Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — A bill to encourage innovation in nuclear energy and ensure advanced reactors can provide clean, safe, affordable and reliable power has been reintroduced by the U.S. senators from Ohio and West Virginia. The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act would re-establish U.S. leadership[Read More…]
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Appalachian Spring: Children learn about nature at Heritage Farm camp
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Elementary school-age children got an Appalachian spring break experience Thursday at a Spring Break Camp at Heritage Farm Museum and Village in Huntington. Participants got to do some hands-on nature learning through activities like hiking, exploring creeks, a scavenger hunt and dissecting owl pellets. Lunch[Read More…]
WV Governor vetoes ACT choice bill, citing law requiring same test for 4 years
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice says he vetoed Senate Bill 624, which would have let counties use exams other than the SAT as their 11th-grade standardized test, partly because it “directly conflicts” with existing West Virginia law. His written veto message, released Thursday, says:[Read More…]
Former WVU wide receiver Tommy Bowden talks about leadership at Boy Scouts dinner
By MADELINE SCARBOROUGH The Parkersburg News and Sentinel VIENNA, W.Va. — “On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country,” the Scout oath. The Boy Scouts program has been changing both nationally and locally, but its roots remain the same. The nation[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, March 29
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, March 29, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP REVELS IN RETELLING EARLY RESULTS OF MUELLER PROBE A fired-up President Donald Trump turned[Read More…]
Coal tax cuts among bills signed by WV Gov. Justice Wednesday
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two bills giving tax breaks to the coal industry were among bills Gov. Jim Justice signed into law Wednesday, ahead of a midnight deadline to act on bills passed in the 2019 regular session. Among the bills Justice signed Wednesday is legislation[Read More…]
Wheeling Jesuit University to remain open for the 2019-20 academic year, but staff, program cuts are on horizon
Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The Wheeling Jesuit University Board of Trustees has decided the school will remain open for the coming academic year, continuing to operate under the existing declaration of financial exigency. In a statement released late Wednesday, university President Michael P.[Read More…]
WV Gov. Justice comes to Marion County to sign coal bills
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian LOGANSPORT, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice traveled to Marion County Wednesday to sign three new bills he believes will boost the coal industry statewide. One bill would reduce the severance tax on thermal or steam coal, one would provide for a rebate of the[Read More…]
W.Va. Justice, Judge named 2019 Bar Foundation Fellows
Press Release from the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Supreme Court Justice John Hutchison and Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Kanawha County) Judge Jennifer Bailey have been named 2019 Bar Foundation Fellows. They and other 2019 Fellows will be honored at a dinner at 6 p.m. on[Read More…]
