West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced that the recent statewide ban on all types of outdoor burning expired on November 15, 2024. This comes after the state received significant rainfall over the past several days and at the request of the Division of Forestry. “After some much-needed[Read More…]
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Two new Almost Heaven swings tucked within West Virginia’s scenic landscape
Swing photo-ops located at scenic view across the Mountain State West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Tourism has added two new Almost Heaven swings to the Mountain State, one at the Resort at Glade Springs and the other at Mason-Dixon Historical Park. This brings the total[Read More…]
COLUMN: Success comes from the struggle
By Greg Kozera, Shale Crescent USA A few years ago, I was having a drink with Lyle, a friend, at the Greenbrier after a golf outing. We talked about our families. Lyle had been through some stuff. Years earlier his fiancée told him on New Year’s Eve, “I don’t love[Read More…]
West Virginia celebrates inaugural Breeze Airways New York-Newark flight
Low-cost flights soar in popularity at West Virginia International Yeager Airport West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Breeze Airways, the premium leisure low-cost carrier offering point-to-point service between underserved markets across the U.S., today launched nonstop service from Charleston, WV to New York-Newark, NJ, with fares starting from $49* one way.[Read More…]
Entrepreneurs shine at 2024 Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition
West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. – Leaders of the West Virginia Hive announced today the winning entrepreneurs who presented their business strategies last evening at the 2024 Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition. Entrepreneurs from across the region showcased their innovative business strategies, vying for more than $5,000[Read More…]
High school football teams await word from West Virginia Supreme Court
By Kerry Patrick, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — With the ongoing litigations and several injunctions issued in the past week, the WVSSAC made a move Thursday which would bring to a resolution the state football playoff tournament which was postponed earlier this week due to ongoing litigations.[Read More…]
West Virginia delegation pushes for major disaster declaration approval
West Virginia Press Association WASHINGTON, DC – On Nov. 14, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), along with U.S. Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV) and Alex Mooney (R-WV), urged U.S. President Joe Biden and FEMA Region III Administrator MaryAnn Tierney to consider the State of West Virginia’s[Read More…]
Town comes together in memory of Marshall plane crash victims
By Katelyn Aluise, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — It rained Thursday afternoon as dozens of students, alumni, veterans and family of the Thundering Herd gathered for the 54th Memorial Fountain Ceremony honoring the 75 victims of the crash of Flight 932 on Nov. 14, 1970. “It’s so surreal,” Rick Call,[Read More…]
West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito outlines GOP agenda: Immigration reform, tax cuts and tackling national debt
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON — Immigration, taxes and the national debt are at the top of the agenda for Republicans in Congress, according to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Capito, who on Wednesday was elected to the No. 4 position on the GOP Senate leadership team,[Read More…]
WV Supreme Court rejects PSC order disallowing $231.8M in APCo, WPCo cost recovery
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s highest court has rejected a state Public Service Commission order that disallowed Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power from recovering $231.8 million in fuel costs from ratepayers. The Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday filed an opinion reversing the PSC’s January[Read More…]
