By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — A member of the Mercer County Commission is hoping to follow Raleigh County’s lead on regulating vape shops. Mercer County Commissioner Greg Puckett said he is working with Prosecuting Attorney Brian Cochran to draft an ordinance that mirrors a plan adopted earlier[Read More…]
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New superintendent: Uncertainty surrounds possible cuts in school funding
By Bruce Justice, Mingo Messenger WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — In the less than two weeks she’s been on the job, newly state-appointed Mingo County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joetta Basile has been busy dividing her time between getting to know her department directors and conducting meetings — taking what she refers to[Read More…]
WV Hive CO.STARTERS Four-Part Bootcamp Begins July 21
Successful Local Entrepreneurs Say It Was The Best $50 They Invested West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Hive Network started offering the nationally-recognized CO.STARTERS business courses in 2020 at the subsidized rate of $50 per person, and a number of successful local entrepreneurs say this was[Read More…]
House Passes First Package of DOGE Cuts, Bill Headed to President Trump’s Desk
WASHINGTON, DC — Early this morning, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025. Representative Riley M. Moore voted “Yes” on the legislation, which eliminates approximately $9 billion in wasteful spending for partisan media organizations and certain foreign aid programs. Congressman Moore issued[Read More…]
Medical students present research relevant to West Virginians
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine’s Steven J. Jubelirer Summer Externship Program wrapped up Thursday, July 17. Twelve medical students from three medical schools participated in the six-week, comprehensive research training experience. Each extern worked on a research project along with experienced principal investigator mentors and staff[Read More…]
GameChanger Board of Directors to Decide on Allocating $1 Million+ for Launch of Innovative Prevention Education Platform: GameChanger University
New Initiative Will Serve All West Virginia Students—Public, Private, and Homeschooled West Virginia Press Association FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The GameChanger Board of Directors is proposing budgeting an amount exceeding one million dollars toward the development of GameChanger University, a groundbreaking online platform designed to provide state-of-the-art prevention education focused on opioid and substance[Read More…]
West Virginia Senators Capito, Justice vote in favor of rescissions package
By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — West Virginia Republican Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice both voted Wednesday to pass the more than $9 billion package requested by President Donald Trump to formalize cuts to previously approved federal spending. The rescissions package passed 51-to-48. It now[Read More…]
‘Sacrificial lamb’: Family of man beaten to death at SRJ hopes he inspires change
By Ashley Perham, The Herald-Dispatch BECKLEY, W.Va. — On March 1, 2022, Quantez Burks, 37, died at the Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County after being brutally beaten by correctional officers in a room with no security cameras, according to court documents. His family say they were told he died[Read More…]
New Martinsville Family Attends HALT Fentanyl Act Signing At The White House
By Derek Redd, The Intelligencer WASHINGTON, DC — Diana Estep understands that the HALT Fentanyl Act she watched President Donald Trump sign Wednesday at the White House won’t bring back her son Drew, who died of fentanyl poisoning in 2020 at just 24 years old. Neither will the rallies and[Read More…]
West Virginia’s medication abortion ban survives challenge in federal court
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey praised a decision made Tuesday by a federal appeals court in a case brought when he was attorney general challenging West Virginia’s near-total ban on abortion and limits on medication used for abortion. A three-judge panel[Read More…]
