By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than one week after being accused of intentionally destroying emails and other documents in a federal class action lawsuit, a settlement has been reached between inmates at the Southern Regional Jail and current and former West Virginia[Read More…]
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WVU basketball: Former coach Huggins talks about his conclusion at WVU
By Taylor Kennedy, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It has been a difficult four months for former West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. The Mountaineers’ season tipped off on Monday night. But Huggins is not prepping for the next opponent nor seated on his stool right beside the bench. The Morgantown[Read More…]
Crews battling Steep Valley Fire
By Steve Keenan, The Register~Herald GRANDVIEW, W.Va. — Firefighting crews continued battling the Steep Valley Fire in National Park Service territory on Tuesday. According to Dave Bieri, NPS district supervisor, a blaze of so far unknown origin started Monday by the railroad tracks about two miles south of Quinnimont, across[Read More…]
W.Va. House of Delegates: Erica Moore takes Oath of Office
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Erica Moore of Spencer became the newest member of the West Virginia House of Delegates Nov. 6, carefully signing the oath in the Chamber atop a lightly dusted sheet of plastic that separates the wood of the House Clerk’s desk from omnipresent renovations. Moore was appointed to[Read More…]
Concerns raised about PEIA premium increases at Ohio County public hearing
By Eric Ayres, The Intelligencer TRIADELPHIA, W.Va. — Public employees in the Northern Panhandle got an opportunity to voice their concerns Monday night about proposed fiscal year 2025 benefit plans before officials from the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency. Monday evening’s session at The Highlands Event Center was the[Read More…]
Sewage going into the Bluestone River
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph MONTCALM, W.Va. — Upstream, Lorton Lick Creek’s water was clear, but a stream of sewage entering it near the Bluestone River was turning it a pallid grey as it flowed toward Montcalm. The sewage could be seen Monday as it poured into the creek[Read More…]
Marshall students to host West Virginia Public Relations Hall of Fame induction ceremony
WV Press Release Sharing HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will host an induction ceremony into the West Virginia Public Relations Hall of Fame from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. This year’s inductees include[Read More…]
West Virginia Division of Forestry reminds residents to use caution during fire season
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WV DOF) reminds residents that Fall fire season started on October 1 and continues through December 31 and asks that West Virginians use caution at this time. In 2023 to date, West Virginia has experienced 916 fires, burning[Read More…]
Written in the stars: WVU astrophysicists set to receive Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East’
WV Press Release Sharing MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin, working at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico set off a sequence of life events that would include marriage, children, finding a home at West Virginia University, an out-of-this-world scientific discovery and, now, earning a highly prestigious award described as the[Read More…]
Opinion: In these uncertain times throughout the world, the United States must focus on peace
By Mac Warner, W.Va. Secretary of State President George Washington said, “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving the peace.” Ever since the Garden of Eden and the Apple Tree, humankind has been infected with sin. When souls get consumed by sin, evil is[Read More…]