By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Lawmakers are spending the next three days in Central and North Central West Virginia for June legislative interim meetings, on Sunday receiving reports from state tourism and economic development officials. Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization[Read More…]
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Royalty crowned at Miss West Virginia pageant
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal MARTINSBURG – After a week of preliminary contests, dance routine practices and spending time together as a group of like-minded “sisters,” Saturday evening arrived, and the final selections were made to crown Miss West Virginia and West Virginia’s Teen 2025. A portion of the evening’s[Read More…]
‘Can’t afford it’: APCo, WPCo $250M rate hike request challenged at public hearings
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nineteen. That’s how many homes near Johnson Road, in Kanawha County, Eric Hanson said lose their power several times a year, though not from storms. What follows, Hanson said, are long outages to which he is especially vulnerable as the user of[Read More…]
West Virginia welcomes five new Almost Heaven swings
Visitors encouraged to enjoy a screen-free summer in the Mountain State West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Tourism has added five new Almost Heaven swings to the Mountain State: Drawdy Falls in Boone County, Miracle Mountain in McDowell County, 4-H Camp Pioneer in Randolph[Read More…]
UC unveils $10 million upgrade to Morrison Rehabilitation Science and Athletic Center, expands high-demand graduate offerings in physical and occupational therapy
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The University of Charleston has unveiled the Morrison Rehabilitation Science and Athletic Center, a $10 million initiative that will serve as the home for new graduate programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy—both designed to meet growing workforce demands across the region and[Read More…]
Co-founding partners hoping to reinvent aquaponics facility
By Bruce Justice, Mingo Messenger Since first becoming fully operational in late 2022 and early 2023 under Coalfield Development’s subsidiary and Mingo County Redevelopment Authority partner — Sprouting Farms — it has been known to most people in Mingo and surrounding areas as the Blue Acre Aquaponics facility situated along[Read More…]
Out of County Deputies Being Called In as Looting Starts in Ohio County Flood Areas
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer TRIADELPHIA — Last weekend’s flooding in Ohio County has left tired deputies and recovering communities now being targeted by looters, according to Sheriff Nelson Croft. Deputies will now be coming from other West Virginia counties to assist the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department in the coming[Read More…]
Democratic lawmakers urge West Virginia to make Juneteenth official state holiday
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia, Democratic lawmakers urged their colleagues and Gov. Patrick Morrisey to make Juneteenth an official state holiday. House Minority[Read More…]
Nature’s Air-Conditioned City prepares for summer heat
By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — Nature’s Air-Conditioned City will be heating up over the next couple of days. While spring was a mixed-bag for the region with cooler than normal weather outside and a lot of rain, the first week of summer looks to be hot. Today[Read More…]
W.Va. Guard flood response update: June 19, 2025
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Closing out the day on June 19, 2025, the West Virginia National Guard has upwards of 170 Soldiers, Airmen and civilian employees dedicated to flash flood response efforts in the northern part of the state. Of the approximately 170 West Virginia Army[Read More…]
