By Edgar KelleyFor The Inter-Mountain Elkins — Close to 300 people took part in a No Kings rally Saturday outside the Randolph County Courthouse, officials said. The event, which was organized by the Randolph County Democratic Party, was part of a nationwide protest that saw more than 3,000 rallies at[Read More…]
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Fairmont’s Poky Dot faces multiple claims of writing worthless checks, employee wages
By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — While the Poky Dot restaurant celebrated 75 years in business in January, an employee pursued the business for wages owed her since October. On Friday, the employee’s mother outlined the entire ordeal on social media. The incident is one of several establishing a pattern[Read More…]
Speaker of the WV House of Delegates Roger Hanshaw and WV Secretary of State Kris Warner discuss the WV Small Business Growth Act during the latest episode of “Just Three Questions!”
By Diane NesterFor The Office Of WV Secretary of State Kris Warner Charleston – During a recent recording of “Just Three Questions!”, WV Secretary of State Kris Warner had a conversation with Roger Hanshaw, the Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates and the third ranking constitutional officer in the[Read More…]
NRGRDA Awards Dudding Commercial Development LLC As 2025 Development Partner Of The Year
By Jina BelcherFor New River Gorge Regional Development Authority Beckley – Dudding Commercial Development LLC was recently awarded 2025 Development Partner of the Year by Jina Belcher, Executive Director of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), at a recent NRGRDA/West Virginia Hive Showcase and Awards event. Belcher said[Read More…]
Harm reduction: How naloxone saves lives
By Ashton Pack and Haven SteeleFor The Parthenon Amidst the ongoing opioid epidemic, harm reduction strategies have been essential for reducing the number of deaths by overdose. One of the most important harm reduction strategies is the deployment of Narcan, also referred to as naloxone, an overdose reversal medicine. Susan[Read More…]
Aerospace engineering graduate student earns national recognition from Aviation Week
By Sloane HeagertyFor WVU Startler College Media Hub West Virginia University has earned national recognition through the work of Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources’ graduate student Noah C. Parsons, whose advanced aerospace engineering research has garnered international attention Morgantown — Parsons was named to Aviation Week Network’s 20 Twenties Class of 2026, an[Read More…]
Morrisey announces Google data center
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Inter-Mountain Charleston — Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday that Google has purchased property in Putnam County to begin the process of locating a data center in West Virginia. In a press release Friday morning, Morrisey said Google has taken its first step toward a multi-million-dollar[Read More…]
West Virginia, local education officials lay out case for appeal of religious vaccine exemption ruling
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – Months after West Virginia’s highest court stayed a ruling by a Raleigh County circuit judge allowing for religious exemptions to the state’s compulsory vaccination law for school-age children, parties in the case are making their case for the lower[Read More…]
Details scarce, advocate concerns many on Google’s Putnam County data center plans
By Mike TonyFor HDMedia Google applied to West Virginia to have the state certify a planned Putnam County project as a “High-Impact” data center exempt from a broad range of local regulations Tuesday, according to Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s office. Just 72 hours later, Morrisey already had announced that Google had[Read More…]
Plugged In: West Virginia officials generating comprehensive energy plan; Coal, natural gas jockeying to meet Morrisey’s goal
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — Gov. Patrick Morrisey wants West Virginia to be the battery of the East Coast, and his Office of Energy is working on the state’s long-term energy plan that must find a balance between the state’s major fossil fuels, while[Read More…]