By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Low-cost carrier Breeze Airways will resume nonstop service to Tampa, Florida, in October and add up to four additional new nonstop destinations to West Virginia International Yeager Airport’s flight schedule during the next two years, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the airline announced[Read More…]
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West Virginia to Open BEAD Benefit of the Bargain Round July 10, 2025
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On July 8, Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the West Virginia Department of Commerce, Division of Economic Development, Office of Broadband (WVDED) is publishing updated Program Procedures for the West Virginia Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding program. “Our office continues[Read More…]
Wildflower meadow at Cacapon thriving as part of pollinator work
By Kate Shunney, The Morgan Messenger Park Naturalist Valerie Chaney championed a pollinator plot a few years back at Cacapon State Park, in partnership with an effort to attract and study Monarch butterflies, which face tough competition for their needed habitat. Today, that “plot” has grown into a two-acre wildflower[Read More…]
Treasurer Pack Announces Nearly 15,000 Students to Receive 100% Hope Scholarship Funding for 2025-2026 School Year
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Larry Pack, who serves as Chairman of the Hope Scholarship Board, today announced nearly 15,000 students will receive full funding for the Hope Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is an increase from the 10,750 students who received some level of[Read More…]
WV Coal Association comments to US EPA regarding the proposed repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for fossil fuel-fired generating units
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held a virtual public hearing on the proposed repeal of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units on July 8. Chris Hamilton, President of the WV Coal Association, offered the following comments in[Read More…]
West Virginia’s expanded ‘Move Over’ law to go into effect Wednesday
WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia’s expanded Slow Down, Move Over law, aimed at protecting all those at the roadside, will take effect Friday, just in time for the height of the summer travel season. Since 2003, West Virginia has had a law requiring drivers to “slow[Read More…]
Riley Moore: Big Beautiful Bill delivers for West Virginia (Opinion)
By Riley Moore, published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs and a return to commonsense. This past Friday, on our nation’s 249th Independence Day, President Donald Trump delivered on[Read More…]
Lobbyists spent nearly a quarter of a million dollars on West Virginia lawmakers in first half of 2025
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — It’s been nearly 90 days since the end of the 2025 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, with lobbyist spending reports shedding light on how interest groups worked to get the attention of lawmakers for their issues. Registered[Read More…]
Elior Collegiate Dining to be WVU’s new dining partner
What students can expect to see in August By Samantha Smith, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Elior Collegiate Dining is partnering with West Virginia University to provide dining services effective immediately, according to Shauna Johnson, executive director of strategic communications. Formerly known as Aladdin Campus Dining, Elior Collegiate Dining[Read More…]
WVU fuel cell can stabilize power grid by making, storing energy in extreme industrial conditions
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — To build a modern-day electrical grid with the flexibility and resilience to handle ebbing and flowing energy sources like solar and wind power, West Virginia University engineers have designed and successfully tested a fuel cell that can switch between storing or making electricity and also generate hydrogen[Read More…]
