By KYLE LOVERN Williamson Daily News SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Division of Natural Resources is warning residents that feeding black bears is a violation of state law. The DNR reminds residents that feeding the bears is a misguided disservice to our state animal, according to Colin Carpenter, black[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Wednesday, June 13
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, June 12, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. KIM, TRUMP GARNER CONTRASTING REACTIONS AFTER SUMMIT In Pyongyang, the North Korean autocrat was lavished[Read More…]
Media Alert: Appalachian Community Foundations Institute today, Wednesday in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Philanthropy West Virginia is hosting its Appalachian Community Foundations Institute (ACFI) on today and Wednesday, June 12-13, in Morgantown with over 30 leaders attending for a dynamic program and network experience. “Community Foundations play a highly critical role in our communities in West Virginia and across the[Read More…]
Documents: WV Department of Commerce issued repeated, misleading statements on RISE
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Just one day after Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher claimed that 1,100 families had received assistance from the RISE West Virginia flood recovery program, a staffer from the Governor’s Office relayed concerns she received from a survivor of the deadly June 2016 flood[Read More…]
WVU Academic Media Day: Gee says West Virginia Forward initiative is picking up steam
By LINDA COMINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University President Gordon Gee said he believes the West Virginia Forward initiative is picking up momentum and on target for full development in four to five years. West Virginia Forward is a multi-level effort to form partnerships[Read More…]
New STEM education geared toward next generation of West Virginia teachers
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – One West Virginia University program is on a mission to train the state’s next generation of science, technology, engineering and math teachers. Those teachers in turn will energize a new legion of grade and high school students to embrace science and technology,[Read More…]
Near-capacity Culture Center audience closes out 21 West Virginia PEIA Task Force public hearings
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Directed by Gov. Jim Justice to find an answer to medical and pharmaceutical costs that are driving up PEIA costs by nearly $50 million a year, the PEIA Task Force closed out a series of 21 public hearings statewide Monday with a[Read More…]
Gov. Justice says suspended WV Supreme Court Justic Loughry should consider resignation
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The governor also is encouraging a suspended West Virginia Supreme Court justice to resign if the allegations are accurate he repeatedly lied over costly renovations to offices. “While all of us are innocent until proven guilty, the allegations against Supreme Court Justice[Read More…]
Tracy Hylton: “The last king of coal” in West Virginia dies at 95
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald Tracy Hylton, a businessman whom Gov. Jim Justice styled as the last “king” of coal in southern West Virginia, died on Sunday. Born on the Fourth of July, Hylton was nearly 96 years old and living at The Village at Greystone in Beaver. Hylton was remembered[Read More…]