By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who easily secured the confidence of registered Republicans in West Virginia to seek a third six-year term, called for unity among West Virginia Republicans heading into the November general elections. During a press call[Read More…]
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Hatfields and McCoys Historical Society sponsors free exhibits, Memorial Day ceremony
By Dylan VidovichFor HDMedia The Hatfields and McCoys Historical Society is bringing a free traveling exhibit — opening Friday — to Logan and Mingo counties this month. A wreath-laying ceremony and scholarship announcement is also planned at the Hatfield Family Cemetery on Memorial Day. The nonprofit organization the West Virginia Humanities[Read More…]
Bids approved for city park upgrades in Bluefield
By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — Work should be getting underway soon on a number of planned additions to city park in Bluefield. The Bluefield Board of Directors approved bids Tuesday for several of those projects, including a new turf for the splash pad and an expanded walking[Read More…]
Mountain made, mountain stayed: The people who never left West Virginia
By Abby AyesFor The Parthenon The Choice to Stay In West Virginia, the question isn’t just why people leave, it’s why some never do. For every student packing up their apartment in Huntington or Morgantown with plans to start somewhere new, there’s someone else choosing to stay, not because they[Read More…]
Crittenton Breaks Ground For Two Cottage Homes For Young Mothers
By Joselyn KingFor The Intelligencer Wheeling – Crittenton Services in Wheeling is building room to house more pregnant teens and young women with babies. On Thursday, ground was broken for the construction of two cottage-style homes near Crittenton’s main office in Elm Grove. The first sits on Wade Avenue above[Read More…]
Marion County opposition grows to Hope Gas weather normalization fee
By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — White Hall resident Vicki DeWitt saw her bill from Hope Gas double. The culprit was the weather normalization adjustment fee Hope Gas began to pilot last year. However, what galls DeWitt is Hope Gas already seems to have a program that takes[Read More…]
From service to success: Blue Mountain K-9 earns statewide recognition
By Benjamin PowellFor The Dominion Post Morgantown — What began as a retirement plan has grown into one of West Virginia’s most recognized small businesses. Andrew Pintus III, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former sheriff’s deputy, is the owner of Blue Mountain K-9 in Morgantown, recently named West Virginia’s[Read More…]
Kanawha voter turnout better than expected; Warner: No negative effects to Photo ID law
By Rick SteelhammerFor HDMedia At exactly 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, David Adkins, a precinct commissioner for primary election voting at Ruthlawn Elementary in South Charleston, stepped outside the school building and yelled to no one, “Polls are open!” Adkins said a vocal announcement that polls are open at 6:30 a.m.,[Read More…]
Capito wins overwhelmingly in GOP Senate primary, Anderson to provide Democratic challenge
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – In a closed Republican primary, GOP voters gave U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito their seal of approval Tuesday night to seek a third six-year term, while voters in the Democratic primary endorsed the campaign of Morgantown community organizer Rachel[Read More…]
First Bluefield in Bloom spring festival coming to downtown
By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — The first “Bluefield in Bloom” spring festival will be held Friday, a gathering that organizers hope will become an annual event. It will feature live music, food truck vendors, bounce houses, activities for children and other events. The festival will begin at[Read More…]



