By Damian Phillips, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — As work gets underway on the Wolf Summit Energy natural-gas-fired power plant to be built in Harrison County, officials say they are excited for what the project will mean for the area. Site preparation for the plant is underway, and controlled[Read More…]

By Lydia Crawley, The Parsons Advocate PARSONS, W.Va. — The Office of the State Highway Engineer has shared to Delegate Gary G Howell that there may be a delay in the opening of the completed section of Corridor H from Kerens to Parsons. The announcement was made in a Facebook[Read More…]

By Kate Shunney, The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Local historian and preservationist David Abruzzi has succeeded in his most recent effort to list western Morgan County structures on the National Register of Historic Places. These structures, unlike his earlier projects, are not buildings but bridges across the Cacapon[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — The Trump administration on Monday announced a pair of initiatives to boost the U.S. coal industry and increase coal production. The U.S. Department of the Interior said it would open 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing, and the[Read More…]

By Jim Ross, The Herald-Dispatch APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — Nucor Corp., the parent company of Nucor Steel West Virginia, has entered into a partnership with another company to evaluate the kinds of steel the next generation of nuclear reactors will need. “Nucor is dedicated to rebuilding American energy infrastructure to[Read More…]

By Maggie Susa, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A supposed connection between the pain-relieving drug, Tylenol — also known as acetaminophen — and autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder, has been a topic of discussion recently. President Donald Trump on Sept. 23 suggested taking Tylenol during pregnancy can contribute to higher autism[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County judge ruled Thursday that the West Virginia Water Development Authority’s $5 million grant to an Ohio-based Catholic trade school for program expansion into the state is constitutional after it was able to show the funding was not going[Read More…]

By Jacob Martin, WV News KINGWOOD, W.Va. (WV News) — Gov. Patrick Morrisey said he wants to ensure the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link is not just using the state as a “pass-through.” This past Thursday, NextEra Energy, the company overseeing the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link, announced the proposed route for the power line[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — While national and state level Republicans let one way messaging do their talking for them, West Virginia Democrats are traveling across the Mountain State discussing kitchen table issues important to residents. The tour has been to two locations so far, Huntington and[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, CNHI West Virginia BECKLEY — How the tragedy of human trafficking touches Appalachia and what the world’s other rural communities are doing to address it will be among the topics when two members of a Raleigh County child advocacy center head for the United Nations Dialogue on[Read More…]