By SUZANNE STEWART The Pocahontas Time GREEN BANK, W.Va. — Saturday may have been a dreary, cold day, but things were steamy in the Fort Warwick sugar shack in Green Bank where visitors enjoyed a tour, lesson and taste test during the first of two Mountain State Maple Days. Visitors[Read More…]
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Marijuana business bill passes WV House
By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill to make the medical marijuana bill more lucrative for businesses has passed the West Virginia House of Delegates. West Virginia’s medical marijuana law passed in 2017. It was scheduled to begin in July of 2019 but is running behind schedule.[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, February 28
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. NO DEAL IN HANOI Declaring “sometimes you have to walk,” Trump did just that after[Read More…]
W.Va. Legislature hears concerns on funding for Senior Centers, family care-givers
AARP West Virginia: Survey shows support for senior programs By Erica Young West Virginia Press Association Capitol Reporter CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Advocates voiced their concern Wednesday for West Virginia legislative funding necessary for key programs to serve West Virginia’s senior citizens. Speaking Wednesday at the State Capitol, Bill Carpenter, president[Read More…]
WVPA Hall of Fame accepting nominations for Class of 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association is now accepting nominations for the West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame, Class of 2019. The Hall of Fame committee welcomes written nominations, which must include a brief biographical sketch. In order to be nominated and elected to the Hall of Fame, a[Read More…]
WVPA Foundation accepting scholarship, summer Internship applications for 2019-20
Newspapers interesting in hosting an intern should contact the WVPA CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association Foundation is now accepting applications for 2019 Summer Internships at West Virginia newspapers and 2019-20 college scholarships. If awarded, there will be three $3,000 paid internships. The WVPAF also assists with unpaid internships at newspapers across[Read More…]
WV House passes bills to create $150 million PEIA reserve fund
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two bills intended to fulfill Gov. Jim Justice’s pledge to set aside $150 million to offset future cost increases for PEIA health insurance benefits were headed to the Senate on Tuesday after passing the House of Delegates by wide margins — despite[Read More…]
West Virginia delegates amend ‘Tim Tebow,’ medical marijuana bills
By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Delegates on Tuesday approved amendments to a bill meant to fix the state’s medical marijuana program and to a bill meant to allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activities at public schools. House Bill 3127, commonly known as the “Tim Tebow[Read More…]
Fairmont State’s Black Student Union hosts living history to commemorate Black History Month
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT – Black history came to the present Tuesday. Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and more figureheads of the Civil Rights Movement spent some time in Fairmont State University’s Falcon Center, where they had also set up some informational posters pertaining[Read More…]
W.Va. AG discusses Supreme Court case
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is working to protect a historic cross honoring World War I veterans in a potentially landmark case set for oral arguments today before the U.S. Supreme Court. West Virginia leads a 29-state coalition hoping to protect[Read More…]