By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Even with President Donald Trump firing back in the trade war with China, the West Virginia official working hands-on with the Chinese on a proposed investment in the state’s natural gas industry still believes the deal will come[Read More…]

By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch PRICHARD, W.Va.  — The Heartland Intermodal Gateway (HIG), a rail-to-truck container trans-loading facility for the Norfolk Southern Railway in Prichard has seen an increase in container traffic in recent weeks. In May, DARCO International, working with XPO Logistics and Thunder Logistics, became the first local[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Before RISE West Virginia went AWOL on the flood victims it was created to help, its administrators spent $21,000 on a retreat at a AAA Four Diamond-rated resort, at least 50 percent of which was covered with federal disaster relief funds. The[Read More…]

The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — Thunderstorms are in the forecast for the next few days, but on Friday night a different type of phenomenon hit the area: Stormy Daniels. The adult film star and stripper, who is suing President Donald Trump over a nondisclosure agreement regarding a sexual encounter with[Read More…]

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va.  — In response to the ongoing hepatitis outbreak, the Cabell-Huntington Health Department will host a public forum at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at 703 7th Ave. in Huntington. Public health officials will field questions from the audience and share their understanding about the risks[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University researcher, inspired by living in the Mountain State, is studying what works—and what doesn’t—in social and educational policies that affect children and families, particularly in rural areas. “I’m particularly interested in making sure that we are designing policies to promote positive[Read More…]

By PHIL LAPANN The Parkersburg News and Sentinel ABYDOS, Egypt — Vienna native Matt Adams has been involved in major archaeology excavations in Abydos, Egypt, for 30 years. His work at Abydos, one of the oldest cities in ancient Egypt, is being shown on the National Geographic Channel at 8[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — The Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia will participate in a federal program titled “Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge”that will go after illegal distributors of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, federal officials announced Friday. Berkeley County will be the focus of West[Read More…]

By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Those decked out in the color pink will receive free admission into tonight’s Theatre West Virginia’s last summer performance of “Hatfields & McCoys” in celebration of one star’s seventh year free of breast cancer. With TWV now in its 58th year, General[Read More…]