By Tammie Toler PresleyFor Concord University Athens — J. Kenneth Moore ‘70, curator emeritus for The Metropolitan Museum of Arts Department of Musical Instruments, will speak at Concord University on Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in the Wilkes Family Chapel at University Point, as part of the Carl Azzara[Read More…]
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Beyond the Valley – Entertainment: Parkersburg native Luke Colombo receives ‘American Idol’ golden ticket
By Amber PhippsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg – Luke Colombo said music is his passion, but the 17-year-old Parkersburg resident “never thought in a thousand years” he would have a following on social media – or end up on “American Idol.” After months of interviews and auditions, Colombo[Read More…]
Community service provider files federal lawsuit to overturn West Virginia’s moratorium on methadone clinics
By ACLUFor SOAR-WV Charleston – West Virginia’s largest overdose prevention group filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the state’s nearly two-decade-old moratorium on new methadone clinics. In the lawsuit, which was filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Solutions Oriented Addiction Response of West Virginia[Read More…]
OPINION: The West Virginia House of Delegates Chose Growth. The Senate Can Finish the Job
By Jina BelcherFor The New River Gorge Regional Development Authority Every day, I work with communities that are ready to grow. A region with available land, capable workforce, and a determination to compete. What we often lack are the tools to move at the speed modern industry demands. That is[Read More…]
Morrisey joins celebration of new gas training facility in Clarksburg
By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Clarksburg — Natural gas is one of the most dangerous compounds to work with. The gas is a fuel mixture composed primarily of methane, along with a small mix of other hydrocarbons like propane, butane and ethane. Methane itself is known to be highly[Read More…]
Sen. Capito discusses U.S. strikes on Iran
By Brett DunlapFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg — The United States is dealing with an aggressive regime that has repeatedly targeted Americans, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Tuesday in discussing recent military strikes against Iran. Capito, R-W.Va., spoke to reporters from across the state during a telephone[Read More…]
Senate GOP backs privatizing some child welfare services
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — The West Virginia Senate overwhelming supported a bill aimed at transferring some child welfare services to private entities, though both of the Senate’s Democratic members said the bill would add to the state’s child welfare crisis. The state Senate[Read More…]
Foster Children Living With Disabilities Face Additional Struggles in West Virginia
By Faith AbdullahFor The Intelligencer Morgantown — According to the West Virginia Department of Human Services, as of January 2026, nearly 6,000 children are currently in the foster care system in West Virginia. These numbers account for both in-state and out-of-state children, including those living with disabilities. West Virginia mother[Read More…]
Raw imagination: Young artists design characters for mural in Legal Aid
By Ashley PerhamFor HDMedia Creatures straight from the imagination of some of Charleston’s youngest residents will soon take shape at Legal Aid’s new headquarters in the Elk City area of Charleston’s West Side. Thursday evening, seven young artists, ages 4 to 7, designed a character that will be painted into[Read More…]
Raylee’s Law gets attention as West Virginia Legislature’s Crossover Day deadline looms
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – With Wednesday’s legislative Crossover Day deadline around the corner, lawmakers in both the West Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate tried to get out bills aimed at protecting children from being pulled from school during child welfare investigations.[Read More…]
