By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — Bluefield officials have unveiled their plans to convert a former nursing home into a new $6 million to $8 million medical facility that will include an urgent care component. The plans for the former Mercer Nursing Home facility were made public last[Read More…]
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State Treasurer Pack visits Beaver Stepping Stones academy to see front lines of child care dilemma
By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Beaver — State Treasurer Larry Pack toured Stepping Stones Academy and touted a bill that would broaden employer-supported childcare. The Feb. 19 visit came after lawmakers considered House Bill 4517 and Senate Bill 646, two measures that aimed to widen West Virginia’s employer childcare tax[Read More…]
As Pikachu turns 30, a WVU gaming expert says Pokémon’s longevity is about characters, not competition
By Rachel BroskyFor WVU, Today. The Pokémon universe celebrates its 30th anniversary on Friday (Feb. 27). According to a West Virginia University expert on game design and interactive media, over those three decades, the Nintendo franchise has forever changed collectibles, augmented reality gaming and video game character development. Heather Cole, teaching associate professor[Read More…]
Thirst for Truth: Funding just ‘drop in bucket’ for clean water
By Mike TonyCharleston Gaztte-Mail Editor’s note: This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center and is part of a Gazette-Mail series on drinking water quality in West Virginia. The Rev. Caitlin Ware was preaching not in a place of worship, but of woe. Water woe. “Here we are in this[Read More…]
West Virginia House passes bill changing deadline for candidates to switch political parties
By Steven Allen AdamsThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — A bill to increase the amount of time a candidate must be registered with a political party before filing to run for office pitted two lawmakers serving as major political party chairmen against each other Wednesday. The House of Delegates[Read More…]
Kanawha County Commission considers budget as $700,000 deficit looms
By Ashley PerhamFor HDMedia The Kanawha County Commission is trying to resolve a $700,000 deficit as it prepares the county’s annual budget, which goes into effect July 1. Commission President Ben Salango said at Thursday night’s meeting that he anticipates a $500,000 increase in Public Employees Insurance Agency costs and[Read More…]
Back from Istanbul, The Work Starts
By Greg KozeraFor Thoughts to Ponder It is two weeks since we returned from Turkey. (In 2022 it became the Republic of Turkiye.) The first week back started slow with us adjusting to the 8-hour time change. Monday morning the first day back, Lynnda and I faced reality when we[Read More…]
Capito considering funding requests for several Mercer projects
By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Friday she is considering several Congressionally Directed Spending requests for Mercer County, including projects in Bluefield, Princeton and the Mercer County Airport. Capito made several stops in Bluefield and Princeton Friday as part of her[Read More…]
Attention on deck: Road surface replaced on 1889 New River span at Gorge’s Fayette Station
By Rick Steelhammer Charleston Gazette-Mail Fayetteville — Like the iconic New River Gorge Bridge towering 850 feet above, the one-lane Tunney Hunsaker Bridge was a legend in its own time. When it opened to traffic in 1889, the 420-foot wrought iron truss span, built by the Virginia Bridge and Iron[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes Morrisey’s 10% personal income tax cut
By Steven Allen AdamsThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate passed Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s bill cutting personal income tax rates by 10% Friday, though not without a warning from the former Senate Finance Committee chairman and the chairman of the House Finance Committee. Senate Bill 392[Read More…]
