By Jerry Bellune Compelling Writing for September 2025: 13 ways you can write humor Do you think your newspaper, blog or broadcast has little space or time for wit? Think again. Here’s how Sarah Needleman (great byline) began a Wall Street Journal article about what a few landlords are doing[Read More…]
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Memories of D-Day participants preserved by Brooke museum
By Warren Scott, The Weirton Daily Times WELLSBURG — Eighty-one years ago today, about 326,000 troops, more than 50,000 vehicles and about 100,000 tons of military equipment descended on the beaches of Normandy, the first step by Allied troops in World War II to liberate France from Nazi invaders. One[Read More…]
Editorial: Economic news gets worse for southern WV coalfields
The Herald-Dispatch It’s been a tough spring job-wise in the southern West Virginia coalfields. This week, it got worse. On Tuesday, June 3, Itmann Mining Co., a subsidiary of Core Natural Resources, filed a WARN notice with Workforce WV that it plans to idle all or part of its Itmann[Read More…]
Oil and gas teacher workshop aims to end West Virginia ‘brain drain’
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN — East Fairmont Middle School teacher Michael Leshko squats down at eye level with a contraption that contains boiling green mouthwash. The mouthwash boils off some gases, which travel down a coil encased in glass. Leshko holds a bag of water over the[Read More…]
WVU Medicine extends commitment further in Mercer County with $25M emergency and behavior health facility
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Officials broke ground Thursday for a new $25 million health care campus that will serve behavioral health and emergency medical needs across a 10-county region encompassing parts of West Virginia and Virginia. Supporters gathered outside the Behavioral Health Pavilion of the Virginias[Read More…]
1,214 new WV business registrations reported for May 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WV Secretary of State’s Office registered 1,214 new businesses statewide during the month of May according to Secretary of State Kris Warner. Counties that led the state in total businesses registered in May include Kanawha, Berkeley, Monongalia, Raleigh and Jefferson. Top five counties in total businesses[Read More…]
Employees at The Health Plan Make Strides Toward Healthier Lifestyles
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING — Employees at The Health Plan in West Virginia showed Wednesday they are willing to walk a “Mountaineer Mile” and lead the way toward improving health and fitness throughout the state. The Health Plan kicked off its version of the Mountaineer Mile Wednesday at[Read More…]
WV Hive Hosting ‘Coffee Talks’ at Main Street Co. In Logan on June 11, Featuring Owner Barry Carter II
West Virginia Press Association LOGAN, W.Va. – The West Virginia Hive Network is hosting a “Coffee Talks” networking session from 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 11, at Main Street Co., located at 312 Main Street in Logan, W.Va.—an Accelerate WV community. The event is sponsored by Peoples Bank. Mary[Read More…]
Morrisey names adviser’s daughter, political operatives to judicial vacancy panel
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey has appointed his policy director’s college-student daughter, and political operatives linked to six-digit-plus spending to support his gubernatorial campaign, to a commission that plays a signicant role in lling state judicial vacancies — with a vacancy looming on the[Read More…]
PSC hears evidence in case involving broadband pole attachments
By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON – West Virginia Public Service Chairwoman Charlotte Lane had blunt words for electric utilities, internet services providers and state broadband officials Tuesday during the start of a hearing that will determine rules for expanding fiber broadband on existing power poles. “The West[Read More…]
