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West Virginia’s Western Regional Jail launches inpatient treatment pilot program
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has begun offering inpatient substance abuse treatment to jail-housed inmates via court referral with the launch of a pilot program at Western Regional Jail that state officials say aims to break the cycle of addiction, save lives, and reduce crime and incarceration costs.[Read More…]
High hopes for hemp in the Mountain State
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Blessed with cooperative state agriculture officials, new federal regulations and helpful law enforcement agencies, West Virginia’s hemp industry is showing promise, according to the owners of a Spa City cannabidiol (CBD) extraction laboratory. With a farm bill signed into law[Read More…]
Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau reports rise in West Virginia tourism
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel VIENNA, W.Va. — The Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau says West Virginia tourism has seen a significant increase in visits and revenue. Thursday night’s annual meeting of the CVB at Grand Pointe Conference Center in Vienna hosted over 60 attendees, ranging from[Read More…]
West Virginia hunters protest bill to allow guided bear hunts, call for lower buck limits
By JOHN McCOY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Meetings of the West Virginia Natural Resources Commission are normally rather sedate affairs. Sunday’s wasn’t. More than 300 people jammed into the meeting room to argue against legislation that would allow for guided bear hunts, and to argue in favor of[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, February 25
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT TOOK BEST PICTURE AT OSCARS In an upset, the segregation-era road-trip drama “Green Book”[Read More…]
Senate Finance chair says no to raise for West Virginia teachers
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While a pay raise for teachers and school service personnel is expected to pass the House of Delegates today, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is still sour over the loss of the Senate’s education reform package[Read More…]
With strike and overhaul bill currently dead, other ed bills considered
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Capitol Thursday was completely, or nearly, devoid of striking public school workers, and state union officials and others involved in the strikes said they didn’t hear of anyone continuing a work stoppage. The House Education Committee, no longer focused on the[Read More…]
Marshall slated for new baseball stadium by 2021
By TRAVIS CRUM The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After decades of dashed hopes and false starts, Marshall University plans to have a new baseball stadium in Huntington within two years. City and Marshall officials announced Thursday the completed purchase of the former Flint Group Pigments property, the future site of[Read More…]
WVU students protest against campus carry bill
By CONOR GRIFFITH NCWV Media MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Public school teachers weren’t the only people in West Virginia to protest against bills moving through the state Legislature this week. More than 100 students and faculty at West Virginia University staged a protest at the downtown campus’ Woodburn Circle against House[Read More…]
