By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice announced Tuesday he has awarded $377,335 in West Virginia National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant funds to one statewide project. According to a press release, the funds will be used to create a coordinated community response that does[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 18, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TOURISTS NOW QUESTIONING INVISIBLE ATTACKS IN CUBA Chris Allen, visiting Havana from South Carolina, tells[Read More…]

By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers heard Tuesday about general proposals to allow voters to elect state Board of Education members and allow lawmakers themselves to reject and amend policies that the state school board passes. The hour-and-a-half legislative interim meeting came after the House[Read More…]

By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 6,100 children are in the West Virginia foster care system as of October and the number keeps growing, according to the acting Bureau for Children and Families commissioner Linda Watts. Watts spoke Tuesday morning to the Joint Commission of Children and[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., suggested that the nation’s next Drug Enforcement Agency “drug czar” should have a medical background, know someone who has been addicted and be from outside the Washington, D.C., beltway, during a teleconference with reporters Tuesday afternoon. Rep.[Read More…]

By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal WHEELING, W.Va.  — Sam Amberg says it’s never too late to learn good food habits. Amberg is part of Grow Ohio Valley, a non-profit focused on improving food security in the Ohio Valley. That means making sure even the poorest residents “know where their[Read More…]

By JESSICA BROVERMAN The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — Now that William Powell has taken the oath of office as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, he is prepared to take on drug-related obstacles facing the state. “I represent all of the district. I[Read More…]

By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph HOT SPRINGS, VA. — If Tazewell County gets a $2 billion hydroelectric pump storage facility, it will be very much like the one in Bath County, Va. Dominion Energy, which owns the Bath County facility, is proposing a similar pump station in Tazewell County[Read More…]

By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch KENOVA, W.Va. — For a few weeks out of the year, Ric Griffith’s backyard can best be described as organized chaos. While his home on Beech Street in Kenova may be better known as the site of the now famous Pumpkin House, Griffith said it takes[Read More…]