By Ashley PerhamFor HDMedia The Municipal Auditorium Special Committee met Tuesday for the first time since April 2024. The committee, made up of City Council members and members of the Coliseum & Convention Center board, heard a presentation on the December report that showed options for saving the building’s historic facade. The[Read More…]
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Bill regulating vape shops moves in House Committee
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Inter-Mountain Charleston — A bill sponsored by Del. David McCormick to curb the expansion of businesses pushing vape and e-cigarette products made it through the House Health and Human Resources Committee Monday afternoon. The House Health Committee recommended a committee substitute for House Bill 5437,[Read More…]
Room for Debate: Parkersburg City Council advances recycling contract, lifts restrictions on public forum
By Even BevinsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg — Members of Parkersburg City Council approved the final reading of an ordinance authorizing a contract for curbside recycling service, and lifted restrictions on the public forum at their meeting Tuesday. The votes came on the same night Mayor Tom Joyce[Read More…]
Morrisey Calls On Lawmakers To Consider His Budget Plan
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Intelligencer Charleston — With 18 days left in the 2026 legislative session and budget bills from the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates on the move, Gov. Patrick Morrisey urged lawmakers to give more consideration to his budget proposal and leave the Hope Scholarship[Read More…]
Idle coal mines lead to anxiety in Marion County
By Esteban Fernandez For Times West Virginian Fairmont — Coal miners are returning to work after American Consolidated Natural Resources had to temporarily close them to sort out soil permit issues with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. “Evidently the DEP, I’m just guessing they must have shut them[Read More…]
Students Win Charleston Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition
By Anglea PriceFor MATHCOUNTS Charleston— A team of middle school Mathletes® from John Adams Middle School in Charleston took top honors at the Charleston Chapter MATHCOUNTS® Competition held at the University of Charleston on February 21, 2026. The top individual was Eli Hale, an eighth grader from Horace Mann Middle School in Charleston.[Read More…]
RE-PATH West Virginia Board of Directors Adds Five Members, Adding More Depth and Geographic Reach
Beckley – The inaugural board meeting of RE-PATH West Virginia was held today, and the board of directors added five new members, greatly expanding the depth and geographic reach of the new statewide advocacy organization. RE-PATH (Recovery Empowerment through Policy, Advocacy, Transformation, and Hope) was launched February 5 at a[Read More…]
Hope Scholarship reform bill still being worked on
By Steven Allan Adams For The Inter-Mountain Charleston — House Finance Committee leaders said they are still receiving input before unveiling an updated version of its originating bill reforming the Hope Scholarship, while Hope funding received a focus as the state Senate passed its budget Friday. The House Finance Committee[Read More…]
Sen. Helton, PSC Chairwoman Lane Debate Energy Policy
By Steven Allan AdamsFor The Intelligencer Charleston — The matter of at what capacity West Virginia’s coal-fired power plants should be operating and whether those requirements would raise costs for ratepayers became a back-and-forth discussion between a state senator and the chairwoman of the Public Service Commission Monday. The House[Read More…]
Parkersburg officials: Petition won’t restore Sanitation Department
By Evan BevinsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg — City officials said a successful referendum on an ordinance authorizing a trash contract with Waste Management would not restore municipal sanitation service. “We do not have a Sanitation Department to reinstate,” Parkersburg Mayor Tom Joyce said. “There’s only four employees[Read More…]
