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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The timing of an ordinance to shift the city of Beckley from a strong mayor government to a city manager government was called into question Monday by Beckley Common Council members during a council workshop. Beckley Common Councilperson Janine Bullock questioned[Read More…]

By Jesten Richardson, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Local nonprofits have a variety of plans for Giving Tuesday, a fundraising holiday that encourages people to support charities and nonprofits. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 28, Facing Hunger Foodbank will do a Dollar Donation Drive-Thru Day in the parking lots[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the second time in eight years, Moundsville native Robin Capehart has resigned as president of one of West Virginia’s four-year universities, this time after issues were discovered at Bluefield State University. According to an October report based on a[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail Their coal dust-scarred lungs have left them short of breath for years. Now, National Black Lung Association President Gary Hairston and Kanawha County Black Lung Association President Jerry Coleman are short on hope. “I’m worried to death,” said Hairston, 69, of Beckley said. What worries[Read More…]

By Zack Klemme, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Dave Walker saw Xerxees Yancey, having just completed a postgame interview, walking toward the Martinsburg locker room. Talking to another member of the media, and figuring Yancey might be listening in, Walker playfully noted the potential element of fortune in Yancey’s propensity[Read More…]