By Faithlyn Graham, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Local businesses across West Virginia are preparing for life without the penny as the U.S. begins phasing out the one-cent coin. As signs across the country urge customers paying with cash to be ready for rounding, small business owners say[Read More…]

By Steve Keenan, The Register-Herald OAK HILL — “Plan Your Adventure,” reads a message on a kiosk at the new Needleseye Park trailhead in Oak Hill. And, speaking Tuesday at the grand opening/ribbon cutting of Needleseye Park, former United States Sen. Joe Manchin labeled Fayette County a prime location to[Read More…]

By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail LEWISBURG — Near a flagpole fronting their former school, 105 alumni of the Greenbrier Military School — all in their 70s or older — lined up and stood at attention as bugler Myron Pierson, wearing his 1971 cadet uniform, played Retreat and the colors were[Read More…]

By Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post BARRACKVILLE – The “Wooly Mammoth” has passed on.  That’s how family, friends and colleagues came to know Ray Garton – in part for his bearded, hirsute appearance, but mainly for the way he earned his paycheck. For decades, the Marion County paleontologist was the[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — What do the federal government, the Big Sandy crayfish and a Wisconsin toymaking company have in common? They’ve all been wronged by Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his firms not taking care of their business, according to new legal and regulatory penalty[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — More than 2,000 people have already applied for a new program that will provide a guaranteed monthly income for 16 months to 560 households in Mercer County. The response to the Rural Income for Self Empowerment Guaranteed Minimum Income program, or RISE[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times FRANKLIN, W.Va. — Last session, the West Virginia State Legislature passed Senate Bill 50. This act had required all of West Virginia’s incorporated municipal governments to pass ordinances to synchronize elections with county governments by July 1, 2032. The House of Delegates wished to[Read More…]

By Ron Allen, The Hurricane Breeze When the WVDOH announced in July of 2024 that federal money was available to widen Teays Valley Road, most everyone assumed that road widening meant making the section of Teays Valley between Great Teays Boulevard and Apple Lane look like the section of Teays[Read More…]

By Lydia Crawley, The Parsons Advocate PARSONS, W.Va. — The U.S. Forest Service announced on Friday, October 17th, that they received word on Wednesday of a possible unexploded ordinance (UXO) in Dolly Sods. The announcement, made on Social Media, was as much a warning to those visiting the area, as[Read More…]