By PHIL PERRY HD Media MADISON, W.Va.  — A new business bringing a pilot project to the Rock Creek Industrial Park has officials hoping it will bring thousands of jobs to southern West Virginia and make the area a hub for what could be revolutionary in the field of renewable[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items with procedures now in place at all West Virginia airports. The new procedure was announced last July and began to be phased in airports nationwide last fall. These[Read More…]

By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the past two months, West Virginia’s governor and the vice president of its state Board of Education have used a word that the online Oxford dictionary notes is “dated, offensive” and the online Merriam-Webster dictionary notes is “often offensive.” The word[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Supreme Court justices will have to determine whether a child can receive an inheritance from a biological parent if that parent’s parental rights were terminated in court. State law doesn’t address that specific set of circumstances, which is what gave[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A small group of students at West Virginia University have undertaken class projects that will ultimately provide economic data to various regions of the state, and help those regions better understand their opportunities and challenges. The revolutionary class is titled Applied Regional Economics Research, an[Read More…]

By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va.  — A suspect in the death of a man whose body was found Easter Sunday in a Lerona residence was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of second-degree murder. The female suspect was arraigned by video before Magistrate Mike Flanigan on a second-degree[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. REPORT: YOUTUBE SHOOTER TOLD FAMILY MEMBERS SHE ‘HATED’ COMPANY Investigators do not believe Nasim Aghdam,[Read More…]

By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A judge ordered companies tied to The Greenbrier resort, which is owned by Gov. Jim Justice, to pay out nearly $1.5 million last month in two lawsuits settled in federal court. Special Event Service and Rental, a Tennessee corporation, alleged in U.S.[Read More…]