Majority, led by Justice Walker, finds statute on private, parochial or church schools overrides WV consumer protection act By Matt Harvey, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The state Supreme Court recently issued a 4-1 ruling derailing a lawsuit by the state Attorney Generals’ Office against West Virginia’s only[Read More…]
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West Virginia DNR: New trout-management plan could be in place by summer
By John McCoy, The Herald Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Before the coronavirus pandemic swept the country, West Virginia fisheries officials had hoped to have a new trout-management plan in place by Jan. 1, 2021. The virus knocked those hopes into a cocked hat. The deadline now is sometime in the[Read More…]
West Virginia first responders, essential workers facing COVID-related stress, mental health challenges
By Lexi Browning West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over the last nine months, the ever-present threat of catching — or spreading — coronavirus has reshaped many aspects of the job for West Virginia’s essential workers. Since March, essential workers have navigated through a series of new challenges including wearing[Read More…]
CAMC, Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) hold virtual Tree of Life Ceremony
CHARLESTON, W.VA. – More than 100,000 people across the nation, including 500 in West Virginia, are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. One person can save the lives of eight people and heal the lives of 75 through organ, tissue and cornea donation. What: Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) and[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia with 52,172 positive cases, 799 deaths as of 10 a.m. today
Free testing sites listed; Harvard Global Health COVID Map included WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 4. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 52,172 Current Active Cases – 17,716 Total[Read More…]
Kindred Communications collects items in West Virginia for soldiers through Operation Soldier’s Christmas
Release from Kindred Communications: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For the past two months, Kindred Communications has been reaching out to listeners on behalf of military personnel. They have been requesting listeners to give items for care packages for Christmas for those that are deployed across the globe. “The response has been tremendous,”[Read More…]
Cold spell, snowstorm helps launch West Virginia’s ski season
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With help from a winter storm early in the week that topped off an accumulation of machine-produced snow with eight inches of powder, Snowshoe Mountain Resort will open for 2020-2021 ski season on Friday. The Pocahontas County resort will make its season[Read More…]
West Virginia Governor Justice praises Trump while acknowledging all-but-certain Biden presidency
By Steven Allen Adams, The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican Gov. Jim Justice — a friend and supporter of Republican President Donald Trump — continues to support the president but acknowledged for the first time that former Vice President Joe Biden is likely the next president. “The more and more[Read More…]
President Trump extends Title 32 Orders for West Virginia National Guard following Capito request
WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., on Thursday issued a statement after President Donald J. Trump’s announcement that he would be extending National Guard Title 32 orders through March. The announcement comes after Capito sent a letter to Trump specifically requesting that the[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia with 51,025 positive cases, 789 deaths as of 10 a.m. today
WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 51,025 Current Active Cases – 17,428 Total Lab Results reported – 1,163,674 Cumulative positive test percentage –[Read More…]
