By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times PENDLETON COUNTY, W.Va. — It’s a common sense concept hiding a sometimes complex situation. To learn, grow, and achieve, students must go to school regularly and consistently. Taking too many days off can lead to lower levels of achievement and ability. COVID lockdowns in[Read More…]
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Jefferson High School marching band joins the For Whom the Band Tolls competition
By Ainsley Hall, The Journal SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. — Jefferson High School’s marching band is competing in Metallica’s For Whom the Band Tolls competition, where marching bands from all over the country are sending in a video submission of them playing a song by Metallica. The winners will receive money[Read More…]
Kanawha County reaches settlement in Paint Creek spill litigation
By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A $500,000 settlement has come out of litigation surrounding a chemical spill into Paint Creek in August 2022. Half of that money will go to the Kanawha County Commission, which will discuss how to spend it at a future public meeting.[Read More…]
North Central West Virginian Airport faces second lawsuit over Move the Mountain project
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Barring a special session in December, the Benedum Airport Authority wrapped up its business for the year at its November meeting this week. Airport Director Rick Rock summarized the year as a busy one where several of the airport’s construction projects[Read More…]
Spectacular Ceremony
Almost Heaven in Washington, D.C. By Brad Johnson, executive editor, The Inter-Mountain WASHINGTON, D.C. — Introduced as “the pride of West Virginia,” Ethan Reese, a fourth-grader from Beverly Elementary School, switched on the lights for the 2023 Capitol Christmas Tree during a special ceremony Tuesday evening. Mike Johnson, the U.S. Speaker of[Read More…]
Christmas in the Park opens at Chief Logan
By Dylan Vidovich, The Logan Banner CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK, W.Va. — Christmas in the Park, Logan County’s premier annual holiday light display inside Chief Logan State Park, opened for its 2023 season Thursday night. Started in 1994 by the late Tom “Rose” Tomblin, Christmas in the Park is celebrating[Read More…]
Big Night at the Capitol
W.Va. delegation to attend lighting By Brad Johnson, executive editor, The Inter-Mountain WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia’s congressional delegation will be present for the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony this evening. The lighting of the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, which was harvested in Randolph County, will take[Read More…]
Postal Service ponders moving some Charleston Distribution Center operations to Pa.
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Postal Service is conducting a review of its 800-employee Charleston Processing and Distribution Center at Southridge Center, which will include examining the possibility of transferring some of the Charleston facility’s mail processing operations to two USPS operations in Pennsylvania. Postal[Read More…]
Manchin announces $50M grant to assist metals manufacturer
By Craig Howell, managing editor, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — A $50 million federal grant is aimed at assisting a metal producing company construct a facility in Weirton. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, who serves as chair of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced the funding[Read More…]
West Virginia First Foundation still working on public transparency policy
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The public/private foundation tasked with allocating hundreds of millions of dollars of opioid settlement dollars is still working on a meeting and transparency policy. The foundation voted to go into executive session to talk privately about what a[Read More…]