By ADRANISHA STEPHENS The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia has recently become one of the few states leading the charge in education by helping more children attend Pre-Kindergarten. Last year, West Virginia’s Pre-K program cost $142 million — nearly a third of which was covered through federal funding — to[Read More…]

By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The developer of a proposed Kanawha County ammunition plant that some state and local officials have given up for dead says the project is back on track and moving forward. “We are hoping to complete financing and start construction as soon[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Maryland company filed an $800,000 lawsuit Wednesday against companies tied to The Greenbrier resort for an alleged failure to pay for services and equipment. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Select Event[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. HOW BANNON PORTRAYED TRUMP In a new book, Trump’s former top adviser labels the president[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Each year the media of West Virginia gathers for the LookaheadWest Virginia Legislative Lookahead: A preview of key topics expected for consideration at the upcoming West Virginia Legislative session. This year, legislative leaders, committee members and representatives of statewide organizations will address journalists at the annual event. Senator Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, President[Read More…]

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Although space heaters aren’t intended as permanent solutions for indoor heating, the recent deep freeze across the country has pressed more than a few into service in recent days, some as a home’s main heat source. But improper space heater use is often[Read More…]

The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Older adults need to be careful as forecasters predict continued frigid temperatures and very cold wind chills across the Ohio Valley. Current temperatures are well below average for this time of year, with single-digit lows and negative wind-chill readings. “Older adults are[Read More…]

By SARAH GOODRICH The Inter-Mountain SAGO, W.Va.  — Each year on Jan. 2, the small community of Sago is quiet and solemn, as many reflect on the tragic 2006 mine disaster that took the lives of 12 men. As many remember. 29 men entered Sago Mine early that Monday morning[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — Procter & Gamble is moving the opening of its consumer home products manufacturing facility at Tabler Station in Berkeley County to the end of February, said a company spokesman Monday. When first announced in 2015, the personal products plant was tentatively slated[Read More…]

By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va.  — China Energy’s potential $84 billion investment in energy projects in the Mountain State has sparked an uptick in interest in available industrial properties throughout the Upper Ohio Valley, officials say. The memorandum of understanding, or MOU, is not binding, meaning the[Read More…]