By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — Finding productive ways to spend $1.9 million resulting from a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors could become the focus of county and regional task forces. Attorney Truman Chafin of The Chafin Law Firm stopped Dec. 20 at the Mercer County[Read More…]
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Breakfast Vending Machines Coming To Wheeling Park High School
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. – Wheeling Park High School students soon will be snatching a second chance at breakfast from vending machines filled with approved items. Ohio County Schools provides free breakfast and lunch to students, and state law also requires they offer a “second chance” breakfast[Read More…]
Column: The National Park Service should be preserving our local heritage, not demolishing it
By Del. David Elliott Pritt, The Fayette Tribune FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. — Growing up in Fayette County, I had the honor of knowing and being raised by members of our nation’s “greatest generation.” My great-grandma Dorothy and other older family members who lived through the Great Depression and World War[Read More…]
West Virginia Sec. of State encourages residents to sign up as poll workers for 2024 election
By John Mark Shaver, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the 2024 election right around the corner, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner has launched a campaign to encourage residents to register to become poll workers, a job that he believes carries both responsibility and reward. Warner said that[Read More…]
Highmark West Virginia receives perfect score on national report for workplace equality
Leaders discuss achievement, the importance of hearing LGBTQIA+ voices By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association and “When All Are Counted” project PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — When it comes to ensuring workplace equality for LGBTQIA+ employees, Highmark West Virginia is one of the leaders in the field. In December 2023, Highmark[Read More…]
Missed work or quit a job to care for your kids? This proposed WV tax credit could help
By Roger Adkins, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a bid to address child care gaps, one West Virginia state senator is proposing a tax credit aimed at increasing accessibility to licensed facilities for low-income families. During the legislative session that begins Jan. 10, Sen. Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, plans to[Read More…]
Statesman of the Year: As partisan politics gear up for 2024 election year, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin looks for a path to better government
By John G. Miller, executive editor, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said he received an early lesson in politics from his father, and it’s one he’s never forgotten. “Dad was never big in me getting into politics,” Manchin said during a recent in-depth interview. “My Uncle[Read More…]
Peterson bids farewell to Journal after 54 years
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Timothy “Pete” Peterson recalled well his start in the mailroom at the Journal back in 1970, as well as his change to the pressroom when the press was installed in the building in 1974. He spent 44 years working on the press,[Read More…]
Manchin and Capito: W.Va. hydrogen projects at risk due to tax credit restrictions
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The effort to kick-start a new hydrogen production industry in West Virginia and across the nation could be much harder to do under proposed rules for a tax credit meant to incentivize the new industry. Last week, the[Read More…]
PHS student selected to represent state at U.S. Capital
Grant County Press GRANT COUNTY, W.Va. — The 62nd annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) is a nationwide effort that, following a rigorous selection process, chooses two high school students from every state to spend a week in Washington D.C., experiencing first-hand their national government in action. According to[Read More…]