By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON (WV News) — Charlie Burd, longtime leader of the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia, plans to retire in 2027, according to a release. The organization will conduct a nationwide search for a leader “with deep experience in the oil and gas industry,[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Mercer County’s new mountain coaster is an attraction that will help keep ATV tourists in town longer, according to the director of the Hatfield-McCoy Trail Authority. “We still see a Thursday through Sunday pattern for our guests,” trail director Jeffrey Lusk said.[Read More…]

HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Public Library’s project to install solar panels on all of its branches is progressing at a steady pace. The project is being done in partnership with Solar Holler, a solar development and installation company based in Huntington. “Previously, before this project, we had panels on[Read More…]

By Ben Conley, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — In June 2024, West Virginia Academy purchased 19.2 acres near Cheat Lake for $406,310. Now the state’s first charter school is looking to make that land the focal point of its academic and extracurricular activity. West Virginia Academy Ltd. is currently accepting[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fewer obstetricians to help bring West Virginians into the world. Fewer doctors and nurses to keep them from leaving it. Fewer equipment upgrades and renovations at hospitals. Fewer hospitals. And more crowded emergency rooms at the hospitals that remain — spreading pain[Read More…]

By Tabitha Johnston, The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN — The final event held in honor of the 250th anniversary of the Bee Line March was held at Morgan’s Grove Park and in downtown Shepherdstown on Saturday. Two hundred fifty years ago, the Second Continental Congress called for 10 companies of riflemen from[Read More…]

By Brett Dunlap, Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — Representatives of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine appeared before the Wood County Commission on Thursday to discuss the state’s largest medical school and its presence in the area. The school’s main campus is in Lewisburg, but its 10-county Central[Read More…]

WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — St. Joseph’s Hospital of Buckhannon Inc. is appealing a decision by the West Virginia Health Care Authority that allows Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Co.  to relocate its hospital without obtaining a Certificate of Need. The case, St. Joseph’s Hospital of Buckhannon Inc. vs.[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Upstairs on the second floor of the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center, the Braxton County Monster lurked. Portrayed by Greg Popovich, the iconic green and red cryptid roamed among other visitors who came out for Fairmont’s Second Annual Veggie[Read More…]

By Toni Milbourne, The Journal CHARLES TOWN — Storms arrived with a vengeance in the Eastern Panhandle Wednesday evening, bringing significant damage to the Charles Town area specifically. Interim City Manager Alissa Meeks shared that based on assessments after the storms left the area, the bulk of the damage appeared[Read More…]