By CLARISSA COTTRILL The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Eastern Panhandle residents are no strangers to horses with a major attraction racetrack in Jefferson County, but when the race is over and an animal can no longer make money on the track, some are often left with nowhere to go. Sleeping Fox[Read More…]
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Recovery-focused education offered at Huntington-area school
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the Tri-State area attempts to combat the opioid epidemic disabling the community, an unlikely downtown establishment is educating recovering addicts and other community members together before sending them out to the community to help heal. Established in 2015, the substance abuse counseling assistant[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, March 26
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, March 26, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ADVISER SECRETLY BACKED ABU DHABI’S AGENDA IN CONGRESS George Nader wired $2.5[Read More…]
Gov. Jim Justice cites job growth statistics in construction, signs bill to upgrade state parks
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice told those attending the West Virginia Construction and Design Expo Thursday that the state has awakened a “sleeping giant.” At a press conference at the Charleston Civic Center, Justice cited statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor, showing West[Read More…]
Drug firm CEO not expected to answer questions about West Virginia opioid probe
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail MADISON, W.Va. — Drug giant McKesson Corp.’s top executive doesn’t plan to answer questions about a congressional investigation into the company’s alleged role in West Virginia’s opioid epidemic, a lawyer for the firm told a Boone County judge Thursday. The House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a[Read More…]
Gov. Jim Justice weighing whether to sign education and arts bill, still wants a West Virginia arts secretary
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice says he is still weighing whether to sign a bill that would dismantle the Department of Education and the Arts. But he says even if he signs the bill, he still wants a secretary of arts. Justice made the comments[Read More…]
Jessie’s Law included in bipartisan spending bill
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill that is expected to be passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump will include legislation with local ties that is meant to heighten hospitals’ and physicians’ awareness of a patient’s opioid addiction. The provision, known as[Read More…]
Jim Heady named Charleston Gazette-Mail publisher
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In 1971, Jim Heady, a psychology student at Murray State University, enrolled in his first journalism class at the suggestion of a persistent professor. The move was life-changing, and Thursday, after four decades of work in the newspaper industry, Heady was named publisher[Read More…]
Mooney votes no as other West Virginia, Ohio reps back budget in House vote
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — A budget package passed Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives did so without Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va. The $1.3 trillion spending plan, called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, passed 256-167 and goes next to the Senate. It finances government through[Read More…]
WVU and George Washington partner around journalism effort to burst media bubble; will launch Atlantic Coast Pipeline reporting project
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a unique effort to burst long-standing “media bubbles,” students and faculty from the West Virginia University Reed College of Media and the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs are teaming up for an in-depth reporting project to assess the Atlantic Coast[Read More…]