By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is supporting a recently announced federal effort to revitalize the economies of communities traditionally supported by coal mining and coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Department of Energy has announced plans to spend $109.5 million in funding for projects[Read More…]

President pledges resources for move from fossil fuels By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Joe Biden’s goal of cutting greenhouse emissions in the U.S. in half by the end of the decade might have overtones of President John F. Kennedy’s moon-landing goal, but[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — Exchanging syringes with drug addicts might seem like a way to prolong their addictions, but local health agencies have been using these exchanges as a way to contact addicts, let them know about the services available to them and guide them[Read More…]

By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — People working for LGBTQ+ equality in West Virginia are holding on to hope that Gov. Jim Justice will veto a bill that prevents transgender girls and women from participating in public school-sponsored sports in the Mountain State. The deadline for Justice to[Read More…]

By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Bethlehem native Brittney Baker danced her way from Wheeling Park High School to Pittsburgh and Duquesne University, and now she is a national champion. Baker captained the Dukettes dance team to its first-ever national title at the virtual National Dance Association Collegiate[Read More…]

Sarah Marino, Times West Virginian MANNINGTON, W.Va. — Saturday marked National Drug Take Back Day, a day where unused prescriptions could be safely disposed of with the help of local police and pharmacies. Johnna Harter, the pharmacist at Mannington Pharmacy, said a lot of times kids can get into medicine[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Republican infrastructure package would total $568 billion and be focused only on infrastructure, including at least some funding for West Virginia highway projects like King Coal Highway and Coalfields Expressway, but not enough for completion. A group of Republican Senators,[Read More…]

By Jessi Mancini, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A rise in overdoses in the past year could be an unintended consequence during the pandemic, state attorney general Patrick Morrisey said Thursday. Anecdotal information suggests overdoses from prescription drugs and other drugs has soared since the pandemic began[Read More…]

By Chris Slater, WV News MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Part two of Focus Forward’s “Beyond the Cloud” series Thursday morning focused on adapting and strengthening West Virginia’s ability to become the epicenter of a multi-billion-dollar expansion of the nation’s private weather industry. “The goal of Focus Forward is to bring together[Read More…]