By Kate Shunney, The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — A multi-year public planning effort for Maryland’s commuter train service has resulted in the creation of a “MARC Growth and Transformation Plan” which was published in late June by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and Maryland Department of Transportation. MARC[Read More…]

By Stephen Smoot, Moorefield Examiner MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — As many West Virginia telecommunications companies and officials, elected and otherwise, continue to creatively develop ways to extend broadband service, under the radar of most, a case slowly made its way through the Byzantine recesses of the federal court system. On the[Read More…]

By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WELCH — The Stevens Correctional Center in McDowell County is now under the control of the West Virginia Division of Corrections. Legislation introduced earlier this year in the West Virginia Legislature placed the county-run facility in Welch on a path to state control. The[Read More…]

Hundreds celebrate Rosie’s big day By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS — Despite rainy weather conditions, hundreds of spectators came out to witness the unveiling of the new Rosie the Riveter Statue that was placed in the All-Veterans Memorial Park on Monday afternoon. The 6-foot, 3-inch statue was made possible[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — A showdown could be possible between the West Virginia Board of Education and the Legislature over whether lawmakers have any legal authority to approve or reject rules approved by the state board. The board announced Monday afternoon that it[Read More…]

By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell County will introduce a new program in its court system that will reunify families and support parents in overcoming their substance use disorders. Judges, child support service professionals and others gathered at the Cabell County Courthouse on Monday for the grand[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A worker for global civil engineering company Mott MacDonald LLC in Marshall County began experiencing cramps and trouble walking while surveying a steep slope for a Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline construction project. An employee of Wood County-based Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to approve a federal disaster declaration for counties affected by flash flooding in June. The West Virginia Democratic Party issued a statement Monday — one month after severe storms impacted[Read More…]

By Ashley Perham, Williamson Daily News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County judge has said that an Ohio-based Catholic school cannot use funds granted from the state of West Virginia for advocacy or religious educational purposes. Previous Gazette-Mail reporting found that the West Virginia Water Development Authority granted a $5[Read More…]