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…]
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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…]
WVU to guide data-driven decisions for statewide opioid settlement funds
By Katie FarmerFor WVU, Today Combining expertise with community involvement, West Virginia University is leading a statewide effort to bring data, transparency and accountability to the allocation of nearly three-quarters of the $1 billion in West Virginia’s opioid settlement funding. Commissioned by the West Virginia First Foundation, the WVU Health Affairs Institute, in[Read More…]
The Truth Will Come Out
By Greg KozeraFor Thoughts to Ponder A few years ago, at the Kozera family reunion in Pittsburgh a stranger showed up. The man said he was our dead uncle Jay’s son. Finally learning who his birth father was he wanted to learn about his family. The internet helped him to[Read More…]
CAMC Foundation Run For Your Life 5-Mile Run/2.5-Mile Walk Returns June 6, 2026, kicking off the CAMC Foundation’s 50th Anniversary events for 2026.
By Kristen KelleyFor Vandalia Health Charleston — The CAMC Foundation is excited to announce the 2026 CAMC Foundation Run For Your Life 5-Mile Run/ 2.5-Mile Walk, taking place at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Haddad Riverfront Park in downtown Charleston. This year’s event holds special significance as[Read More…]
Capito: U.S. Senate determined to work out DHS funding deal before break
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – With the federal funding shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security entering day 41 Thursday, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she and her colleagues are determined to come to a deal prior to Congress’ traditional break. “It’s a[Read More…]
Governor signs legislation creating the WV Office of Entrepreneurship under the leadership of Secretary of State Kris Warner
By Michael QueenFor The Office of WV Secretary of State Kris Warner Charleston – “Today is a giant leap forward for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in West Virginia,” said WV Secretary of State Kris Warner after Governor Morrisey signed Senate Bill 878 into law creating the WV Office of Entrepreneurship. The bill was signed yesterday at[Read More…]
‘Office of Entrepreneurship’ created after Morrisey cuts 24 state boards
By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia Since taking office on Jan. 13, 2025, Gov. Patrick Morrisey has repeatedly stated his goal to “shrink the size and scope” of state government. The governor’s pursuit of that goal continued with the recently concluded legislative session. “When you make tough, fiscally responsible decisions, and you[Read More…]
Enjoying sunshine, skating at Coonskin Park as spring weather returns to Charleston
By Laura BilsonFor HDMedia Looks like March is going out like a lamb, as spring weather — hopefully — is sticking around for a while in Charleston. Jaylen Bryan, 10, of St. Albans, practiced her roller skating in a Coonskin Park parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Donning pink skates, she glided[Read More…]