The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP TO REVEAL IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL’S FATE European members to the landmark atomic deal with[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Gov. Jim Justice and revenue officials touted an improving state economy, citing critical April revenue coming in ahead of estimates and a bond rating agency’s rating, which changed the state’s outlook from negative to stable. Justice announced April’s numbers with Chief of[Read More…]

By RACHEL ELLIS For The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The words “human trafficking” have generated a lot of buzz in West Virginia since January, when the Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office helped raise awareness of the issue. In this series, we will examine the nuances of the human trafficking[Read More…]

By MICHELLE JAMES The Register-Herald FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Barbara Tarka Leonard made a couple of quick stops recently as she drove from her mother’s home in Pennsylvania to her own on Johns Island, S.C. “There was a display at Tamarack with a big tub and I saw bath bombs,” Leonard[Read More…]

By KELSIE LEROSE The Journal BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va.  — Mike McKechnie said it takes the whole Mountain View Solar family to be successful. Winning the West Virginia Minority-Owned Business of the Year goes to the entire team. “I owe this to the past employees, the present and the future,” McKechnie,[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTWON, W.Va. — A group of counties in eastern West Virginia have turned to West Virginia University to develop a strategic action plan for its future. WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research will lead a team of expert organizations who will prepare the plan in an effort[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A whiskey barreling company’s $6 million loan application with a state agency, which had been given preliminary approval months ago, expired last week. David Warner, director of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, said Thursday that the loan application for the West[Read More…]

By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Receiving a master’s degree after years of hard work and dedication will be the highlight of collegiate careers for many Marshall University graduates this weekend, but for two forensic science students, an internship that sent them around the world created lifelong memories.[Read More…]

By MATT SAXTON The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Ed Jackfert looked on earnestly from his front-row seat as the members of a World War II museum here spoke about the progress it has made. “It’s tremendous,” said Jackfert, a prisoner of war in the early 1940s, about[Read More…]