By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON — A West Virginia Senate committee opened up a House of Delegates bill Monday and amended into it an updated version of the school-age vaccine exemption legislation rejected by the House last month, creating what one senator called a “fat possum.” The[Read More…]
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Wreck causes power outage
By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON — A motor vehicle accident on the Old Elkins Road caused a power outage in Upshur County early Monday morning. Deputies responded to an accident involving a Ford F-150 pickup truck on the Old Elkins Road close to Waughs Custom Cutting according to a[Read More…]
Union reps say food dye ban, SNAP changes could lead to layoffs
By Maggie Susa, HD Media Union leaders are bracing for layoffs following a newly passed ban on food dyes in West Virginia. House Bill 2354, prohibiting certain food dyes from being used as an ingredient in school lunches and in food items sold in West Virginia, was passed by the[Read More…]
Benson addresses Faculty Senate, discusses bill affecting student BOG voting power
By Jerenie Sands, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU’s Faculty Senate discussed multiple pending bills in the West Virginia Legislature and heard from newly-named WVU President Michael Benson at its regular meeting Monday. Eloise Elliott, Faculty Senate representative to state government, discussed multiple bills that would affect WVU if[Read More…]
Two Cabell County candidates indicted for election fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — WV Secretary of State Kris Warner announced today that Cabell County residents Jan Hite King and Kimberly Maynard have been indicted by the grand jury for criminal violations relating to the Primary Election of 2022. Both women have each been charged with one count of false swearing, one count of[Read More…]
Governor Patrick Morrisey Signs Universal Licensing Reciprocity into Law, Urges Senate to Pass Power Generation and Consumption Act
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On April 7, Governor Patrick Morrisey signed into law Senate Bill 458, the Universal Professional and Occupational Licensing Act. The law provides licensed and certified professionals to practice in West Virginia without taking additional examinations to attain local licensure or certification. “We’re taking[Read More…]
New details emerge in investigation that led to Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Manager Pat Ford’s dismissal
By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — An internal investigation pursued by Pat Ford was cited as the primary cause for his dismissal from the position of city manager of Bridgeport Thursday. Details of the investigation were initially scarce, but more information has come to light.[Read More…]
COLUMN: Research that matters
By Dr. E. Gordon Gee, president, West Virginia University West Virginia University is a fiercely land-grant university, a driving force for good, for change and for opportunity. We are also West Virginia’s only Research 1 institution, holding the highest possible research ranking from the American Council on Education and the[Read More…]
University of Charleston, City of Charleston, Charleston CVB announce new marathon coming to Capital City in 2026
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the first time in nearly three decades, Charleston is set to host a full marathon, inviting distance runners from across the region to the Capital City. The University of Charleston Marathon, taking off in April 2026, will feature a fast and flat[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: WVNLA-Led Landscape Technician Training in Buckhannon Set for April 9-11
West Virginia Press Association Buckhannon, W.Va. (April 7, 2025) – Media are invited to attend and cover the April 9-11 Landscape Technician training course for high school students that the West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association (WVNLA), Pierpont Community and Technical College, and Buckhannon-Upshur High School has organized. The three-day[Read More…]
