By REBECCA CARBALLO Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Stacks of art prints, computers and boxes cover Jeanne Stevenson and Chris Rice’s home, where they’ve been running their poster company, Echo-Lit LLC, for the last 10 years. The home on Fort Hill is equipped with two large-format printers and an industrial[Read More…]
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West Virginia Homeland Security advisor resigns after investigation into flood spending
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The former leader of the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has resigned as homeland security advisor after months of scrutiny over handling of federal grants, including grants allegedly used by Richwood city officials for[Read More…]
10 thing to know: Monday, April 1
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, April 1, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘I AM HAPPY’ A Vietnamese woman suspected in the killing of the Kim Jong Un’s[Read More…]
WVU Academic Media Day is Monday, April 1
Topic: “The impact of a changing climate on West Virginia” MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University, the state’s only R1, or very high research, university, will kick off its inaugural Research Week on Monday, April 1, with the next session of Academic Media Day, where assorted researchers from around campus discuss[Read More…]
West Virginia DMV Commissioner Reed retiring Monday
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The commissioner of the state Division of Motor Vehicles is on her way out after questions over her handling of the Motor Voter program and the rollout of automatic voter registration. In a statement Thursday, the Department of[Read More…]
Fairmont native Kasha Patel to headline Fifth Annual West Virginia Comedy Festival in Buckhannon
By ERIC CRAVEY Times West Virginian FAIRMONT – Kasha Patel pauses and starts to ponder when she’s asked whether she’s shy or not. Could it be because she was the youngest of four and had to fight to be heard? “Perhaps it is familial. I have three older brothers. They’re[Read More…]
Rural America needs more headache specialists, WVU researcher says
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia is short on neurologists. According to David Watson, who directs the West Virginia University Headache Center, the state has just half of the neurologists it needs. This scarcity can cause problems for people with migraine whose primary physicians aren’t trained or equipped to[Read More…]
West Virginia budget includes funding to expand Healthy Grandfamilies program
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A provision in the recently passed state budget bill will help expand to all 55 counties a West Virginia State University program that aids grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. House Bill 2020, the Fiscal Year 2020 budget bill, includes $300,000 in funding for WVSU’s[Read More…]
Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield: ‘They’re out to destroy me’
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield told a Philadelphia newspaper Wednesday that recent allegations portraying him as a “sexual predator” are false and part of a conspiracy by those seeking to “destroy” him. A lawsuit filed March 22 in[Read More…]



