The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Another soccer invasion is about to hit Cabell County. More than 2,000 players on 112 teams in the 12-Under to 18-Under age groups representing youth soccer associations in nine states, plus their coaches, support staff, families and friends are arriving for the US Youth Soccer[Read More…]

By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — Many hands will make for light work Saturday during the annual Ohio River Sweep. Volunteers will assemble around 9 a.m. Saturday at Point Park where organizers will dispatch them to locations in the area to remove trash from the[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice today asked for and received the resignation of Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher. The Governor expressed his appreciation for Woody’s service to the state of West Virginia. “I consider Woody a friend, and he’s done a solid job in the area of economic development, Gov.[Read More…]

The Inter-Mountain WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.,, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the Department of the Interior will provide $7 million in funding for the construction of a new Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. Since entering the Senate in 2015, Capito[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, June 14, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP NO LONGER ‘DOTARD’ IN NORTH KOREA After striking a nuclear deal with Kim Jong[Read More…]

By ERIC EYRE and COURTNEY HESSLER HD Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration and the nation’s largest drug distributors are objecting to a West Virginia newspaper chain’s request for federal records that show prescription opioid shipments to every pharmacy in the state. The Justice Department[Read More…]

By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Rover Pipeline LLC has agreed to pay the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection $430,000 for water pollution violations in the state, according to a consent order made public Tuesday. The natural gas pipeline project and the DEP made the deal May[Read More…]

By LINDA COMINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  — Through collaboration and research, West Virginia University is building upon its reputation as the state’s most influential entity. Joyce McConnell, WVU provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the university received the “most influential” designation on the Forbes[Read More…]

By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Will their patience pay off? That’s the big question nagging Greenbrier County property owners who are still waiting for an alphabet soup of programs and agencies — FEMA, HMGP, RISE — to come through with funding to restore homes and[Read More…]