By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON — A bill to make it easier for people to access contraception unanimously passed the West Virginia House of Delegates’ Health and Human Resources Committee on Tuesday. The committee passed a substitute of House Bill 2583, the Family Planning Access Act. The bill authorizes[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Wednesday, January 6
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘THERE CANNOT BE WAR AND INVESTIGATION’ In a line from his State of the Union[Read More…]
W.Va. House Education Committee taking up SB 451, Comprehensive Education Reform
Watch the discussion of SB 451 on WV Press InSight CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates Education Committee, chaired by Delegate Danny Hamrick, R-Harrison, will begin discussion of the Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 451, Comprehensive education reform, at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6. Recently, WV Press InSight[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate Judiciary passes ‘Missing Persons Act’
By ERICA YOUNG West Virginia Press Association Capitol Reporter CHARLESTON, W.VA — The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee moved to report SB 237 to the full Senate with the recommendation to pass on Monday. The bill contains an article known as the “Missing Persons Act,” which says the first 24[Read More…]
Education bill faces perilous trajectory in West Virginia House
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a slog through the West Virginia Senate, a sweeping education reform package is likely to face stiff, if not fatal, resistance in the House of Delegates. House Minority Leader Tim Miley, D-Harrison, said the entire 41-person caucus opposes the bill in[Read More…]
‘Mothman’ director searches for ‘Ohio Bigfoot’
Staff report Point Pleasant Daily Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The director of “The Mothman of Point Pleasant: 13 Months that Changed History,” is developing a new, documentary mini-series that takes on the Bigfoot phenomena. Director Seth Breedlove grew up in Bolivar, Ohio and used his hometown as a central[Read More…]
Moundsville Daily Echo Publisher Charles L. Walton dies
Charles Leroy “Charlie” Walton, age 78, formerly of Moundsville, died Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Madison Park Healthcare in Huntington, WV. He was born September 18, 1940 in Moundsville, son of the late Charles R. and M. Margaret (Rhome) Walton. He was a member of St. Peterís Episcopal Church in[Read More…]
January West Virginia tax revenue numbers lower than expected
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s streak of monthly revenue surpluses came to a halt in January, though officials remain optimistic about revenue projections going forward. Gov. Jim Justice and officials with the state Department of Revenue held a press conference Monday[Read More…]
WVU researcher unearths an ice age in the African desert
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown. While exploring the desert country in southern Africa, they stumbled upon a peculiar land formation—flat desert scattered with hundreds of long,[Read More…]
