By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced Tuesday that it is collaborating with eight states, including West Virginia, to broaden and update the national broadband availability map. Other states include California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah. David Redl,[Read More…]
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WV Senate considers incentives to spur movement to metro government
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With little movement toward creating metro governments nearly 13 years after passage of the Consolidated Local Government Act, the Legislature is again considering offering a carrot to encourage cities and counties to merge. “I think this is the way we should go[Read More…]
Bill to permit Sunday liquor sales advances in Senate Judiciary Committee
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow Sunday liquor sales after 1 p.m. Del. Brandon Steele, R-Raleigh and the lead sponsor, said the original intent of the law was “purely religious” and that the bill was “basically a[Read More…]
Huntington speakers testify at Congressional hearing about climate change
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two representatives from Huntington shared with Congress Tuesday their views about climate change and West Virginia’s role in the transition happening with energy resources. Investing in the economic revitalization of the communities that have been extraction-based must be front and center in[Read More…]
Watered-down education bill heads to WV House floor
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It was just before midnight Monday when House Democrats learned they couldn’t amend an amendment to an amendment. It was just after midnight when enough Republicans joined Democrats to narrowly defeat a revived version of an omnibus bill that contained provisions enabling[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, February 13
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘I CAN’T SAY I’M THRILLED’ Trump says he’s not expecting the government to shut down[Read More…]
Marshall University lecture highlights influence of early Africans in America
By JENSTEN RICHARDSON The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Africans and people of African descent have shaped American culture in several ways over the last 400 years, an author and history professor said Thursday in Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center. “Beginning in 1619, with the arrival of the quote ‘20 and[Read More…]
LGBTQ community at WVU says to look past ‘baseless’ anti-gay statements by delegate
By JOE SEVERINO The Daily Athenaeum CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a week where LQBTQ individuals were compared to members of the Ku Klux Klan by an elected state official, those who make up the community said they are choosing to focus on the issues that are actually important to them.[Read More…]
Through trees and ice: WVU geographer earns NSF award to reconstruct 2,000-year climate history of Southern Hemisphere
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Shifting storm tracks and warming climate have marred countries south of the equator, particularly Australia, in recent decades with drought-like conditions and less rainfall. To gain a more comprehensive understanding of this pattern, a West Virginia University geographer and her research team will study the[Read More…]
