By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — DHHR officials want to buy a new computing system that tracks people’s eligibility in agency programs, such as Medicaid, and the services they receive. It would replace three outdated systems, according to agency officials. On Monday, state officials opened bids on the[Read More…]

By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Local representatives have sponsored resolutions to block an anti-pollution rule supported by the previous administration. The House and Senate resolutions would overturn the stream protection rule finalized in December by the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining and[Read More…]

By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — The West Virginia Women’s March on Washington, D.C. organizers gathered outside of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s, R-W.Va., Foxcroft Avenue office on Monday to protest the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., for Attorney General. The rally gathered at 4 p.m. and event[Read More…]

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HEAD FIRED Trump fires the acting attorney general after she publicly[Read More…]

By MATTHEW BURDETTE The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Although it has taken until late January, it appears Old Man Winter finally has arrived — to stay — in Central West Virginia. The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a winter weather advisory for the area that will remain in effect[Read More…]

By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va.  — State and local revenue from video lottery facilities may increase if a bill being pushed by Del. Marty Gearheart (R-Mercer, 27) passes. “The number of machines out there in the market place is capped (at 9,000),” he said. “However, what you[Read More…]

By HEATHER ZIEGLER The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — When Shaini Faini was in high school, she wrote a term paper on abortion that has had a lasting effect on her life as a Christian. “What I learned and saw in my research turned my stomach,” said Faini, a member of[Read More…]

By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Seven months ago, four eager young men took the first step to becoming Huntington police officers at a hiring ceremony at City Hall. One of the rookies, Timothy Chaffin, 21, of Salt Rock, said working as a Huntington police officer was an amazing[Read More…]

From staff reports The Weirton Daily Times WASHINGTON — West Virginia’s two senators were in support Tuesday of President Donald Trump reviving efforts to build the Keystone XL Pipeline to carry Canadian crude oil to refineries in the United States. The president also signed an executive order reviving the Dakota[Read More…]

By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tonya Vannatter gingerly peeled back a piece of cardboard forming a makeshift wall under a stairway in an alley, and spotted some signs — an empty cigarette pack and some trash left behind. She shined a light and saw that the flooring[Read More…]