By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD – What organizers are calling the biggest mine industry event of 2025 keeps taking shape with less than two weeks to go as Mercer County prepares for thousands of attendees and exhibitors. Around 6,000 visitors are expected when the three-day Bluefield Coal &[Read More…]
Latest News
State subject test results show gains in nearly all grade levels in county schools
By Kate Shunney, The Morgan Messenger West Virginia public school students, including those in Morgan County Schools, are improving in English language arts (ELA), mathematics and science according to the most recent state assessment data released by the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) recently. The state board received results[Read More…]
Last Call: Deadline Approaching for Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition
More Than $20,000 in Cash and In-Kind Support to be Awarded West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. — Entrepreneurs across southern West Virginia have just a few more days to submit their applications for the 2025 Pitch Southern West Virginia (PSWV) business idea competition. The deadline to apply is noon[Read More…]
New Mission, But Same Dedication, the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind Expand Their Roles Statewide: Part One of Two
By Stephen Smoot, The Moorefield Examiner ROMNEY, W.Va. — “It’s a cool story,” said Clayton Burch, Superintendent of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. That story predates not only the State of West Virginia, but the United States of America itself in a fashion. In 1756 the[Read More…]
Capito: Federal broadband dollars will soon be released
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — When U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., fought to include billions in funding in the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill for nationwide broadband expansion, she had no idea five years later that zero dollars would be spent. But finally, there[Read More…]
Highland cows bring crowds to local family farm
By Tom Markland, The Journal SPRING MILLS — When Sarah and Andrew Haddock bought Nipetown Hollow Farm, they started with goats and a few Angus cattle. Today, the property is better known for its shaggy, long-horned residents: a growing herd of Highland cows that has become the centerpiece of their[Read More…]
WV’s Pepperoni Roll Trail expands, adds three new bakeries
The Mountain Messenger LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Trail has expanded and now features popular local varieties from Tucker, Monongalia and Greenbrier counties. The Marion County Convention and Visitors Bureau teamed up with the Clarksburg Visitors Center in April to release the WV Pepperoni Roll Trail, a[Read More…]
Bil Lepp: Spare Tucker County, bring data center here (Opinion)
By Bil Lepp, Charleston Gazette-Mail I knew a kid who was at a high-school dance. He built up his courage and asked a girl to dance. She ignored him. Said nothing. Didn’t even look. He stood there a moment. He knew she could hear. He’d seen her hear before. He[Read More…]
WV Hive Hosting ‘Coffee Talks’ on September 10 in Oak Hill
Coffee, Conversation, and Connections for Southern WV Entrepreneurs West Virginia Press Association OAK HILL, W.Va. – The West Virginia Hive Network will host its next Coffee Talks networking event on Wednesday, September 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Mandabees, at 311 Main Street, Oak Hill, W.Va. Entrepreneurs, small[Read More…]
3PS Celebrates 10 Years of Strategic Growth with Acquisition of Vandalia Digital
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three Point Strategies, LLC (3PS), a premier government affairs, marketing, and public relations firm based in Charleston, West Virginia, proudly marks its 10th anniversary with a major expansion — the acquisition of Vandalia Digital, a fast-growing digital communications firm currently serving more than[Read More…]
