App features local attractions, restaurants, lodging, events, self-guided tours Release from Visit Mountaineer Country CVB: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Visit Mountaineer Country Convention & Visitors’ Bureau, the region’s destination marketing organization, has launched the new “Visit Mountaineer Country Trip Planner,” a mobile app for iPhone and Android users. The free app[Read More…]

Media representatives are welcome to attend Charleston, W.Va. – The West Virginia Manufacturers Association (WVMA) will host the 2021 Marcellus and Manufacturing Development Conference (MMDC) June 7-8 at the Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown, W.Va. and will feature an industry Expo. WHAT:            10th Annual WVMA Marcellus and Manufacturing Development Conference This year’s conference[Read More…]

By John Foust Raleigh, NC Let’s say you’re meeting with a florist who has been running ads with the headline, “For all your floral needs.” Of course, you and I know this is an empty headline that speaks to no one in particular. It’s a terrible idea and a waste[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Princeton Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal benefits for those now on unemployment in West Virginia will end June 19, and a $1,000 incentive bonus for people to return to work is also being considered. Gov. Jim Justice said recently that the $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits[Read More…]

By Suzette Lowe, Jackson Newspapers RIPLEY, W.Va. — What Julian Hoss knew about West Virginia before coming here as an exchange student can be summed up in two words, “Country Roads.” “That’s all I really had ever heard about this state,” Hoss said. “I did know the governor’s name and[Read More…]

The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — AARP West Virginia is encouraging Mountain State residents who are without access to high-speed internet or struggling to afford it to look into the recently launched Emergency Broadband Benefit program. The EBB is a $3.2 billion Federal Communications Commission program to help those across[Read More…]

By JoAnn Snoderly, WV News SHINNSTON, W.Va. — Shinnston resident James Coulter had a goal to be in the best shape of his life by age 40. He set his sights on the Boston Marathon, and by 40, he achieved that goal and qualified for the iconic race. Now at[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — Every county clerk in West Virginia except one has united against the federal For the People Act, a massive election reform package in Congress. The County Clerks’ Association of West Virginia sent letters Thursday to U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley[Read More…]