Series features locally sourced community dinners Release from wvfoodandfarm.org: MATEWAN — Community groups in Welch, Matewan, and Big Ugly, together with the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition to launch the Hatfield-McCoy Heritage Food Dinner series. The Blair Mountain Strike Supper — set for Sept. 22 in downtown Matewan at 4:30[Read More…]
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Southern West Virginia’s 46th annual King Coal Festival set for Saturday
By KYLE LOVERN Williamson Daily News WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Action in Mingo (AIM) organization will host the 46th annual King Coal Festival on Saturday with various events leading up to the festival. This year’s festival is expected to be loads of fun, according to AIM President Jada Hunter. An[Read More…]
10 things to know: Tuesday, September 11
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MONSTROUS HURRICANE AIMING FOR US SEABOARD More than a million people are predicted to evacuate[Read More…]
West Virginia’s upper Ohio Valley bracing for river’s wrath
By MIRANDA SEBROSKI The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register McMECHEN, W.Va. — People throughout the upper Ohio Valley spent their day Sunday preparing for river flooding and experiencing rising creeks as heavy rain continued to fall. Big Wheeling Creek spilled its banks Sunday afternoon and creeks around the region also began[Read More…]
West Virginia Justice Workman requests trial start date, plans motions to dismiss impeachment charges
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers representing West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret Workman filed a motion to the state Senate Friday requesting that an impeachment trial start no earlier than Oct. 15, citing the daunting nature of the proceedings for the proposed timeline. In the motion, Workman’s lawyers[Read More…]
Justice’s Supreme Court appointments must wait before taking bench
By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two people who Gov. Jim Justice recently appointed to temporarily fill vacancies on the state’s Supreme Court of Appeals will need to wait until later this month before they can be sworn in, state officials said. Those two Republican appointees, former House[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate to begin first impeachment trial in over 140 years
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When members of the West Virginia Senate meet this week, it will be the first time the body has met as a jury to remove an elected official from office in 142 years. This time, the Senate will[Read More…]
Understaffing creates problems for behavioral health centers in West Virginia
By REBECCA CARBALLO Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In ResCare Agency facilities throughout West Virginia, doctors’ appointments are missed and some patients’ needs are not met, according to nine substantiated complaints filed with the state Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification from 2017-18. Among other services, the company provides[Read More…]
West Virginia foster care system still in crisis
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — At Necco, the search for foster parents is never-ending. “We need triple the amount of foster families,” said Zeke Davis, program director of the Necco office in Logan. There are currently 6,623 children in foster care from West Virginia, according to the[Read More…]
WVU’s drug and alcohol amnesty policy urges students to help each other
By ALANYA FULLER The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Under WVU’s amnesty policy, students don’t have to choose between saving a life or getting in trouble for reporting a person who’s consumed drugs or alcohol. The policy, established in August 2015, encourages students to call for emergency medical assistance for[Read More…]
