By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of Gov. Jim Justice released the winners of the second “Do It For Babydog” COVID-19 vaccine lottery drawing Wednesday morning.  Jenna Atwell of Paynesville and Brendon Lee of Falling Waters were named as the winners of two full four-year scholarships[Read More…]

By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State leaders are hoping the will of Congress and the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t turn into a roadblock for expanding access to broadband throughout the country. Broadband experts from West Virginia, Virginia and Colorado last week said they were eager to begin[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With 21 of 24 bills passed by the West Virginia Legislature last week, Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday he was pleased overall with lawmakers approving his spending proposals for $250 million in tax revenue surplus. “We wanted to go[Read More…]

By Jessica Wilt, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va — Standing on the stage at Airborne Church over the weekend, among an impressive group of contestants, Olivia Travis’ hard work and dedication paid off, her lifelong friends screaming from the audience as the crown was placed on her head as she was[Read More…]

By Taylor Stuck, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has temporarily halted the implementation of a law that severely restricts syringe exchange programs in West Virginia. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chambers issued the temporary restraining order Monday, prohibiting the state from enforcing Senate Bill 334. A preliminary[Read More…]

By John Tyson, The Welch News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Recognized for their achievement in knowledge of West Virginia history, 223 eighth graders from middle schools across the state were honored as 2021 Knights and Ladies of the Golden Horseshoe on Friday, June 25, 2021, at the West Virginia Culture Center in[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The increase in turnpike tolls and a new annual E-ZPass for passenger cars implemented more than two years ago is paying off in bond sales that are allowing road projects to proceed, including the extension of the Coalfields Expressway from Pineville[Read More…]

By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s transgender students have the right to use the restroom matching their gender identity. They have had that right, at least since the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a transgender student’s favor in August. But that precedent was locked in[Read More…]

By Eric Cravey, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Two researchers from West Virginia University are trying to determine how hatred against a certain group of people can develop even when the two groups have never met. William Brustein, special assistant to the president for global affairs and an Eberly[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office, the W.Va. Board of Education and a county board of education filed responses last week in a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on female transgender student-athletes. Attorneys for the state board of education and[Read More…]