By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey mounted a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, a panel of judges that included current Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh dismissed the case. Morrisey filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and[Read More…]

WVPA room discount at Embassy Suites in Charleston is a limited time offer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Registration is now open for the West Virginia Press Association’s 2018 WVPA Convention, Aug. 9-11, in Charleston. “The WVPA is partnering with WVU’s Academic Media Day program. It’s an excellent opportunity for all media,’ said[Read More…]

By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released new findings for its state energy profiles and in 2016, West Virginia produced the fifth-highest amount of energy in the United States by producing 3,785 trillion Btu of total energy. That amount included 79,757,000 short tons[Read More…]

By Scott McCloskey The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register SHERRARD, W.Va.  — No injuries were reported when an explosion and fire occurred at a Marshall County natural gas well pad at mid-morning Monday. Sorghum Ridge Road resident Dave Reinbeau had just finished his routine check on his livestock and fences and[Read More…]

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite an 18-day hiatus in which they sat in the Governor’s Office, emergency rules to authorize sports betting at the state’s five casinos are back on pace for the facilities to start taking bets on football games this September, officials said. “I[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An award-winning West Virginia author whose Appalachian roots inspire her characters will return to West Virginia University this fall as writer-in-residence. Ann Pancake will teach courses in Appalachian literature, environmental criticism and other subjects related to her writing and research. She will also contribute to[Read More…]

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va.— Dr. Zachary Loughman and 11 College of Science students attended the 22nd International Association of Astacology (IAA) meeting in Pittsburgh recently and came home winners. “This was the first international meeting I have taken students to, and I have to say, they were nothing but wonderful and[Read More…]

By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The rate of black lung disease in coal miners is growing, particularly in miners who work in central Appalachia, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health this week. One in five coal miners who’ve worked in West[Read More…]