By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va.  —  Linking a highway bridge going nowhere to an actual destination, repaving secondary roads and replacing some bridges are among the topics county officials discussed Monday with the West Virginia Department of Transportation. Representatives of the state Department of Transportation spoke to[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. COURT PICK PORTENDS BATTLE ROYALE Trump’s choice of Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative judge, for[Read More…]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel for The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While the West Virginia National Guard had much to celebrate Friday morning with the naming of an aircraft and positive news on the Guard’s economic impact on the state, its current challenge is fixing a[Read More…]

By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch MASON, W.Va. — It started as a small greenhouse in the family’s backyard, but today Bob’s Market & Greenhouses in Mason, West Virginia, has become the eighth-largest young plant producer in the United States. “We have 1 million feet of greenhouse space,” said Scott Barnitz,[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Four people and the clinic where they allegedly operated a pill mill, as well as two pharmacies, have been sued by a woman who says doctors at the clinic fatally over-prescribed opioid medications for her son. Timothy Jason Lewis died after overdosing[Read More…]

By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PINEVILLE, W.Va.  — Sections of southern West Virginia’s long sought after Coalfields Expressway extending from Raleigh County to Wyoming County and into McDowell County are scheduled to proceed while efforts continue to keep the highway project going when money becomes available. “With the Governor’s[Read More…]

Staff reports Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is one of two states whose population declined in the last decade, and the rate of population loss is faster than any other state in the nation, according to a recent study by Pew Charitable Trusts. Since 2007, West Virginia has[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kids on summer break make sandcastles at the beach with the expectation that the ocean will whisk away their work with the tides, but once they return to the classroom, students expect their work will be more permanent. A West Virginia University professor will use[Read More…]