By SHELLEY HANSON For The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Opinions vary regarding the impact of the natural gas drilling industry on the region, but when it comes to local businesses it has been positive for many. Attic Pickers owner Denise Wycherley said she has noticed in an[Read More…]
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West Virginia’s Western Regional Jail launches inpatient treatment pilot program
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has begun offering inpatient substance abuse treatment to jail-housed inmates via court referral with the launch of a pilot program at Western Regional Jail that state officials say aims to break the cycle of addiction, save lives, and reduce crime and incarceration costs.[Read More…]
High hopes for hemp in the Mountain State
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Blessed with cooperative state agriculture officials, new federal regulations and helpful law enforcement agencies, West Virginia’s hemp industry is showing promise, according to the owners of a Spa City cannabidiol (CBD) extraction laboratory. With a farm bill signed into law[Read More…]
Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau reports rise in West Virginia tourism
Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel VIENNA, W.Va. — The Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau says West Virginia tourism has seen a significant increase in visits and revenue. Thursday night’s annual meeting of the CVB at Grand Pointe Conference Center in Vienna hosted over 60 attendees, ranging from[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, February 25
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT TOOK BEST PICTURE AT OSCARS In an upset, the segregation-era road-trip drama “Green Book”[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Monday, Feb. 25
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 48th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Morgan County Day, Upper House Rotunda; Civil Air Patrol Day, Upper Senate Rotunda. SENATE: Senate to convene at 11 a.m. On The Agenda The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS[Read More…]
Media Alert: Press conference 1 p.m. Monday on Medicaid Work Mandate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Health care providers, advocates have set a press conference to urge the W.Va. Legislature to reject Medicaid work mandate. The participants will urge the Legislature to reject “sneak attack” on health care. They will request “more review of the high cost to state, negative impact on hospitals and[Read More…]
Mercer County, W.Va., landslide halts travel: Heavy rains wash mud down onto Route 112, closing the road
By EMILY D. COPPOLA Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUE FIELD, W.Va. — that occurred as a result of heavy rainfall accumulations. Aside from the considerable amount of earth displaced by the slide, a house, knocked off of its foundation, has slid down the hill. Instead of its original placement, it is[Read More…]
Funding awarded to expand bike trail in southern West Virginia
By Wendy Holdren The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The New River Gorge Trail Alliance (NRGTA) announced that it has received a $60,000 technical assistance grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to continue building a regionally-connected bike trail system in southern West Virginia. This grant builds off a previous $140,000 feasibility[Read More…]