By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, stepping down after nearly 20 years in the West Virginia Legislature, the House of Delegates’ 40th District is a wide-open race, with one Democrat and three Republicans vying for the open seat. While the platforms of[Read More…]

By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An outbreak of hepatitis A cases in Kanawha and Putnam counties has been linked to a multistate outbreak of the illness, according to the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. About 28 cases of hepatitis A have been reported in Kanawha and Putnam since January,[Read More…]

By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The annual Richwood tradition of the “Feast of the Ramson” will take place between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday at Cherry River Elementary School. For the “Ramp Capital of the World,” the feast has been looked forward to since 1937 when[Read More…]

By KELSIE LEROSE The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced a proposed rule to reduce the oversupply of opioid painkillers and end pill dumping in West Virginia. If enacted, the rule would require drug manufacturers to identify a need for controlled substances to justify their production.[Read More…]

By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Universal Pre-K Program was ranked amongst the top in the nation, according to the 2017 Yearbook released Wednesday by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). According to a press release from the state Department of Education, NIEER recognized West[Read More…]

By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph WAR, W.Va.  — Residents of West Virginia’s southernmost city got a preview Wednesday of things to come when the roaring ATVs went through the downtown and up to the Hatfield-McCoy Trail’s newest branch in McDowell County. Visitors met at the new trailhead center for[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — In the wake of a meeting last week with the Emir of Qatar, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said Wednesday that the West Virginia National Guard and Qatar have been approved to begin a State Partnership Program. Last week, Gov. Jim Justice, his chief of staff[Read More…]

WVU Today Monday, April 23, noon, WVU Medicine Bruce McClymonds Conference Center MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WV KIDS COUNT, in partnership with WVU Medicine Children’s and the WVU Rockefeller School of Public Policy and Politics, will hold an event on April 23 at noon at WVU Medicine’s Bruce McClymonds Conference Center on[Read More…]