By Rebecca Hempleman and Alondra Molina WVU Reed School of Media and Communications MORGANTOWN — Mike Lamp may not be very busy as the cooling November temperatures settle on his apiary in Monongalia County, but that doesn’t mean the work stops entirely. Serving as the president of both the West[Read More…]
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Thirst for Trust: WV drinking water infrastructure failing as state woos water-guzzing data centers
By Mike TonyCharleston Gazette-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. Jamie Jacobs and her husband split time between Morgantown and the Canaan Valley. They planned a move to the latter full-time. “[Then][Read More…]
Santa celebrates babies’ first Christmas
By Tara WyattBluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Santa Claus visited WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital on Friday, Dec. 19 to celebrate the first Christmas with some of the area’s youngest residents born at the hospital in 2025. The first “Baby’s First Christmas” event was created by the hospital’s Women’s Center,[Read More…]
FirstEnergy notifies PSC of plan to apply for approval of gas-fired power plant project
By David BeardThe Dominion Post MORGANTOWN (TNS) — FirstEnergy sisters Mon Power and Potomac Edison on Monday filed notice with the Public Service Commission that they will be filing an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for their planned new combined cycle gas plant. The notice is[Read More…]
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Sights of the Season: Church displays hundreds of international nativities
By Ashley PerlamCharleston Gazette-Mail When Connie Hinman decorates her house for Christmas, she sets up about a half dozen Nativity sets. But when Hinman sets up her Nativities From Around the World exhibit at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Charleston, she has a team of[Read More…]
Salvation Army Red Kettle drive makes final push
By Greg JordanFor The Register-Herald BECKLEY — Bells will be ringing today as volunteers stand next to red Salvation Army kettles, greeting shoppers, reminding them of the less fortunate, and encouraging donations to ensure a Merry Christmas and a happier New Year. Today is Christmas Eve and the final day[Read More…]
ATV connector route increasing traffic in W.Va and Va.
By Charles OwensBluefield Daily Telegraph BRAMWELL — While it has only been open since October, both West Virginia and Virginia are already benefitting from a new ATV connector route. The connector route, which is a part of the Hatfield-McCoy Trail system in Mercer County, allows trail riders to connect with[Read More…]
Fairmont’s Woodlawn Cemetery to establish medical history museum
By Esteban FernandezTimes West Virginian FAIRMONT — Woodlawn Cemetery will expand its role in cultural tourism next year by adding a museum. “We’re in the last phase of renovating the superintendent’s house,” Woodlawn Board President Raymond Alvarez said. “We’re trying to create a museum for the history of Fairmont and[Read More…]
New reports: WV clean energy investment threatened under Trump despite upgrade needs
By Mike TonyCharleston Gazette-Mail West Virginia is the country’s fifth-largest energy producer, but federal funding critical to ensuring a productive energy future for the state has flatlined even amid critical infra-structure needs that threat-en its place as a power provider. That’s the combined takeaway from two new reports that warn[Read More…]
