By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amid several emails wondering why a $150 million flood recovery program wasn’t getting money to the people it was supposed to help, one emergency official was told that Gov. Jim Justice had frozen the program because of the legislative session — an[Read More…]
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Sen. Joe Manchin discusses relationship with Trump in Wheeling
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said his 63 percent voting record with President Donald Trump makes him the only person who keeps President Trump “bipartisan.” Manchin, D-W.Va., made that statement Wednesday while meeting union leaders at Wheeling Coffee and Spice.[Read More…]
West Virginia Supreme Court upholds ruling dismissing suit from Massey shareholders
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a split decision, the West Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed a court ruling that prevents former Massey Energy shareholders from holding company officials liable for poor management of the company leading up to the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. The court[Read More…]
West Virginia First Lady Justice visits schools to promote literacy
By ADRANISHA STEPHENS The Journal GERRARDSTOWN, W.Va. — First Lady Cathy Justice visited Mountain Ridge Intermediate School and Eagle Intermediate School Wednesday for a read-aloud presentation to both fourth and third grade students at the schools. The visits were intended to kick off the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, according to[Read More…]
Students, RCBI combine to produce artificial leg for disabled chicken
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Under normal circumstances, nature typically disposes of the baby chicks born sickly or deformed each year in a classroom project at Central City Elementary School. And though a slipped tendon had doomed one particular peeping puff to a life of flailing about[Read More…]
American Revolution will come to West Virginia at Blennerhassett
By WAYNE TOWNER The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park will host sights and sounds from the American Revolution on Saturday and Sunday. The Northwest Department of the Brigade of the American Revolution will be encamped on Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park on Saturday[Read More…]
Mountain Music Festival and Metal in the Mountains to feature live music in West Virginia all weekend
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald TODAY BECKLEY, W.Va.— To kick off Mountain Music Festival at Ace Adventures Resort in Oak Hill, performances will begin at 8 p.m. featuring live music from Bennett Wales and The Relief, The Kind Thieves and Aqueous. The Burrito Bar at Breeze Hill in Lansing will[Read More…]
Media Alert: Philadelphia Girl’s Choir to perform W.Va. Rosies song
CHALRESTON, W.Va. — The Philadelphia Girls Choir is set to perform a song to America’s ‘Rosie the Riveters’ that was written a decade ago for the West Virginia Rosie the Riveter Project. The performance is set for 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2 at Temple University Performing Arts Center: Lew Klein Hall, 1837 N.[Read More…]
West Virginia businesses proactive during hep A outbreak
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Amid the questions and concerns swirling in the midst of the region’s hepatitis A outbreak, many business owners are taking a proactive approach toward vaccination to give their workers and customers peace of mind. John Mandt Jr., owner of Stewarts Original Hot[Read More…]
