By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Frigid winds and swirling snow didn’t dampen the celebration Monday when a new bridge reopened and restored a city’s East End and North Side link to the outside world. A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the opening of the new Grant Street[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal magistrate judge has scheduled a hearing to consider a motion for sanctions against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over the deletion of emails from top former officials. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Eifert[Read More…]

By Sarah Ingram, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Despite not having internet for about 36 hours beginning Tuesday, Cabell County Schools officials said schools should not be affected too much. West Virginia Network announced infrastructure upgrades by Three Rivers Optical, West Virginia Network’s upstream provider, could cause “suboptimal network performance”[Read More…]

By John G. Miller, executive editor, The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Always on. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice likes to describe some of the top performers in his administration as “always stuck on on.” Seems fitting, since their leader exemplifies that trait in all walks of his life. Completing[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The current West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources will cease to exist Jan. 1, and will be replaced with three new separate entities. In the first overhaul of the DHHR’s organizational structure since the Department of Health and the Department[Read More…]

By Jacob Martin, The Preston County News & Journal KINGWOOD W.Va. — Community and service members alike adorned 336 graves of veterans from Preston County. On Saturday, community members gathered to honor local service members at the Maplewood Cemetery. Ceremonial wreaths, one for each branch of the military, were placed[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Bluefield State University’s interim president took a break from signing the 300 letters of recommendation piled on his desk to speak about work that’s now underway to make sure that faculty, staff and students have voices that will be heard by[Read More…]

By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Many reporters, myself included, have written at length about how a series of “flat” state budgets are effectively forcing state agencies and offices to cut spending, compromising their abilities to perform mandated duties. The latest victim of the de facto spending cuts,[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Since making controversial comments about the 2020 presidential election last week, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner continues to say the election was stolen from former president Donald Trump without providing evidence to back up those claims.[Read More…]