By Tim Cook, Spirit of Jefferson KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. — As a cost-cutting measure, the Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy in Kearneysville, the county’s public charter school, will no longer offer a high school and pre-kindergarten program for its third school year next fall.   The school’s board of directors voted on Dec.[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Marion County voters will decide whether the Marion County Board of Education’s list of spending priorities will receive funding. Board of Education members voted unanimously Tuesday to place a 5-year, $19.6 million bond onto the primary ballot in May. Prior to[Read More…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald HINTON, W.Va. — It’s been a year and a half since it developed, but nearly all signs of the sinkhole that opened in Hinton along W.Va. 20 have been erased. With the sinkhole completely filled in and paved over, officials with the state’s Department[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Small retail businesses in downtown Wheeling will see up to $10,000 each in relief to make up for revenue lost due to the Downtown Streetscape Project. Wheeling City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday – with one abstention and one absence – to approve[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — An annual ritual for West Virginia’s motorists became a biannual ritual on New Year’s Day when a new state law went into effect and replaced one-year inspection stickers with two-year-inspection stickers. In April last year, Gov. Jim Justice signed House Bill[Read More…]

By Roger Adkins, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just over a week before the start of the 60-day legislative session, Nicholas County delegate Caleb Hanna has resigned from the House to focus on his campaign for state auditor. Hanna, a Republican, announced the resignation in a letter to the House[Read More…]

By Logan Cottrell, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia school officials are warily embracing artificial intelligence as potentially the next big thing in education. “The use of AI in our schools is pretty prevalent,” said Lewis County Superintendent Melinda Stewart. “Both our students and staff have access[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — FirstEnergy has conceded possible West Virginia ratepayer effects from what is believed to be the largest bribery scheme in Ohio history. In a filing FirstEnergy’s West Virginia utilities Mon Power and Potomac Edison submitted Dec. 22 in a case seeking a $172.7[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A feud between West Virginia’s top attorney and an anti-lawsuit abuse group continues to play out following the awarding of millions of dollars in outside attorney fees for major cases. In a report set to be released in the[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — City officials are still seeking ideas from the public for the planned rebuild phase of the 400 block of downtown Bluefield. Jim Spencer, executive director of the Bluefield Economic Development Authority (BEDA), said he is still urging concerned citizens and business[Read More…]