By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Some West Virginians will be removed from the Medicaid rolls because of changes enacted by the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” according to West Virginia’s commissioner of medical services. It’s not yet known how many of the more than 400,000[Read More…]

By Davina Snyder, The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In remembrance of a man’s courage to liberate himself and gain freedom, a plaque marker was placed on Buffington Street in Guyandotte, West Virginia.  The dedication ceremony, held by the Appalachian Freedom Heritage Tour, took place Sunday, Sept. 28, with guests seated[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — A nonprofit agency that helps the world’s poorest households is launching a guaranteed minimum income program in Mercer County. GiveDirectly is partnering with area human service agencies and Mercer County Public Schools to support approximately 550 households, who will receive a $1,500[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Trump administration has cancelled tens of millions of dollars in support for energy projects whose technology provider has been looking to usher in a new era of regional energy manufacturing at a nascent, state-supported battery-making plant in West Virginia. The U.S.[Read More…]

By Noah Jeffries, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Last month, state officials asked stakeholders to provide input for West Virginia’s application for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), a program created by President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The RHTP is being overseen by the Centers for[Read More…]

By Tom Markland, The Journal MARTINSBURG — “The decisions I make now as a Supreme Court Justice affect everybody in the state,” Thomas Ewing, West Virginia’s newest Supreme Court Justice, told a room of around 25 seventh and ninth graders during a visit with students at Saint Joseph School in[Read More…]

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The prospect of owing thousands of dollars in debt could make or break some students’ decision to further their education. Marshall University’s Marshall for All initiative helps break down those barriers for students, particularly first-generation college students. The program provides students with[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, CNHI West Virginia FAYETTEVILLE — West Virginia became the nation’s first state Friday to reopen its national parks after disagreements in Congress over funding bills led to the federal government’s shutdown. Speaking during a live streamed press conference from the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — Enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people — seven times West Virginia’s population – was among the contraband seized in Mercer County during one of the largest fentanyl drug busts in the state’s history, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Thursday while announcing major[Read More…]