CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice issued a proclamation today, calling for the West Virginia Legislature to convene in special session at 12 p.m. on Monday, June 7. The special session call allows the Legislature to consider matters relating to: Two supplementals which provide the Department of Health and Human Resources Fiscal Year 2022 spending authority for federal funds[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Slowly, but surely, America is returning to some semblance of normalcy.  Masks, wipes and sanitizers can now be found in discount bins. Dine-in restaurants are filling back up, and concerts and sporting events are opening the gates. For some folks, however, reentering society – after a[Read More…]

Release from the Associated General Contractors of America CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Construction employment declined for the third time in the past four months in May as nonresidential contractors coped with lengthening and unpredictable delivery times that limited their ability to start or complete projects, according to an analysis by the Associated[Read More…]

By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Campsites featuring pre-pitched, deck-mounted, canvas-wall tents equipped with queen-size memory-foam mattresses, side tables, propane heaters and solar showers are now available at Hawks Nest and Cacapon state parks. They also will accommodate guests starting June 14 at Lost River and Blackwater Falls.[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice is calling a legislative special session for Monday to ask for support in appropriating another $150 million for road maintenance projects around the state. The session will also be held to appropriate federal COVID dollars. “We are pushing[Read More…]

By Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Holly Bradley smiled down at her two boys Thursday afternoon as they romped on a sidewalk in the Wharf District. Elam, 5, danced and jumped while his little brother, Arlo, going on 2, mirrored his every move. Moves were on the mind[Read More…]

Gov. Justice calls special legislative session on funding distribution By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Registrations for West Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery will open Friday at 5 p.m. All West Virginia residents who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot are eligible to register, Gov. Jim Justice said during[Read More…]

By David Kirk, Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Fossil fuel states like West Virginia are worried about the advent of clean energy yet U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., remains hopeful of the coming opportunities. Thursday and Friday, Manchin is touring several West Virginia sites that produce energy with U.S.[Read More…]

By Breanna Francis, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Gripping canvas signs and a large, fake check made out to West Virginia families, Working Families Party demonstrators in favor of providing family infrastructure to citizens with the passage of the THRIVE Act demanded to be heard during Thursday evening’s protest outside[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the first half of West Virginia’s allotment of 2021 COVID-19 relief funds in hand and surplus tax dollars burning a hole in the state’s pocket, Gov. Jim Justice is calling a special legislative session next week to make appropriations. Justice[Read More…]