By Steven Baublitz, WV News WESTON, W.Va. — Weston’s MannCave Distillery is raising the bar when it comes to quality spirits, proving so by taking home six medals, including a double gold medal, at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition — the largest competition of its kind in the world.[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Friday during a conference call he continues to focus only on infrastructure in the proposed $2.3 trillion American Families Plan and the GOP’s $568 billion alternative is a “good starting point” for negotiation. But Manchin also[Read More…]

By Bill Lynch, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Anna Sale has created a career out of getting people to talk about some of their most difficult moments, so it only seems fair that in the West Virginia native’s debut book, “Let’s Talk About Hard Things,” she dives into some of[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain WASHINGTON, D.C. — Once the lone Republican member of West Virginia’s congressional delegation, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is in the right place and right time as infrastructure becomes a priority for both political parties. Described Wednesday by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, as[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON, D.C. — While negotiations continue between U.S. Senate Republicans, Democrats, and the White House on an infrastructure package, lawmakers got a head start on a key drinking water and wastewater package that could bode well for future discussions. U.S. Senators[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post FAIRMONT – Former Secretary of State Natalie Tennant led a gathering of current and former state legislators and other members of the local community to stir support for a sweeping federal election law reform bill now under consideration: the For the People Act. The House[Read More…]

By Courtney Hessler, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell County and the city of Huntington are set to go to trial Monday against drug distributors they accuse of helping to fuel the area’s drug epidemic. At stake is up to $500 million or $1.25 billion to help local communities deal[Read More…]

By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Personal income in West Virginia grew by 4.89% in 2020, the largest rate of growth in 20 years, but growth that was fueled entirely by a surge in federal government transfer payments — stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment benefits and other pandemic relief,[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of U.S. Senators has introduced legislation to extend a program that provides money for coal reclamation projects to help communities impacted by the downturn in the coal industry. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural[Read More…]

Proposed federal election/voter legislation outlined at media event in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — What do you know about the “For the People Act of 2021”? Officially, it’s a piece of federal legislation addressing a wide range of issues related to elections and voting. It has passed[Read More…]