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Celebrating 50th Anniversary of What Never Happened
Hurricane Breeze Newspaper A clipping from the Front Page of the January 31, 1975 issue of The Hurricane Breeze. Today, the Breeze is celebrating that which did not happen fifty years ago. On Friday, January 31, 1975, the Breeze announced the intent to immediately cease publishing the newspaper. It did[Read More…]
Laken’s Law and GameChanger: Saving lives in West Virginia
By Jack Cipoletti Early in the 2024 WV Legislative session, the House passed HB 5540, better known as Laken’s Law. It was signed by the Governor in March and took effect in May. It created a Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Education Act, requiring annual education of public school students in grades 6 through[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail editorial: Smoke and mirrors of WV finances exposed
Charleston Gazette-Mail Not too long ago, then-Gov. Jim Justice, now a U.S. senator, was touting a $1.3 billion surplus in state revenue. Such a windfall, Justice said, must be used to cut the state’s income tax, if not repeal it entirely. So, Justice and the West Virginia Legislature, controlled by[Read More…]
Historic glass door goes home
By Liz Beavers, Mineral News and Tribune Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/mineralnews/historic-glass-door-goes-home/article_7c7b5d46-d1bf-11ef-b898-87a99c817a72.html
Editorial: Setting standards for the judiciary
The Intelligencer It’s been about a decade since the last time the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals worked on updates to the state Code of Judicial Conduct. Think about how much the world has changed since the last revision to that code, in November 2015. For that matter think[Read More…]
Top 10 WV sports stories of 2024: Hirings, legal action and drama stand out
By Taylor Kennedy, Coal Valley News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hirings, legal action and drama surrounded 2024 in West Virginia statewide sports. It was riveting, stressful and historic all wrapped into 12 months. Let’s take a look at the top 10 West Virginia statewide sports stories from 2024. 10. Darian DeVries[Read More…]
Editorial: Needle programs need second look
The Intelligencer Whether it be willful ignorance or a genuine misunderstanding of the broad range of strategies necessary to tackle a dual public health crisis in Appalachia, elected officials and policymakers are handicapping efforts against one of the major dangers spawned by our region’s substance abuse epidemic. A KFF Health[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail editorial: Just what is happening at Pleasants plant?
Charleston Gazette-Mail One corporate executive told the West Virginia Legislature that a project to refit the Pleasants Power Station near Belmont is in desperate need of federal funding or it will collapse. Another told lawmakers that everything is fine. Nothing to see here. What gives? The Pleasants Power Station has[Read More…]
