The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP ASSOCIATE STONE ARRESTED, FACES OBSTRUCTION CHARGE The office of special counsel Robert Mueller says[Read More…]
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Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Friday, Jan. 25
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 17th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: WV Dental Association Oral Health Day, Upper House Rotunda; American Lung Association; RAZE, Upper Senate Rotunda. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On The Agenda THIRD READING Com. Sub. for[Read More…]
WV Press Legislative Breakfast set for Thursday, Feb. 7, at Embassy Suites in Charleston
HD Media & Charleston Gazette-Mail media social set for Wednesday evening, Feb. 6 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislators, media from across the state and guests will gather at the Embassy Suites on morning of Feb. 7 for annual West Virginia Press Association Legislative Breakfast. “The media of West Virginia appreciate legislators[Read More…]
WV Senate unanimously passes free community college bill
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the second consecutive year, the West Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill to provide students free tuition at in-state, public community colleges. And again, the big question is whether the House of Delegates will follow suit. The House never took the[Read More…]
WVU researcher investigates a little-studied patient population: pregnant women with eating disorders
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Eating disorders can offer people a false sense of control: control of what they eat, how much they weigh and how they look. Few things can shatter that sense of control the way pregnancy can. Elizabeth Claydon, an assistant professor in the West Virginia University[Read More…]
‘Winston’s Bill’ passes West Virginia Senate committee
By ERIC HRIN Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Casey Johnson of Fairmont closely followed the progress of “Winston’s Bill” this week as it was passed at the committee level in the state Senate. “I sat in my kitchen listening to it via my cell phone,” he said. “When it[Read More…]
Media Alert: WV Press annual advertising and editorial newspaper contest now open
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Newspaper staff members across West Virginia are gathering their best work for submission to the West Virgnia Press Association’s annual editorial and advertising competitions. WVPA Contest Coordinator Dalton Walker “The submission period of the WVPA’s annual newspaper contest is open,” Walker said. “Publishers, Editors, Advertising Directors and newspaper[Read More…]
High emotions, ‘bad journalism’ spawn from viral DC standoff
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The unlikely, unplanned and seemingly fleeting encounter at the Lincoln Memorial last week between a Native American elder and a group of Catholic high school students sparked a flurry of emotion and debate with each new angle and interpretation. The story is[Read More…]
West Virginia House committee takes first look at business and inventory tax repeal
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The legislative committee took up a possible amendment to the West Virginia Constitution paving the way for eliminating the business and inventory tax. The House Finance Committee took a look Wednesday morning at House Joint Resolution 17. The[Read More…]
