By Suzette Lowe for The Jackson Star & Herald RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — Some of the most charming aspects of a small town are the houses and the people who live there. No one fits the idea of a ‘charming’ couple more than Wayne and Jean Abel. Their home on Sand[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a long-standing federal tax obligation from 2009, according to a filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Justice and his wife, Cathy, agreed in[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has set aside community and environmental advocate opposition to approve a permit application for a biomass and carbon-capture facility in Mason County whose permittee is linked to plans for nearby data center operations. The DEP[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — While his team of “Barnwood Builders” have reclaimed historic cabins and barns across Appalachia and beyond, the Davidson House project in Bluefield is of particular importance to Mark Bowe. “I think this one is a little more significant for us because number[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — The number of school bus runs Marion County Schools has had to cancel this year has increased significantly from last year, according to School Superintendent Donna Heston.  The problem is due to a lack of school bus drivers. “When bus operators call in[Read More…]

By Jim Ross, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, along with attorneys general from Georgia and Nebraska, this week submitted a letter to the federal Surface Transportation Board endorsing the proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern Railway by Union Pacific. It’s been a week that saw[Read More…]

By Faithlyn Graham, WV News BURNSVILLE, W.Va. — Monday, Nov. 24 marks the beginning of the 2025 buck season, and hunters throughout the state are gearing up their firearms. According to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, hunting and fishing license sales to state residents in 2023-2024 totaled $7.9[Read More…]

By Cameron Maynard, Coal Valley News MADISON — At a plea hearing in Boone Circuit Court on Friday, Julie Miller pleaded guilty to death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian. She was charged in April 2024 in death of her 14-year-old daughter, Kynnedi Miller. The plea was in[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — An ordinance establishing civil forfeitures for neglected or abandoned animals is now in effect in Bluefield. The new city ordinance was approved Tuesday on a second reading by the Bluefield Board of Directors. It is expected to help reduce overcrowding at the[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON — West Virginia’s final application for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) program has been approved, according to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. West Virginia submitted its final proposal for the federal internet expansion program in September, aiming to bring broadband coverage[Read More…]