By Erik Anderson, Spirit of Jefferson CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The Jefferson County Commission voted unanimously on July 8 to dissolve and reconfigure the board of the Jefferson County Development Authority (JCDA), drawing criticism from some former board members. Commissioners say the change was necessary to ensure the JCDA becomes[Read More…]

By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., urged Russell Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, to restore $6 billion in education funding to public schools nationwide. President Donald Trump’s administration withheld previously approved money from schools nationwide hours before[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — A member of the Mercer County Commission is hoping to follow Raleigh County’s lead on regulating vape shops. Mercer County Commissioner Greg Puckett said he is working with Prosecuting Attorney Brian Cochran to draft an ordinance that mirrors a plan adopted earlier[Read More…]

By Bruce Justice, Mingo Messenger WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — In the less than two weeks she’s been on the job, newly state-appointed Mingo County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joetta Basile has been busy dividing her time between getting to know her department directors and conducting meetings — taking what she refers to[Read More…]

New Initiative Will Serve All West Virginia Students—Public, Private, and Homeschooled  West Virginia Press Association FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The GameChanger Board of Directors is proposing budgeting an amount exceeding one million dollars toward the development of GameChanger University, a groundbreaking online platform designed to provide state-of-the-art prevention education focused on opioid and substance[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — West Virginia Republican Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice both voted Wednesday to pass the more than $9 billion package requested by President Donald Trump to formalize cuts to previously approved federal spending. The rescissions package passed 51-to-48. It now[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, The Herald-Dispatch BECKLEY, W.Va. — On March 1, 2022, Quantez Burks, 37, died at the Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County after being brutally beaten by correctional officers in a room with no security cameras, according to court documents. His family say they were told he died[Read More…]

By Derek Redd, The Intelligencer WASHINGTON, DC — Diana Estep understands that the HALT Fentanyl Act she watched President Donald Trump sign Wednesday at the White House won’t bring back her son Drew, who died of fentanyl poisoning in 2020 at just 24 years old. Neither will the rallies and[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey praised a decision made Tuesday by a federal appeals court in a case brought when he was attorney general challenging West Virginia’s near-total ban on abortion and limits on medication used for abortion. A three-judge panel[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News MINERAL WELLS (WV News) — Wood County will receive nearly $200,000 to fund a site preparation project and a utility upgrade project, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday. The Wood County Development Authority will get $150,000 through the Ready Sites Program to begin the process of[Read More…]