The Mountain Statesman WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Thursday that Army Cpl. Howard Godwin Jr., 22, of Grafton, West Virginia, killed during the Korean War, has been accounted for. Godwin, a member of A Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was reported missing[Read More…]
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West Virginia revenue collections for October miss the mark
By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — October tax collections for West Virginia’s general revenue budget for the current fiscal year came in nearly four percentage points below estimates for the month, but year-to-date collections only remain barely one point below expectations. According to the monthly tax[Read More…]
Appalachian Power refiles for rate review before WV Public Service Commission
Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power, along with Wheeling Power, refiled a base rate review application Friday with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for its non-fuel base rates which would increase the average monthly bills of residential, commercial and industrial customers. In the filing, the companies[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito secures CDS award to expand services at Lily’s Place
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On Nov. 1, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced a funding award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for Lily’s Place in Huntington, W.Va. This[Read More…]
COLUMN: Lessons learned, 5-years later
By Greg Kozera, Shale Crescent USA Five years ago, I was on the field at Shawnee Park playing in Kanawha Valley adult soccer league. Running to a moving ball, I planted my left foot, kicked the ball with my right and was down on my back. On the bench, I iced the knee I twisted. Standing up, it suddenly felt like a severe muscle cramp in each quad. I couldn’t put pressure on either leg. The injury was more complex than first[Read More…]
Former Jefferson County commissioners accept plea deal, ending year-long legal saga
By Tom Markland, The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Tricia Jackson and Jennifer Krouse, two former Jefferson County commissioners who were criminally charged and removed from office after refusing to attend commission meetings in the fall of 2023, accepted a deal and entered their plea on Friday morning. The two[Read More…]
GameChanger to team with WVU, Marshall to vigorously address fentanyl, opioid, substance misuse and vaping in West Virginia schools and communities
New, innovative prevention education plan will be supported by DoHS and its prevention partners West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A new, innovative Prevention Education Plan is coming to West Virginia Schools and Communities courtesy of a collaboration between West Virginia University (WVU) and Marshall University (Marshall), GameChanger, prevention[Read More…]
Justice holds ceremonial bill signing for 2 percent personal income tax cut
By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In what could be his last major piece of legislation, Gov. Jim Justice signed the bill cutting personal income tax rates by 2 percent, bringing the total number of tax cuts and eliminations since taking office in 2017 to[Read More…]
To the Rescue: Parkersburg Humane Society answers the call when 146 dogs need taken from city residence
By Douglass Huxley, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Parkersburg Humane Society is working to care for and rehome 146 dogs after they were removed from a residence Wednesday evening. “I would like to say, I don’t believe it was at all intentional,” Gary McIntyre, executive director of[Read More…]
Officials announce development of data center in downtown Huntington
By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A 60,000-square-foot data center will be constructed in downtown Huntington to further its mission of being a technological hub for Appalachia, city officials announced during a news conference at City Hall on Wednesday. Alpha Technologies will renovate the former Appalachian Power Company[Read More…]
