Staff report Preston County News & Journal BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. – The Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia (ACCA) will celebrate Morgantown Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 13, at Coopers Rock State Forest. The celebration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a guided bird walk on the Raven Rock Trail. After[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Thursday, May 11
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 11, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:[Read More…]
Trump officials seek opioid solutions in WV
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kellyanne Conway, special counsel to President Donald Trump, and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price stopped at Fire Station No. 2 on Charleston’s West Side Tuesday afternoon as part of a “listening tour” that aims to gather solutions to the[Read More…]
AHCA causes stir at WV Capitol; Manchin, Capito weigh in
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tempers flared at the West Virginia Capitol on Tuesday when protesters needled a D.C. political entourage in town on a “listening tour” regarding the pending replacement of the Affordable Care Act, leading to the arrest of one Charleston man. Health and Human[Read More…]
West Virginia Senators Manchin, Capito expect changes to health bill
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito agree any health care plan passed by Congress must require insurance providers to cover the pre-existing conditions of their clients. However, the two West Virginia senators — Manchin, a Democrat, and Capito,[Read More…]
Blankenship released from home confinement today
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s year in federal custody ends today, May 10. Blankenship, 67, has finished serving his one-year sentence for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards in connection with the April 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, which[Read More…]
Snuffer announces bid for GOP nomination for House seat
By CHARLES OWENS Bluefield Daily Telgraph BECKLEY, W.Va. — Republican Rick Snuffer of Beckley told the Daily Telegraph Tuesday that he will seek the Republican nomination for the Third Congressional District U.S. House seat currently held by incumbent Republican Evan Jenkins. Jenkins announced Monday that he will challenge incumbent Democrat Joe[Read More…]
Senators, McKinley back Wood County drug designation
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — Both of West Virginia’s senators and its 1st District congressman are calling for Wood County to be designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. A letter signed by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.; and Rep.[Read More…]
‘Welcome to your tape:’ Local school counselors discuss portrayal of mental health in popular television programs
By BRITTANY MURRAY The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Controversy has surrounded the way mental health is portrayed in television programs such as Netflix’s recent hit “13 Reasons Why,” but area school counselors feel the portrayal does have some accuracy. “I’ve read some of the research on that show where[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, May 10
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT TRUMP’S FIRING OF COMEY SIGNALS It throws into question the future of a counterintelligence probe[Read More…]
