Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sandy Wells, a reporter and columnist for the Charleston Gazette and Gazette-Mail for more than half a century, died Saturday at the age of 77, after fighting cancer for more than a year. Wells was best known in recent years for her “Innerviews” column, which[Read More…]
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At halfway point, legislative leaders assess 2019 session
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At the midway point of the 2019 legislative session, legislative leaders offered divergent views Thursday on where the session stands, particularly on the Senate’s omnibus education bill. Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, said the idea that Senate leadership is pushing radical, anti-public[Read More…]
Anti-gay comments from GOP delegate spur condemnation from House Dems
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House Democrats chewed out a Republican delegate Thursday after he made remarks implying an anti-LGBT-discrimination amendment was a form of bigotry and intolerance. It started Wednesday afternoon when Delegate Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer, went into an extended diatribe supporting legislation that would have[Read More…]
WVU researchers assess how a vegetarian diet can help prevent or control diabetes
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As West Virginia University works toward becoming the world’s first Blue Zones Certified university, a graduate-student researcher in the WVU School of Public Health is exploring how one of the Blue Zone Project’s tenets—eating an abundance of vegetables—can make individuals with diabetes, and those at-risk[Read More…]
WV House passes bill allowing Sunday retail liquor sales
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Thursday allowing for the retail sale of liquor on Sundays after 1 p.m. Currently on Sundays, West Virginians can only purchase beer and wine. Thirteen delegates, all Republicans, voted against the bill. Del. Eric Porterfield, R-Mercer,[Read More…]
WV House passes bill to create pilot program for drug treatment courts
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As West Virginia sees success of adult and juvenile drug courts to rehabilitate drug offenders with substance use disorder, a bill to create family drug courts has passed the first hurdle in the Legislature. The House of Delegates on Thursday passed House[Read More…]
U.S. Court sides with Mountain Valley Pipeline over the landowners
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals for the U.S. Fourth Circuit ruled against an appeal by landowners over a previous court ruling regarding the right of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to construct through property which just compensation had not yet been settled.[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate gives industry more time on water quality standards
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia state senators on Thursday voted to give industry two years before stronger water quality standards, first recommended by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in 2015, could be implemented. While Sen. Charles Trump, R-Morgan and the Senate Judiciary Chair, has said[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Manchin talks natural gas at Legislative Breakfast in Charleston
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s senior U.S. senator has a lot to say about coal and natural gas, and his new committee position will give him a platform to have his voice heard. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., spoke to attendees by[Read More…]
