By Stephen Smoot, Shinnston News & Harrison County Journal HARRISON COUNTY, W.Va. — Almost 20 years ago, Communities in Schools got its foot in the door in West Virginia, establishing Greenbrier County as the first affiliate. Over 15 years later, the next set of counties, Berkeley, McDowell, and Wyoming, joined.[Read More…]

The Pocahontas Times POCAHONTAS COUNTY, W.Va. This sundog photo was captured at Autumn Breeze Stables at Snowshoe Monday morning. Sundogs are part of a family of atmospheric optical illusions including moon halos and the closely related sun halos. Read more: https://pocahontastimes.com/a-rare-and-beautiful-sight/

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The City of Huntington received $2.7 million in opioid settlement funds at Monday’s regular meeting of City Council. Attorney Rusty Webb presented the first of 14 checks to the council, adding that the other 13 will be close to the initial amount.[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Corrections Commissioner William Marshall addressed the recent claim that 1,284 inmates statewide are sleeping on the floors of correctional institutions as a result of overcrowding during Tuesday’s interim meeting of the Legislative Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Beckley Common Council voted Tuesday to convert the city of Beckley into a city manager government. The city manager ordinance was approved by a 4-3 vote, with council members Tom Sopher, Robert Canter, Robert Dunlap, and Kevin Price voting in[Read More…]

Perhaps the most enduring moment in West Virginians’ collective memory about the Jan. 9, 2014, chemical spill that left roughly 300,000 residents and businesses in the Kanawha Valley and surrounding areas without water came from the combination of a dismissive attitude and an Aquafina bottle. It’s hard to forget Freedom[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism, on Tuesday, heard remarks from OmniTRAX Vice-presidents Nathan Brown and Stacey Posey, regarding the company’s background and plans for the South Branch Valley Railroad. Brown, OmniTRAX’s senior VP of corporate strategy,[Read More…]

By Liz Beavers, Mineral News and Tribune editor KEYSER, W.Va. — More than 35 representatives of Mineral County will be traveling to Charleston this week to carry on a tradition begun many years ago as a way to improve the working relationships between the county and the state. Originally one[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Another Republican lawmaker is calling for a return to the death penalty in West Virginia for specific cases, but others question the effectiveness of the death penalty. In a press release Monday, state Sen. Mike Stuart said the[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News/The State Journal CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Monday marked the official start of the 2024 election cycle as candidates began filing certificates of announcement with the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office and local county clerk’s offices. Candidates have until midnight on Jan. 27 to file their[Read More…]