By Mike TonyFor HDMedia Deep water worries have long been a way of life in West Virginia. People throughout the Mountain State, namely in the poverty-challenged southern coalfields, have contended with discolored water that stains their household appliances and clothes, leave them with skin rashes and send them trekking up[Read More…]
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Greenbrier Financing Plan Revealed — Mostly
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Intelligencer Charleston – Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and his family provided a redacted term sheet for a possible new loan to pay off remaining debts owed by the Greenbrier Resort and related properties to a federal judge by a Wednesday deadline while seeking[Read More…]
WVU researcher finds surprising phenomenon in NASA data from Mars
By Rachel BroskyFor WVU, Today Data beamed back from Mars by the NASA spacecraft MAVEN provides the first evidence that a phenomenon protecting planets from solar winds can occur in the atmospheres of worlds that lack strong magnetic fields, according to research led by West Virginia University planetary scientist Christopher Fowler. Fowler, a[Read More…]
Gov. Morrisey announces America 250 merchandise, calls for bells to be rung on July 4
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – With the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence 36 days away, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby announced new merchandise for West Virginians to buy and called on state communities to ring their[Read More…]
Abstract Art by Edgewood Elementary students adorns Edgewood Park
By Rick SteelhammerFor HDMedia Imagination-inspired artwork by nearly 200 students at Charleston’s Edgewood Elementary School is now on display on a series of 30-inch diameter metal discs that spell out “EDGEWOOD” and hang from a tennis court fence at Edgewood Park, at the intersection of Edgewood Drive and Washington Street[Read More…]
Opinion: National security, West Virginia, and a robust power grid work together
By Maj. Gen. Bill Crane, retired guest commentaryFor The Register-Herald National security doesn’t begin at the Pentagon. It begins at the factories and power lines that keep America’s defense industry running. It begins right here in West Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Defense’s “Defense Spending by State” report,[Read More…]
Beckley Men Speak About Why They Became CASA Advocates
By Dr. Kristi DumasFor CASA Across West Virginia, CASA Advocates speak up for children in the foster care system. They review case files, make placement recommendations to judges and serve as a trusted adult. The great majority of these volunteers are female. Simply put, West Virginia doesn’t have nearly enough[Read More…]
Cedar Creek State Park Welcomes New Almost Heaven Swing
Almost Heaven SWINGO challenge offers exclusive prizes for travelers By Lindsey FunkFor The West Virginia Department of Tourism Charleston – The West Virginia Department of Tourism has announced a new Almost Heaven swing at Cedar Creek State Park. Nestled along Cedar Creek in Gilmer County, this state park offers miles of[Read More…]
Transgender Bridgeport High School sophomore wins WV girls shot put title
By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia If the U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision makes 2026 the last year of competition for Bridgeport High School sophomore Becky Pepper-Jackson, then the 15-year-old transgender athlete made the most of her final season of interscholastic sports in West Virginia. With a personal shot put best of 38 feet,[Read More…]
Public debate over data centers increases in Marion County
By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — State Sen. Joey Garcia, D-13, owns up to his vote on House Bill 2014. HB 2014 set the rules by which microgrids that power data centers would be regulated, as well as created rules governing how tax money collected from data centers[Read More…]
