W.Va. Legislature hears plan to move farmers markets to Department of Agriculture By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An increased role of agriculture in West Virginia could serve as a solution to the state’s economic diversity problem, officials said Monday during an agriculture subcommittee meeting Monday on[Read More…]
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Seeking treasure underneath trash: Wheeling could get $2M from gas leases for old landfills
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. –About $2 million up front plus a steady stream of production royalties for years to come should flow into the Friendly City, as Wheeling leaders plan to lease Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas fracking rights on approximately 336 acres[Read More…]
Bill could allow conceal carry firearms on West Virginia college campuses
By DOUGLAS SOULE The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A bill in the West Virginia legislature could allow concealed carry firearms on public college campuses in West Virginia. House Bill 4298, or “The Campus Self Defense Act,” would strip power from the WVU Board of Governors to restrict concealed carry. Though[Read More…]
Democrats lag behind Republicans on West Virginia congressional campaign fundraising
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republicans running for congressional seats are whomping Democrats up and down the state on the fundraising side of their campaigns. The two incumbents’ campaign accounts in the First- and Second District dwarf their challengers. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., has about $771,000 in[Read More…]
Former W.Va. Gov. Tomblin’s Capitol portrait unveiled
By TAYLOR STUCK For the Williamson Daily News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Growing up in Logan County, Earl Ray Tomblin never imagined a portrait of himself would hang on the walls of the state Capitol. “I don’t think most of us knew what we were going to be doing,” Tomblin said[Read More…]
Soul Food Feast at Marshall helps launch annual celebration of Black History Month
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — For more than 25 years, the annual Soul Food Feast has attracted not only Marshall students, but faculty, staff, alumni and community members as well. On Sunday, the traditional Carter G. Woodson Annual Soul Food Feast took place in the Memorial Student[Read More…]
Blennerhassett Museum examines Sumner School in lecture series kick off
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — The old Sumner School was at the center of the local African-American community in Parkersburg for a number of years, the president of the Sumnerite Association told a gathering at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History on Sunday. Toni Oliver[Read More…]
Festival of Ideas to feature panel on opioid crisis
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. This year’s David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas will present a panel discussion on the state’s opioid crisis. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place on Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Charleston Civic Center’s Little Theater. The festival[Read More…]
West Virginia Land Trust aims to preserve popular location for hikers and visitors
By BETH HENRY-VANCE The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Leaders with a statewide land conservation agency are reaching out to the local community, seeking financial support to help permanently protect land near Bickle Knob. Located approximately 10 miles northeast of Elkins in the Monongahela National Forest, the Bickle Knob Observation Tower[Read More…]
A taxing time: Bowles Rice presents overview of changes for business owners
By JOHN McVEY The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The tax team of the Bowles Rice law firm in Martinsburg is presenting overviews of the changes taking place with the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Kin Sayre, a member of the tax team, presented the[Read More…]
