By Lydia Crawley, The Parsons Advocate PARSONS, W.Va. — The Parsons Revitalization Organization, PRO on TRAC, a 501c3 organization focused on revitalization of Parsons, hosted a Town Hall with West Virginia State Senate President Randy Smith Thursday, November 6th at the Tucker County Senior Citizens Center in Parsons. Smith said[Read More…]

By Olivia Nestor, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Seb’s Donuts, a new family-run doughnut and coffee shop, is set to open later this month at 360 Industrial Ave. in Star City. Owner Mateo Martinez said the shop will specialize in homemade, yeast-based doughnuts. “There’s two different types of doughnuts.[Read More…]

By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail Editor’s note: This story has been updated with correct information about a future movie star who worked at Explosives Plant C in Nitro. A museum in a city that owes its existence to World War I is doing its best to honor those who served[Read More…]

Call for Veteran artists to showcase their creativity as part of America250 celebration CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Tourism today announced the 2026 Veterans Art Show, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation. West Virginia veterans are encouraged to submit works of[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — Congress is one step closer to ending the federal government shutdown that is heading into day 42 with a vote on a continuing resolution now moving through the process. But West Virginians relying on the program formerly known as food stamps[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON — West Virginia Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, both Republicans, celebrated the Senate’s passage of a funding package late on Monday that will reopen the federal government and end the 41-day shutdown, though both lamented the political gridlock that caused the delay.[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — On Thursday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey sold the Rural Health Transformation Program as a way to transform the state’s approach to health care.  What was left out of the conversation was the Rural Health Transformation’s original purpose, which was to fund rural hospitals.  “I don’t know[Read More…]

By Charles Young and Michael Minnich, WV News DRENNEN, W.Va. — Local, state, and federal agencies are continuing the round-the-clock search for a missing miner at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Sunday. The effort is focused on lowering water levels and improving air quality[Read More…]

By Ben Conley, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN – They would never admit it, but the folks responsible for keeping West Virginia University’s little blue Personal Rapid Transit cuboids (PRT) plugging along must certainly be embroiled in a kind of love-hate relationship. One of those, ‘Sure, he can be a cantankerous[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Morgan King felt she had to acknowledge something during a meeting her advocacy organization, West Virginia Citizen Action Group, held Wednesday evening that focused chiefly on anticipated data center growth in West Virginia. “If you asked me a year ago what I[Read More…]