Residents may dispose up to 10 tires per person with valid West Virginia ID CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) is hosting several tire collection events around the state in the month of June. The events in June are: Putnam County:[Read More…]
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Gov. Justice to hold campaign town hall event at a Wood County business on Tuesday
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A town hall meeting with the governor of West Virginia will be held 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at a local manufacturer, organizers said. Gov. Jim Justice will be at Conley Fabrication, located off W.Va. 14 on Conley Drive, where he’ll “talk[Read More…]
Read Aloud West Virginia teams up with new WVU football coach Neal Brown for June 6 fundraiser
Press Release:Join Team Read with WVU Football Coach Neal Brown at Read-a-Palooza CHARLESTON, WV (May 13, 2019) – Read Aloud West Virginia’s annual fundraiser, Read-A-Palooza, is back this year with a special guest: WVU Football Coach Neal Brown! The Read-A-Palooza 2019 theme is “Join Team Read,” exploring how we can[Read More…]
West Virginia gets mixed review in ability to handle disasters
By ERIC CRAVEY Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — An annual study says West Virginia’s ability to monitor and respond to natural or manmade disasters dropped significantly in 2018 over the previous year. The study released this month by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said the state’s rating for health[Read More…]
West Virginia State Police turn 100
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Over West Virginia’s past 100 years, few people have been a part of such hard, yet rewarding moments as the men and women who don traditional green uniforms and campaign hats. This year, as the West Virginia State Police celebrates a century, the[Read More…]
Appalachian music gathering honors the legend of the dulcimer
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian PLEASANT VALLEY, W.Va. – Patty Looman was a dulcimer legend in Marion County. The musician had been playing and performing on the stringed instrument in the area and in West Virginia for much of her life, and her legacy lives on through the students[Read More…]
West Virginia unemployment rate drops to 11-year low in April
NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s unemployment rate in April was at the lowest level seen in the state for more than a decade, Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday. Justice said the month’s unemployment rate was just 4.2% — the state’s lowest since 2008. “When you think back to[Read More…]
West Virginia Delegate files response in Justice residency case
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON,, W.Va. — In the next chapter in the ongoing saga over where Gov. Jim Justice should live, the delegate who filed the case laid out his reasons why the case should be heard. Delegate Isaac Sponaugle, D-Pendleton, filed a response[Read More…]
Before indictment, West Virginia State Police found no criminal act in trooper allegedly beating teen
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In December, a West Virginia State Police internal investigation found that Trooper Michael Kennedy did not engage in criminal conduct during the arrest of a 16-year-old. In March, a federal grand jury indicted him for the deprivation of rights under color of law in connection[Read More…]
