West Virginia Living Magazine ‘Best of West Virginia’ Winners Revealed HINTON, W.Va. – The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective (ABC), a project of the non-profit Appalachian Headwaters, was recently voted as the “Best Honey in West Virginia” in West Virginia Living magazine’s 2022 “Best of West Virginia” contest. Since its creation in[Read More…]
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WVUToday Story Pitch: ‘Alternate pathways,’ dropout prevention efforts help West Virginia improve to No. 3 in U.S. high school graduation rates
By WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Strategies implemented in West Virginia schools to prevent students from dropping out helped boost high school graduation rates in the Mountain State from No. 27 to No. 3, according to West Virginia University education experts. Editor’s Note: This information is provided to assist journalists with related articles. West[Read More…]
For second consecutive year, Mister Bee Potato Chips selected ‘Best West Virginia Made Food Product’
Recognized in WV Living Magazine’s ‘Best of West Virginia’ contest WV Press Release Sharing PARKERSBURG, W.Va. – Mister Bee Potato Chips has been selected as the “Best West Virginia Made Food Product” in West Virginia Living magazine’s “Best of West Virginia” contest for the second consecutive year. The state’s only[Read More…]
Media Advisory: ‘People Over Politics’ virtual panel set for 1 p.m. today
WV & NC Activists and Legal Experts discuss potential for election chaos from Moore v. Harper West Virginia Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Greenbrier Chapter of the NAACP (Branch #3227) and Race Matters WV have issued the following media advisory and invite media to join the virtual panel at 1 p.m. today. On[Read More…]
West Virginia Chief Justice Hutchison, Circuit Judge Carl speak to Hedgesville High School students
By Ainsley Hall, The Journal HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice John Hutchison and 22nd Judicial Circuit Judge H. Charles Carl visited Hedgesville High School on Wednesday to speak to civics honor students, AP U.S. history students and AP government students about the court system and what[Read More…]
‘Bring us out of 1950’: Barrackville, W.Va., presents first comprehensive plan
By David Kirk, Times West Virginian BARRACKVILLE — Officials in Barrackville want to bring the town into the 21st century. In October of 2020, Barrackville residents voiced a need for change in their town. Outdated ordinances left the town government struggling to enforce the most basic of codes and issues[Read More…]
Five face federal charges for COVID relief fraud in West Virginia
By Joselyn King, The Weirton Daily Times WHEELING, W.Va. — A former House of Delegates candidate and an employee of Hancock County Schools are among five charged in U.S. District Court For Northern West Virginia with fraud relating to COVID relief dollars. William Ihlenfeld, U.S. attorney for the Northern District[Read More…]
Canaan Valley Resort Ski Area in West Virginia to open on Dec. 17
WV Press Release Sharing DAVIS, W.Va. – Canaan Valley Resort’s Ski Area, the site of the first commercial ski development in West Virginia and situated in the highest mountain valley east of the Rockies, will open for the 2022-2023 season on Saturday, Dec.17, conditions permitting. The resort’s Tube Park is[Read More…]
Practices at West Virginia DHHR-run hospital questioned
By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The top attorney for an advocacy organization for West Virginians with disabilities accused the state Department of Health and Human Resources and Cabinet Secretary Bill Crouch of mismanagement and lack of transparency of state-run hospitals. Members of the Joint Committee on[Read More…]
West Virginia Attorney General Morrisey calls for more action on fentanyl crisis
By Brett Dunlap, The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As fentanyl and the deaths it causes continue to be a problem across the state, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey called for more action to be taken and also to highlight the impact it has on West Virginia families during an[Read More…]