By Esteban FernandezFor Times West VirginianFairmont— On a research trip up to a cemetery in Eldora, Amy Davis and Rikki Diana Pauley saw something strange in the night sky. “She notices it first, and then it blinked,” Davis said. “Almost like it was communicating. It was like it didn’t do[Read More…]

By Steven Allan AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — The West Virginia Senate passed a number of bills Friday, including legislation to further punish unsanctioned distributions of abortion pills in the state and one aimed at preventing state agencies from using a media monitoring service being targeted by[Read More…]

By Joselyn KingFor The Intelligencer Wheeling – Congress now has passed almost all of its appropriations bills, and this means $2 million allocated through federal community funding dollars is coming to Wheeling’s Gateway Center project. U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, stopped in Wheeling Friday at the construction site for[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — Gov. Patrick Morrisey and officials with the West Virginia Department of Education and state Board of Education are clashing over requests for additional spending for the next fiscal year and whether state revenue officials were informed of those needs.[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – The 60-day annual session of the West Virginia Legislature reached its halfway mark Thursday, with Republican lawmakers touting progress on economic development, public education spending and other issues. But members of the Democratic caucus said the GOP supermajority is[Read More…]

By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Worthington-area resident Doug Starcher donned a jaunty hat and gleefully passed out candy canes to members of the Marion County Commission on Wednesday. At the same time, two and a half hours away in Charleston, news had just broken that Gov. Patrick[Read More…]

By Charles OwensFor the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — The ongoing parking enforcement efforts in Bluefield also includes tickets for those who park illegally in designated handicapped parking spots within the city limits. The city launched a renewed enforcement of two-hour parking spots in the downtown area on Wednesday, but[Read More…]

By Joselyn KingFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Wheeling – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said a move this week by President Donald Trump will help to keep some coal-fired power plants open longer in West Virginia. Capito spoke on the matter during a press call with reporters across the[Read More…]

By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia It’s been just over a month since Senate Education Committee Chair Amy Grady, R-Mason, while speaking as part of the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead panel in Charleston, told a room filled with reporters, “The graduation requirements that we have for our high school students are assuming every[Read More…]

By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey selected former state charter school czar James Paul to serve as a member of the West Virginia Board of Education, with which the governor has butted heads. In a press conference Wednesday morning at the State[Read More…]