By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Keeping his cards close to his chest, Gov. Jim Justice encouraged the public to tune in to his eighth and final State of the State address next week. Speaking during his weekly virtual administration briefing Wednesday morning, Justice[Read More…]

The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. – He has bills ready to go already, but West Virginia Senate Majority Whip Ryan Weld suspects the most important thing he does during the upcoming legislative session “might not be anything legislatively.” Weld, R-Brooke, intends to pressure State Department of Highways officials for more information[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The effort to find a permanent funding source for the state’s volunteer fire departments remains ongoing, Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday. Justice, who signed three bills into law in August providing $12 million in one-time funds to volunteer fire departments, said finding[Read More…]

By Tim Cook, Spirit of Jefferson KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. — As a cost-cutting measure, the Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy in Kearneysville, the county’s public charter school, will no longer offer a high school and pre-kindergarten program for its third school year next fall.   The school’s board of directors voted on Dec.[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Marion County voters will decide whether the Marion County Board of Education’s list of spending priorities will receive funding. Board of Education members voted unanimously Tuesday to place a 5-year, $19.6 million bond onto the primary ballot in May. Prior to[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald HINTON, W.Va. — It’s been a year and a half since it developed, but nearly all signs of the sinkhole that opened in Hinton along W.Va. 20 have been erased. With the sinkhole completely filled in and paved over, officials with the state’s Department[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Small retail businesses in downtown Wheeling will see up to $10,000 each in relief to make up for revenue lost due to the Downtown Streetscape Project. Wheeling City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday – with one abstention and one absence – to approve[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — An annual ritual for West Virginia’s motorists became a biannual ritual on New Year’s Day when a new state law went into effect and replaced one-year inspection stickers with two-year-inspection stickers. In April last year, Gov. Jim Justice signed House Bill[Read More…]

By Roger Adkins, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just over a week before the start of the 60-day legislative session, Nicholas County delegate Caleb Hanna has resigned from the House to focus on his campaign for state auditor. Hanna, a Republican, announced the resignation in a letter to the House[Read More…]

By Logan Cottrell, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia school officials are warily embracing artificial intelligence as potentially the next big thing in education. “The use of AI in our schools is pretty prevalent,” said Lewis County Superintendent Melinda Stewart. “Both our students and staff have access[Read More…]