By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. – A grand opening hosted Thursday at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital unveiled the facility’s new Sleep and Pulmonary Clinic which will provide people across the region with a centralized location for advanced sleep medicine and pulmonary care. Located on the hospital’s second[Read More…]
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Gov. Justice thanks Commerce Secretary James Bailey for his tenure, announces Nick Preservatti as acting replacement
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced that Department of Commerce Secretary James Bailey, who has served in the position since 2022, will be stepping down from his role. The Governor expressed his gratitude for Sec. Bailey’s efforts and wished him well in his future endeavors. Nick Preservatti has[Read More…]
ZMM Architects establishes endowed scholarship fund at Marshall
By Fred Pace, HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — ZMM Architects and Engineers established an endowed scholarship fund with a contribution of $120,000 to the Marshall University Foundation, aimed at supporting engineering students from West Virginia, the company announced Thursday. “ZMM is committed to supporting organizations that enhance the cultural and[Read More…]
Lantern presentation commemorates 250th anniversary of Battle of Point Pleasant (West Virginia)
By Chad Vaughn, Rivers Cities Tribune and Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A lantern convoy arrived in Point Pleasant on Wednesday to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant with the presentation of a lantern. The lantern convoy, comprised of representatives from the West Virginia Department of Arts,[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail editorial: School consolidations an ominous sign for WV
No one likes school consolidations. No one wants to see an elementary, middle or high school that has traditionally been a central part of a community shut down for students to be bused somewhere else — sometimes quite a distance — every day. It wasn’t surprising to see so many[Read More…]
West Virginia special session ends with some bills not making the finish line
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Legislature can point to many successes during the recent special session, but some bills died when the gavels came down Tuesday night. Lawmakers passed 37 bills by the time the House[Read More…]
Storm damage still being tallied in Mercer County
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. – Work on calculating the monetary losses Hurricane Helene’s winds and rain inflicted on Mercer County continued Wednesday as the county commission recognized the first responders that aided the public during and after the storm. Keith Gunnoe, director of the Mercer County[Read More…]
A river in recovery
The Shenandoah River continues a long struggle against pollution By Thomas Caldwell, Special to the Spirit HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Rivers crisscross the landscape on every continent. And like veins of blood, they carry the life force of nature, as well as the life force of human civilization in the[Read More…]
Peak foliage on display in West Virginia’s higher elevations
Vibrant fall foliage continues to spread across the state West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The highest elevations of Almost Heaven continue to showcase stellar fall foliage conditions. Deep shades of crimson and gold can be found in Tucker, Randolph and Pocahontas counties. Webster and Nicholas counties are nearly halfway[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito visits New Clendenin Elementary, hosts Girls Rise Up program
West Virginia Press Association CLENDENIN, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), on Oct. 9, visited Clendenin Elementary School where she toured the new school and later hosted a West Virginia Girls Rise Up event with special guest, Dr. Liberty Vittert Capito, a statistician, political commentator, TV show host, and Professor of[Read More…]
