By Spencer Ripchik, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — Lawmakers, WVU president Michael T. Benson, athletic director Wren Baker, football coach Rich Rodriguez and three WVU football players were in attendance Thursday to watch West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey sign two bills into law inside WVU football’s team room. Morrisey signed[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — Getting rid of West Virginia’s mandates for school vaccinations would be “a step in the wrong direction” for public health, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday. Capito, speaking during her weekly press briefing, said she supports childhood immunizations and hopes the[Read More…]

By Jake Stiles, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — For Americans who lived through Sept. 11, 2001, the date carries profound weight, but for today’s middle and high school students, it’s just another entry in their history textbooks. Educators are constantly looking for ways to make 9/11 feel personal to[Read More…]

By Steve Keenan, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Thursday will bring the second day of a hearing on the possible issuance of a permanent injunction in two cases related to school vaccines and religious freedom. Testimony began Wednesday during a bench trial in the courtroom of Raleigh County Circuit Judge[Read More…]

By Rachel Morrison, Ritchie Gazette HARRISVILLE, W.Va. — The Ritchie County Humane Society recently had the great honor of receiving an exclusive grant, which is only awarded to a single animal shelter in West Virginia every year. Founded by Country Music Star Miranda Lambert and her mother Bev, the MuttNation[Read More…]

By Tom Markland, The Journal INWOOD — After more than a decade of planning, Berkeley County officials, community leaders and residents gathered Thursday for the groundbreaking of Inwood Park, a 30-acre recreational space that leaders say will transform South Berkeley County. Berkeley County Commission President Eddie Gochenour called the event[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, The Pendleton Times FRANKLIN, W.Va. — On an unseasonably cool and cloudy, but still very pleasant Saturday afternoon, Warner’s Drive In and its supporters celebrated a dream almost a decade in the making. Its board advertised a community party, but provided a cultural event. During the course[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON – No special session was called this week to address future costs for West Virginia’s public worker health care benefit program, but a new report aims to provide lawmakers with recommendations for bringing costs down, including booting county and city government participants[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County judge will decide if West Virginia’s insurance policy will cap at $1 million total for the dozens of lawsuits regarding a hidden camera in the locker room of the West Virginia State Police Academy in Institute. More than 80[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, The Logan Banner CHARLESTON, W.Va. — New liabilities totaling up to $125 million for Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and millions more in assets have been indicated in financial disclosure reports recently filed by members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation. The federally required annual financial disclosure reports show[Read More…]