West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. — The New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) is encouraging local residents to explore partnerships with the new Amazon in Beaver, WV to become Delivery Service Partner (DSP). Jina Belcher, Executive Director of NRGRDA, said the company is invested in having West Virginia[Read More…]
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West Virginia congressional delegation signs onto transgender sports court brief
West Virginia Legislature, Trump administration also file briefs By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s entire congressional delegation signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the state’s law banning transgender girls and women from participating in sports for biological girls and women. Forty-eight Republican[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: West Virginia Dental Association to Launch Campaign to Reform Dental Insurance and Prioritize Patients
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Dental Association will host a virtual press conference on Tuesday, September 23, to announce the More for Your Smile campaign, a statewide effort to make dental coverage fairer, clearer, and more accountable. Speakers will highlight West Virginia’s dental health challenges and explain why lawmakers[Read More…]
Free Fallin’: Today is the official start of autumn
By Art Smith, Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The leaves of thousands of trees have spent the summer shading our streets and parks, our backyard cookouts and our school playgrounds. Soon most of them will change color and fall to the ground, marking the end of the summer[Read More…]
WV News promotes two journalists to Deputy Managing Editor
WV News CLARKSBURG (WV News) — WV News, publishers of The Exponent Telegram, The State Journal and 20 other titles and digital sites, has promoted two journalists as the company continues its mission of delivering in-depth coverage of news, sports and events that matter to readers. Sports Editor Michael Minnich and Senior Staff[Read More…]
WVPB seeks new funding support after cuts from unresponsive WV Congress members
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, “on the air” is threatened by “up in the air.” “We need the support,” West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Commission chair William File III said during the WVPB advisory board’s latest quarterly meeting. “There’s no question.” The West[Read More…]
Burning down the couch: MFD leadership says changes have doused unwanted tradition
By Ben Conley, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — When was the first celebratory couch set alight in the city of Morgantown? Likely every person who claims knowledge of that answer would tell you a different story about who did what, where and when. What isn’t up for debate, however, is[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Celebrating 135 Years of Service
The Intelligencer We truly are in the “information age.” Never before has so much information been exchanged by so many, so quickly. But long before most people used the term “information technology,” we at the Wheeling News-Register were experts in using it. Today is our 135th birthday. We at the[Read More…]
WV Coal Association Applauds U.S. House Passage of National Coal Council Reestablishment Act
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Coal Association applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for reauthorizing the National Coal Council through H.R. 3015, the National Coal Council Reestablishment Act. This important legislation ensures continued collaboration between industry leaders and government to support the future of coal in America. The reauthorization[Read More…]
Raleigh County Commissioner Duckworth elected to serve as interim board chair of the West Virginia First Foundation
By Charles Young, WV News BECKLEY, W.Va. (WV News) — Raleigh County Commissioner Greg Duckworth was elected Thursday to serve as interim chair of the West Virginia First Foundation’s board of directors. Duckworth will succeed Matt Harvey, who was nominated in July by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S.[Read More…]
