By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As promised by Transportation Secretary Byrd White on Tuesday, the West Virginia Department of Transportation has posted lists of secondary road maintenance projects on its website. Posted as a link on the department’s website, the Secondary Roads Maintenance Initiative lists hundreds of[Read More…]
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West Virginia’s “Road to Nowhere” set to be “Road to Mullens” by winter
By MATT COMBS The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Under an early summer Raleigh County sun, battered by wind and dust, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice spoke to a crowd of men and women in suits, blue jeans, hard hats and neon yellow safety vests. The governor was in southern West Virginia[Read More…]
Majority of W.Va. counties are losing population, US census data show
By TRAVIS CRUM The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — According to population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, 50 of West Virginia’s 55 counties lost population between 2017 and 2018. Among them are Kanawha and Cabell counties, which rank among those with the most population loss during that time[Read More…]
West Virginias’s early learning programs rank among top in the nation
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Universal Pre-K Program is ranked among the top in the nation, according to the 2018 Yearbook released Wednesday by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), recognizing the state as a leader in pre-K access for 4-year-olds and quality[Read More…]
WVU debuts new neuroscience ‘Brain Camp’ for high school students
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Students in 11th and 12th grades looking for a unique, immersive, science-based camp experience should consider Brain Camp, a new week-long educational program taking place on West Virginia University’s Morgantown Campus in July. The camp, run by the WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Neuroscience,[Read More…]
Outdoors: Spring gobbler season under way in West Virginia
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s four-week spring gobbler season opened April 15 and runs through May 11. Hunters can harvest one bearded turkey per day with a season bag limit of two. The one-day youth season will be held April 13, the Saturday before[Read More…]
Looking back at West Virginia’s back-to-landers
Editor’s note: In the mid to late 1970s, people poured into West Virginia seeking a simpler and more meaningful way of life. Called the “back-to-the-land” or “homesteader” movement, upward of 400 people from outside the state moved into Lincoln County alone. Bill Ragette thought he was going to change the world.[Read More…]
10 things to know: Friday, April 19
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, April 19, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. CONGRESS MULLS NEXT STEPS AFTER RELEASE OF MUELLER REPORT It’s now up to Congress to[Read More…]
Doctors in five states, including two in West Virginia, charged with prescribing painkillers for cash, sex
Staff, wire reports Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two West Virginia doctors are among 60 people who were indicted as a result of a multi-state investigation into illegal prescriptions and distribution of opioids and narcotics as part of multiple health care fraud schemes. Dr. Marc Spelar, of Milton, and Dr.[Read More…]
