By Maria Young, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Matt Welsch, owner of Vagabond Kitchen in Wheeling, said he typically does several thousand dollars’ worth of business on New Year’s Eve. Last week, he shut the doors instead. “We did nothing,” Welsch said. “Considering where everything’s at and our [statewide COVID-19][Read More…]
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Dam replacement at Glenwood Park granted almost $4M in federal funds by Manchin, Capito
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph GLENWOOD, W.Va. — A project to replace the dam at Glenwood Park may begin soon as an almost $4 million grant has been approved for the work. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito made the grant announcement Tuesday, saying the more than $3.7[Read More…]
Project tracks final resting place of West Virginians lost during Vietnam War
HD Media, The Herald Dispatch WAYNE, W.Va. — More than a half-century after small-arms fire killed Sgt. Archie Melvin Ellyson in a Vietnam battlefield southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Linda Whaley found him in England. The soldier from Richwood was the last of 734 servicemen Whaley tracked to ensure[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Mountain State Maple Days set
The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — The West Virginia Maple Syrup Producer’s Association is thrilled to announce the 2021 Mountain State Maple Days will be taking place on two separate days: Saturday, Feb. 20, and Saturday, March 20, across the state. This event celebrates West Virginia’s growing maple syrup industry by[Read More…]
‘Food for thought’: How West Virginia parents can help children develop a positive self-image and relationship with food
From WVU Today: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As a new year begins – and the inevitable wave of health-related resolutions go into effect – one West Virginia University researcher reminds parents in particular of the critical role they play when it comes to shaping their children’s self-image and lifelong relationship with food. According to Elizabeth[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice denies involvement in videoed New Year’s Eve party, calls it ‘a political hit’
By Bradley Heltzel, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice denied any involvement or responsibility for a large gathering held at The Greenbrier resort on New Year’s Eve that went viral on social media over the weekend, during his Monday press briefing. Instead, the second-term governor labeled[Read More…]
West Virginia residents encouraged to try hand at gardening through ‘Grow This’ program
By Jessica Wilt, The Journal MARITINSBURG, W.Va. — After a huge influx of requests last year, planning became a key word for the WVU Extension’s Grow This program. The 2020 edition of the program saw 26,000 people across the state request seeds to try their hand at gardening through the[Read More…]
Brigadier General William E. “Bill” Crane named adjutant general for West Virginia National Guard
The Register Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice held a virtual change of command ceremony to announce that Brig. Gen. William E. “Bill” Crane has officially assumed the duties, roles, and responsibilities as the adjutant general for the West Virginia National Guard, effective Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Crane is[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia with 91,886 positive cases, 1,396 deaths, 52,221 vaccines administered as of 10 a.m. today
Free testing sites listed; Harvard Global Health COVID Map not available today WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 91,886 Current Active Cases –[Read More…]
WVU mycologists receive National Geographic Explorers grant to study fungal diversity of millipedes
From WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Millipedes represent some of the earliest known terrestrial animals and are highly understudied, but two West Virginia University researchers are working to shine a light on these important invertebrates. Several years ago, Matt Kasson and Angie Macias set out to better understand the association between the millipede Brachycybe lecontii and fungi,[Read More…]
