By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia state lawmakers say they’ve passed a handful of bills the past two legislative sessions to tackle the state’s opioid crisis from four different angles: Law enforcement, prevention, treatment and education. On the law enforcement front, the House of Delegates this[Read More…]

By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A free mobile medical, dental and vision clinic will return to Charleston next month. Remote Area Medical, a Tennessee-based nonprofit, is teaming up with West Virginia Health Right for the two-day clinic Oct. 20 and 21 at Bible Center School, 1111 Oakhurst[Read More…]

Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Arguments will be heard Monday before the West Virginia Supreme Court on the challenges to the qualifications of two people on the high court. Wayne King of Clay County and William K. Schwartz of Kanawha County, both attorneys, have challenged[Read More…]

By CONOR GRIFFITH NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Despite West Virginia’s abundance of natural gas resources, coal remains king in the Mountain State — at least when it comes to power-generation facilities. Doug Douglass, a consultant for the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia, said generating electric power[Read More…]

By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — With autumn officially under way, preliminary reports from the West Virginia Division of Forestry forecast good fall color across the state. The Division of Forestry and the West Virginia Tourism Office will begin producing weekly fall foliage reports next week. “From gorgeous fall[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s array of programs to create, encourage and support entrepreneurship and the innovation economy in the state got a boost Friday as the Board of Governors approved $1.8 million to lease and renovate space for the College of Business and Economics Startup Engine,[Read More…]

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A month before they will sit down to hash out details of the proposed 2019-20 benefits plan, members of West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board got good news on the financial health of the plan. Preliminary results Thursday show PEIA[Read More…]

By CARYN GRESHAM For the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Since its inception, West Virginia has always had a connection with farming and agriculture. The Great Seal of the State of West Virginia, adopted in September 1863, features a farmer with an ax and plow standing before a cornstalk, as[Read More…]