WVU scientists say don’t fear the cicada From WVU Today: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — They’re coming but there’s no need to fear (although you may want to reach for some earplugs). Brood X periodical cicadas are set to emerge in at least 15 states – including West Virginia – in late May,[Read More…]
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Media Advisory: WVU libraries to host panel discussion on the Equal Rights Amendment
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Libraries will host a panel discussion on “The Equal Rights Amendment: Past, Present, and Future.” The event is in conjunction with “Undefeated: Canvas(s)ing the Politics Around Voter Suppression Since Women’s Suffrage” and the West Virginia and Regional History Center’s (WVRHC) exhibitions on women’s suffrage and voting rights. WHAT: “The Equal Rights Amendment: Past,[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia totals at 143,733 positive cases, 2,696 deaths, 353,473 people fully vaccinated
WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Monday, April 5. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 143,733 Current Active Cases – 6,955 Total Lab Results reported – 2,492,013 Cumulative positive test percentage –[Read More…]
Axing state income tax: West Virginia ATV resort owners dismayed over proposed hike to hotel/motel tax
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Part of a state Senate plan to gradually end the personal income tax includes a hike in the hotel/motel tax, a move that has local ATV resort owners dismayed. Fifteen of those owners sent a joint letter to all state senators[Read More…]
With proms canceled in New York, business donates hundreds of gowns to West Virginia organization
By Maria Young, HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If your vocabulary for colors is limited to the primaries — to simply red, yellow or blue — you’ll have a hard time describing the hundreds of elegant gowns that were trucked in from New York to Sissonville on a dreary, overcast[Read More…]
Tax reform debate continues in final days of West Virginia Legislative session
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The dominant theme running throughout this year’s session of the West Virginia Legislature has been tax reform. The 60-day session is set to end April 10, and there are still multiple, competing tax plans up in the air. While all the plans[Read More…]
West Virginia House, Senate disagree on limits to governor’s emergency powers
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The debate was polite, but representatives of the House of Delegates and state Senate could not hammer out a compromise Friday on a bill to limit the emergency powers of the governor. Members of the conference committee on[Read More…]
West Virginia schools present wish lists to board of education
By David Kirk, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — East Park Elementary needs a crossing guard. Fairview Elementary needs a multipurpose room. East Fairmont High needs a new front door. During three public hearings held Monday through Wednesday last week, every public school in Marion County gathered at their district[Read More…]
West Virginia bill aims to patch internet highways
By Jessica Farrish, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — West Virginia House of Delegates passed a broadband bill Wednesday that aims to protect consumers in the state and to increase competition among companies by giving cities and counties control of the broadband “highways.” Del. Mick Bates, D-Raleigh, worked with chief sponsor Del.[Read More…]
West Virginia congressional delegation, environmentalists at odds over Biden jobs and infrastructure plan
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation are wary of President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. But where West Virginia’s lawmakers in Washington see a boondoggle, environmental and clean energy advocates see a boon. The plan Biden announced Wednesday in[Read More…]
