Entrants can complete summer-travel bucket list for chance to win free autumn getaway CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice unveiled the Department of Tourism’s 2024 summer bucket list. The list, which includes iconic West Virginia adventures like waterfalls and nature hikes, provides a guide to summer travel in the Mountain State. Those who[Read More…]
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Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame set to induct new members in 2024
West Virginia Press Association JACKSON’S MILL, W.Va. – The West Virginia Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame (WVAFHOF) will honor the 2024 inductees with a banquet on Saturday, July 20, at Jackson’s Mill. The evening will start with a reception at 5:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:00 p.m. The banquet[Read More…]
Gov. Justice announces over $5M in West Virginia Community Corrections Grant awards
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced that he has awarded $5,532,553.00 in West Virginia Community Corrections Grant program funds to 30 projects statewide. These funds will be used to assist local communities in the establishment and continued operation of community corrections programs. The West Virginia Community Corrections Grant[Read More…]
West Virginia Democrats aim to rebuild party expectations at state convention
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kathryn Prather and Rylee Birkett both sit at the end of a long table at the back of the South Hall within the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center on June 14. A sparse number of Democratic delegates mingle in loose clusters[Read More…]
PJM, Mon Power respond to U.S. DOE power grid assessment for mid-Atlantic region
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Last week, it was reported that as part of a national power grid assessment, the U.S. Department of Energy identified the mid-Atlantic region – including Monongalia, Preston and Marion counties – as an area where “there is significant need for increased[Read More…]
Open house for WVSOM Testing Center set for June 25
LEWISBURG, W.Va. – The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) is preparing to celebrate the opening of the newest addition to its Lewisburg campus. From 5 to 7 p.m., June 25, WVSOM will host an open house for its 26,756-square-foot Testing Center. The first new construction on the school’s campus[Read More…]
Demo of former Kanawha Manufacturing to begin as Charleston LIFT Center plans take shape
By Fred Pace, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Octogenarian Gary Borstein of Charleston says he supports the new Charleston LIFT Center project being developed on the former Kanawha Manufacturing site just across the street from his home in the 1500 block of Dixie Street. But he came to Thursday’s community[Read More…]
Attorneys for foster children raise issues with West Virginia Department of Human Services
By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorneys representing children in West Virginia’s foster care system said the state is actively hiding behind privileges meant to shield leaders of executive branch departments and their internal decision-making processes. Attorneys for A Better Childhood, Disability Rights West Virginia, and the[Read More…]
Lewis County, West Virginia’s Queen reflects on WVACO presidency
By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram WESTON, W.Va. — Lewis County Commissioner Agnes Queen has worn many hats during her tenure as a local politician, and that included a recent one-year term as president of the West Virginia Association of Counties. “I just handed over the gavel to our next[Read More…]
Attorney General Morrisey: Federal judge issues preliminary injunction in Title IX, Student Privacy and Fairness for Women in Education case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Monday said the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Northern Division has issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s recent Title IX regulation. That injunction restrains the U.S. Department of Education “from implementing, enacting, enforcing, or taking[Read More…]
