West Virginia utility regulators have granted a siting certificate for a $125.4 million solar facility planned by a Colorado energy company for Jefferson County.
A bill transferring administration of a fund that helps public water systems finance infrastructure improvements has become law with Gov. Jim Justice’s signature.
HUNTINGTON — Tucked away along Buffalo Creek Road in Huntington is a tiny home village, a greenhouse and a picnic area for local youth transitioning out of the foster care system.
CHARLESTON — A panel subcommittee will set a hearing to be conducted within 120 days regarding charges filed by the Lawyer Disciplinary Board with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Donna Taylor.
HUNTINGTON — Cabell County Schools Superintendent Ryan Saxe confirmed a bus driver who dropped elementary school students off at a McDonald’s on a day students were released early no longer works for the school district.
CHARLESTON — The Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) will hold a series of public hearings beginning Monday to share information and gather public comment on the options under consideration for the Plan Year 2024 Finance Plan.
WAYNE — Marshall University President Brad D. Smith’s tour of West Virginia high schools kicked off Tuesday in his home county of Wayne.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed Senate Bill 526 into law, which will increase education among health care professionals and members of the public regarding the importance of early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other dementia.
HUNTINGTON — Huntington has a new tool in the fight against homelessness and substance abuse disorder that the city believes could be a game changer.
APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — Nucor Corp.’s new steel mill at the Mason County community of Apple Grove will be built beside the Ohio River, but according to two union representatives it won’t be done by very many West Virginia workers.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice presented the latest Rhododendron Award to Brandi Jones of Hurricane.
HUNTINGTON — NIKE Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe has been selected as the keynote speaker for Marshall University’s spring commencement on April 29.
LOGAN, W.Va. — The Recovery Group of Southern West Virginia sponsored an event March 6 observing Black Balloon Day, which is a national day of remembrance to celebrate lives lost to substance overdose.
CHARLESTON — City Holding Co., the parent company of City National Bank of West Virginia, announced on Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Citizens Commerce Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Citizens Commerce Bank, headquartered in Versailles, Kentucky.
HUNTINGTON — Leaders from Marshall University, West Virginia University and the West Virginia government will visit several states in the coming months as a continuation of economic development tours that began last year.
Researchers at a United States Department of Energy national laboratory have found that two landmark climate and sustainable energy laws enacted since 2021 could double the nation’s share of clean electricity by 2030.
HURRICANE, W.Va. — This Saturday, March 18, the first Meeks Mountain Muddy Mutt 15K Run will take place in nearby Hurricane, West Virginia. This event happens on non-paved trails beginning at the Big Red Barn in Hurricane City Park, 3511 W.Va. 34.
HUNTINGTON — Extra law enforcement will target speeders this week in the work zone of a five-mile stretch of Interstate 64.
Federal environmental regulators have released a multimillion-dollar plan for cleaning up a Fayette County site with decades-old environmental concerns.
HUNTINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., visited the region Monday after funding was announced for floodwall projects earlier this year.
A bill that would have asserted state eminent domain power for rail-trail projects failed in the West Virginia House of Delegates after it passed with ease through the Senate.
A bill that would have made West Virginia responsible for regulating certain radioactive materials and got approval from four legislative committees nonetheless failed in the state Senate.
Legislation opponents noted would have increased worker exposure to secondhand smoke failed in the West Virginia Legislature’s 60-day regular session that ended at Saturday’s close.
Lawmakers during the legislative session approved a bill that would make it a felony for a teacher or staff member to be involved in a sexual relationship with a student, regardless of age, but did not take up a bill that would have expanded state law to better cover sexual extortion.
HUNTINGTON — The Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District and the City of Huntington’s Public Works Department will partner to repair trails damaged by flooding last May.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va — A Boone County native is set to represent the state as the West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot.
Yes, Joe Biden believes that the District of Columbia should rule itself.
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HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Commission met Thursday for its regular meeting and issued a proclamation celebrating the actions of two emergency response workers.
WAYNE — Twenty-four Wayne County Schools freshmen received more than $1,000 for their post-graduation plans, the Wayne County Board of Education announced Tuesday.
WILLIAMSON — The Mingo County Commission approved drafting the requisite documents to provide a facility to Save our Strays (SOS).
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Thanks to a $1 million donation from Nucor Corp., Mason County Schools is making a major investment to upgrade the security systems in all schools.
HUNTINGTON — The first of several sessions of a “nature-focused therapy group” at Marshall University met Thursday with 13 student participants.
HUNTINGTON — A diversity expo featuring local minority-owned businesses and artists took center stage at Heritage Station in downtown Huntington on Sunday, March 5.
With 15 minutes left in West Virginia’s 2023 legislative session, the House of Delegates sent a bill to the governor that would reboot an economic development office to coordinate federal grant expenses, expand coal assets and come up with an educational program to support the state’s coal i…
The West Virginia Senate has advanced a bill to the governor that would target shareholder votes on behalf of a state retirement benefit asset management board factoring in environmental and social principles.
The West Virginia Senate has forwarded a bill to the governor that would transfer administration of a fund that helps public water systems finance infrastructure improvements.
Legislation with the aim of making it easier for state environmental regulators to fast-track projects supported by a massive influx of federal infrastructure funding is before the governor.
The West Virginia House of Delegates has advanced a bill to the governor that would require state officials to identify economically viable sites for coal electric generation projects, an increasingly uneconomic enterprise.
The West Virginia Senate has advanced a bill to the governor without opposition aimed at strengthening flood resiliency in the deluge-prone state.
The West Virginia Senate has signed off on a substantial change the House of Delegates made to a Senate bill to expand solar energy for residential customers, advancing the bill to the governor.
The West Virginia Senate passed two bills Friday designed to benefit the state’s coal industry.
The West Virginia Senate has approved a bill that would boost revenue for the state’s understaffed, underfunded gas and oil industry inspection unit, but the bill didn’t get through the chamber without a key limit on funding support.
Bills addressing broad changes to public charter school code and to school safety fund distribution to all schools passed the Senate Friday evening.
Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions. The two countries released a joint communique on Friday about the deal that was negotiated with China. The development represents a diplomatic achievement for Beijing amid its ceremonial National People’s Congress this week. Shortly after the Iranian announcement, Saudi state media began publishing the same statement. Tensions have been running high between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The kingdom broke off ties with Iran in 2016 after protesters invaded Saudi diplomatic posts there. Saudi Arabia had executed a prominent Shiite cleric days earlier, triggering the demonstrations.
Bills aimed at addressing student safety provisions and another that would increase the number of institutions eligible to receive Promise Scholarship students moved through the Legislature on Thursday and Friday.
Gov. Jim Justice has signed into law a bill that expands eligible use of electric bicycles in West Virginia.
The West Virginia Senate has passed legislation that would create a task force to study hydrogen energy in the state’s economy and energy infrastructure, after the House of Delegates changed the bill to make the task force more fossil fuel-oriented.
A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia has been resurrected a day after its defeat in a Senate committee. The about-face doesn’t necessarily give the bill a clear path to passage. Several senators gave impassioned speeches after the bill was brought back, some of whom defended the right of teenagers in love to marry. After a Senate Committee rejected the bill Wednesday, it was brought back to the Senate floor and will be up for passage Friday. Currently, children can marry as young as 16 in West Virginia with parental consent. Seven states have set the minimum age for marriage at 18.
The West Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday approved bills relating to pay for certain social workers and audits of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission.
