The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The State Fair of West Virginia’s box office is now open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Don’t miss your opportunity to purchase tickets. Advance discount tickets are on sale through the website, by calling ETIX at 1-800-514-3849 or through the State Fair box office[Read More…]

By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WILLIAMSTOWN, W.Va. — Area kids will get to learn how scientists do their work during a program this summer near Williamstown. Around 20 people, children (ages 12 and under) and parents, gathered Sunday at the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge near[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Not a leaking drain plug nor a blown water line could keep the MIDAS II team from West Virginia University from placing in NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge. Led by Powsiri Klinkhachorn, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, the Mountaineer Ice Drilling Automated System team[Read More…]

By DAVE LAVENDER HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — It may not be your uncle’s favorite sunshine-splashed version of “Country Roads,” but a new, dark and brooding version of the West Virginia anthem, has ushered in some exciting news Sunday afternoon in L.A. from Bethesda Game Studios director and executive producer[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, June 11, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP OPTIMISTIC AMID FINAL KIM SUMMIT PREP The U.S. president forecasts a “nice” outcome from[Read More…]

THOMAS, W.Va. — Mariwyn Faith McClain Smith, editor of the Parsons Advocate from 1971 to 2004 and a former past president of the West Virginia Press Association, died June 6, 2018. Smith, age 81, died June 6th, 2018, at Cortland Acres in Thomas, WV.  She died surrounded by her children.[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sprouting from a lengthy list of charges against West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry is a web of deadlines, recusals, hearings and potential discipline to come. Following months of investigation, the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission filed a 32-count statement of[Read More…]

By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The mood was celebratory around Raleigh County as Bluestone Coal officials announced the hiring of 250 additional workers at mines across southern West Virginia. A variety of jobs are being offered, with the highest paying wages in the coal sector, along with a[Read More…]

By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BECKLEY, W.Va.  — West Virginia’s motorists and visitors traveling across the Mountain State learned Thursday that tolls along the West Virginia Turnpike will double when the year 2019 arrives on their calendars. West Virginia Parkways Authority voted Thursday to increase rates at three toll[Read More…]