Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A public meeting about proposed changes to Charleston’s postal center is back on the calendar. U.S. Postal Service officials posted on their website Thursday that the forum will be held at the Charleston Coliseum & Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, in the[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia House of Delegates committee has begun working on tax credits and pilot programs meant to encourage the growth of childcare options to help get people back into the workforce. The House Committee on Senior, Children,[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Senate Committee on Government Organization, on Thursday, advanced two bills; the first to update the coordinate system for survey completion, and the second to modify compensation for firefighters required to work on state holidays.  Sponsored by Committee Chair Jack David[Read More…]

BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. — Years ago the Brooke County Review had two columnists who wrote a weekly opinion column mixed in with interesting facts or stories. Often times those were the first items read and we looked forward to them every week. It has been several years since we have[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There won’t be an official Groundhog Day celebration in West Virginia this year, and the future of the state’s trout stocking program is in doubt, Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday. Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture have closed the West[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Joe Biden has issued a disaster declaration for people who were affected by flooding in the Kanawha Valley and other areas of West Virginia in August. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday that federal disaster assistance has been made available[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. — Seventeen elk have been successfully transported to southern West Virginia as part of an effort to reestablish the species in the Mountain State. Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced Wednesday the successful transport[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Senate and House education committees approved a Hope Scholarship bill and a patriotic societies bill without debate on Wednesday and sent them on to their respective destinations. Senate School Choice merged two Hope Scholarship bills into one: SB 598. Among its[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates took a bill passed during last year’s session dealing with student discipline issues and expanded it with a new bill passed Wednesday, setting up a possible conflict with the state Senate. The[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Major General Bill Crane, adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard, addressed members of the Legislative Veterans Caucus on Tuesday, to provide an update as to the goings on within West Virginia’s military ranks. Some 12 members of the Veterans[Read More…]