By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va — West Virginia lawmakers and environmental regulators risk letting the state’s mining reclamation program slip into insolvency through gaping holes in statutory and permitting oversight, according to a new state legislative audit report. The audit report presented to a joint panel of state senators and[Read More…]

By McKenna Horsley, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Area agriculture organizations are helping local gardeners with growing food on their property. The Guyan Conservation District serves Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and Wayne counties by encouraging experienced and budding farmers. The district partners with other agencies like the USDA Natural[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Legislature passed two bills during Monday’s brief special session to appropriate $150 million of Fiscal Year 2021 surplus funds for Division of Highways maintenance projects in all 55 counties. Gov. Jim Justice announced the plan last week and included it in[Read More…]

Release from Alzheimer’s Association: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved aducanumab (Biogen/Eisai) to treat Alzheimer’s disease. This is the first drug that slows Alzheimer’s disease. And, this is the beginning of a completely new future for Alzheimer’s treatments. This is a new type of Alzheimer’s[Read More…]

By John Tyson, The Welch News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s state slogan proudly proclaims: “Mountaineers Are Always Free.” This West Virginia Day Weekend, those words take on a new meaning for riders on the Hatfield-McCoy Trails. West Virginia state residents can ride for free during the West Virginia Day holiday[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers will discuss more than $1 billion in appropriations requests when they gavel in for a special session today of the West Virginia Legislature. The House of Delegates and Senate convene at noon today. Gov. Jim Justice issued a proclamation Thursday[Read More…]

By Gabriella Brown, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The spotted lanternfly is tough to miss, but easy to mistake for a colorful moth to those unaware of this invasive species’ short history in the United States.   However, the detrimental effects it carries with it is why entomologists are encouraging people[Read More…]

WV News WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday that Army Pfc. John J. Sitarz, 19, of Weirton, West Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 27, 2020.  In November 1944, Sitarz was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry[Read More…]

By Courtney Hessler, The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s attorney general has objected to the limitation of time West Virginia and others have to denounce flaws in the reorganization of bankrupt opioid maker Mallinckrodt LLC. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said the current schedule gives the state insufficient time to[Read More…]