in the championship match inside[Read More…]