ELKINS, W.Va. — With temperatures in the mid 70s and a clear weather forecast for Saturday, organizers of the Eighth Annual Ramps & Rail Festival expect the Elkins Depot and Town Square to be fills with both aromas and visitors. With events starting at 9 a.m. — a trail bike ride –[Read More…]
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Attorney General Morrisey disappointed by transgender dathroom decision
From the office of the Attorney General: CHARLESTON, W.Va.— West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey this week expressed his disappointment with a federal appeals court ruling, which could force West Virginia schools to admit adolescents into the bathrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex. The 2-1 ruling, entered by the[Read More…]
Opinion: Capito Statement on Signing of Paris Climate Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s (EPW) Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, issued the following statement regarding today’s signing of the international climate agreement that was reached in Paris last year: “I’m extremely disappointed that the president signed[Read More…]
Gov. Tomblin, U.S. Sen. Manchin host lunch, natural gas discussion with Japanese business leaders
From the office of the Governor: Luncheon to highlight new opportunities for shale gas development in West Virginia NEW YORK, NY — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, in conjunction with the West Virginia Department of Commerce and the Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation, Friday hosted a luncheon[Read More…]
Opinion: Senate should vote on Garland nomination to U.S. Supreme Court
Professor Alison Peck West Virginia University College of Law This week, I and 14 other law professors from West Virginia University sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., urging her and her Senate colleagues to vote on the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland to the United States[Read More…]
Opinion: West Virginia’s choice, jobs or discrimination
By Rob Byers The Charleston Gazette-Mail Delegate Michel Moffatt got red in the face, his voice rose and he stabbed the air with his pen. A minute before, he had been calmly explaining to our group of Gazette-Mail editors why he thought the failed “religious freedom” bill that dominated so[Read More…]
Mountains of Hope Cancer Coalition releases new state cancer plan
Quick guide to plan available CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Extra seats were brought in Thursday to handle the audience gathered to hear Mountains of Hope Cancer Coalition’s strategic plan for reducing the impact of cancer in West Virginia during the next five years. The West Virginia Cancer Plan 2016-2020 is a[Read More…]
Kessler, Goodwin debate at West Virginia State University
INSTITUTE, W. Va. – Job creation, the crumbling infrastructure, whether the coal industry has a future, the terrible drug epidemic in the state and legalizing medical marijuana were the main topics of discussion at the Democratic gubernatorial debate at the Davis Fine Arts Center of W.Va. State University in Institute[Read More…]
WVU, Marshall alumni, former W.Va. reporters, win Pulitzers
By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two former West Virginia journalists who graduated from West Virginia University and Marshall University were among those whose work earned Pulitzer Prizes, journalism’s most prestigious annual awards, for 2016. Margie Mason, a former Charleston Daily Mail intern and 1997 WVU graduate,[Read More…]
This Week in West Virginia History – April 28 to May 4
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. April 28, 1914: An explosion at the Eccles No. 5 mine in Raleigh County killed 174 men. The mine connected with Eccles No. 6,[Read More…]
