WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — CAMC Foundation has opened the registration for its June 19 Run for Your Life 5-Mile Run, 2.5-Mile Walk to raise awareness about colorectal cancer and funds to help support colorectal cancer screenings. Josh and Kelly Sword will serve as the co-chairs for the 2021 CAMC Foundation Run for Your Life. Josh and Kelly’s goal[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — A pandemic dampened enthusiasm for holiday travel last year, but this year’s Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be a very busy one for local parks and the Hatfield-McCoy Trail. Holiday weekends are historically busy times for the ATV trails,[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republicans, led by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, presented President Joe Biden Thursday with a counteroffer to the White House’s compromise on his massive infrastructure package. Capito, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public[Read More…]

By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nothing can hold a community back quite like environmental contamination. Hazardous pollutants complicating the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of properties can limit job opportunities, local tax revenues and residential property values, all while damaging the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calls[Read More…]

By Sarah Marino, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Members of the Human Rights Commission learned firsthand at its Wednesday meeting about a federal lawsuit filed challenging West Virginia’s new law banning transgender athletes from female sports. Andrew Schneider, executive director of LGBTQ advocacy group Fairness West Virginia, answered questions[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Three young West Virginians who abused drugs, entered recovery and are now helping others shared their stories Thursday afternoon during the Game Changer Prevention and Education Luncheon. All three were introduced to drugs by adults – two of them by[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Calling it the “anchor” for ongoing infrastructure talks with the White House, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito threw her support behind a transportation improvement package Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously passed the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Two of West Virginia’s favorite native sons — a U.S. senator and the winningest coach in college football history — came together Wednesday evening for an event benefiting West Virginia Game Changers. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and University of Alabama[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PIPESTEM, W.Va. — Pipestem Resort State Park keeps adding recreational activities for visitors, with a new Adventure Zone now open. Gov. Jim Justice made the announcement Wednesday that a partnership with ACE Adventure Resort and West Virginia State Parks made the Adventure Zone possible.[Read More…]

By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new West Virginia law is prohibiting an 11-year-old girl in Bridgeport from trying out for her school’s cross-country team solely because she is transgender, according to a lawsuit filed by her mother Wednesday. The lawsuit is the first to challenge the state’s[Read More…]