By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The saga of the Charleston Town Center mall parking garages continues. The garages will be auctioned off, according to a motion expected to be filed in the coming days with Kanawha County Circuit Court. The initial plan for the Capital Sports Center,[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Long the domain of modern action movie tropes, cyber attacks are becoming less fiction than reality. In 2021, the owner of a pipeline system carrying fuel from Texas to the Southeast suffered a ransomware attack that caused gas supply shortages in[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling farmers hope for gray skies, as harvests were negatively impacted due to this year being the ninth driest ever recorded in the city, according to the National Weather Service. Wheeling’s average rainfall this year of 31.49 inches fell four inches short[Read More…]

By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alyce Faye Bragg, who chronicled farm life, local folklore and family adventures, past and present, in a popular self-titled column that appeared weekly in the Charleston Gazette-Mail for more than 30 years, died Tuesday at age 88. A Clay County native, Bragg spent[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has appointed West Virginia Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy to fill a vacant circuit court judgeship in Kanawha County. Larry Pack, a former member of the House Delegates who has been serving as senior advisor to the Justice administration, will[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – A steel and concrete span known for years in Mercer County as the bridge to nowhere became a bridge to somewhere Wednesday when a ribbon was cut and a long line of cars and trucks crossed the bridge for the first time.[Read More…]

By Fred Pace, Charleston Gazette-Mail SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — GreenPower Motor Co. rolled out its first four all-electric school buses Wednesday morning at its new facility in South Charleston. In April, the company announced a $15 million order from West Virginia for 41 zero-emission, battery-powered school buses that integrate key[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — College student-athletes unable to play in games due to the NCAA’s transfer rules will be able to compete for the next 14 days due to a federal judge’s ruling Wednesday in Wheeling. U.S. District Court Judge John Preston Bailey granted a temporary[Read More…]

By Suzette Lowe, The Jackson Star & Herald RIPLEY, W.Va. — Many Jackson Countians have been going home happy with vehicles filled with delicious apples. For the sixth time, the Rev. Frank Miller, director of Parchment Valley Conference Center, has worked with several volunteer groups to load bushels of Red[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite settling one federal class action lawsuit regarding conditions at a regional jail and an ongoing federal lawsuit over conditions in West Virginia’s entire correctional system, state officials told lawmakers Tuesday that things are getting better. Officials with[Read More…]