By JOSHUA QUALLS The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — House fires rage across the nation each Thanksgiving about four times as often as any other day of the year, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The second-leading day? The one right before Thanksgiving. Fire safety experts say it doesn’t have to[Read More…]

By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W. Va. — West Virginia Commissioner of Highways and Secretary of Transportation Thomas J. Smith told Beckley Rotarians Tuesday over the span of Gov. Jim Justice’s four-year term, around 40 road projects will be completed within Road to Prosperity, the centerpiece of Justice’s economic[Read More…]

By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several advocacy groups said Tuesday they worried a Republican plan to alter the country’s tax code and cut taxes for corporations would be paid for by cutting health care programs heavily relied upon in West Virginia. The West Virginia Center on Budget[Read More…]

By TIM COOK The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. –It involved an arcane, political matter of who should pay what in federal taxes–and who should not. It became a local topic during a grassroots political rally Tuesday evening in Martinsburg. About 18 people turned out, including the speakers. Billed as a Candlelight[Read More…]

By JANELL HUNTER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of road improvements have occurred in Eastern Ohio since 2011, thanks to investments by natural gas and oil producers. On Tuesday, the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and Energy In Depth Ohio hosted[Read More…]

By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and his counterparts from 22 other states last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the practice of lawmaker-led prayer at public meetings, something that could have an impact on Parkersburg City[Read More…]

By MATT HARVEY The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Tuesday a total of $325,000 for Highland-Clarksburg Hospital through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development. “I am particularly thrilled that part of this funding will go toward[Read More…]