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…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The lead sponsor of an amendment to a bill Thursday to remove references to systemic racism refused to take questions, causing Democratic members of the West Virginia House of Delegates to have all bills read in full in[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, on Thursday, advanced two bills designed to bolster laws surrounding pregnancies in West Virginia. While SB 575 deals primarily with the legality of surrogacy arrangements, SB 352 seemingly seeks to tighten the state’s already[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A bill that would expand the number of professionals who can diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in first responders for workers’ compensation claims has been moved out of the House Committee on Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services, but continued[Read More…]

By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — Form Energy celebrated the end of one chapter and the beginning of another Thursday as the iron-air battery manufacturer moves closer to beginning operations in Weirton later this year. Company officials, members of the construction team and other guests gathered[Read More…]