By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt still has work he wants to see completed at the West Virginia Department of Agriculture as he runs for a final four-year term. But he will have to get through a contested primary against[Read More…]

By Phil Kabler, The Charleston-Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Readers of this newspaper probably have a good handle on the key issues facing the state: Deficiencies in public education; systemic underfunding of higher education; low workforce participation; insufficient quality job opportunities; the inability to retain college graduates; the need to attract[Read More…]

The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The community gathered at noon Friday to remember the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion on its 14th anniversary at the Raleigh County Courthouse in Beckley. Following the Remembrance Ceremony inside the Courthouse everyone exited to visit the Miners Memorial Garden near Shoemaker Square adjacent to[Read More…]

The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. – Most residents of Wheeling Island were as prepared as they could be for the Ohio River’s crest near the major flood level Thursday, and many of them have been through the drill a number of times in the past. By early afternoon on Thursday, the[Read More…]

By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. – Power was restored Thursday afternoon to the majority of the City of Philippi, after many local residences had been plunged into darkness at about midnight. The power outage was caused by a power pole falling over because of ground saturation in a[Read More…]

By Fred Pace, HD Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — If you’re planning to watch the eclipse in West Virginia, you can see it from anywhere that you have a clear view of the sky. But you need to protect your eyes. And you can join your friends and astronomers at several[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph HICO, W.Va. — Preliminary findings from a National Weather Service team’s survey show that southern West Virginia had a tornado touch down earlier this week, the service announced Thursday while power company crews were working to restore service to thousands of customers. Meteorologist John[Read More…]

By Tom Markland, The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Four panelists gathered at Shepherd University on Wednesday night to discuss resiliency and how communities across West Virginia can stay strong through economic shifts, climate change and infrastructure demands. Lauren Johnson, senior analyst at the Environmental Defense Fund, led the panel by[Read More…]

By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice is fully on board for additional cuts to the state’s personal income tax. Justice, during his press briefing Wednesday, said he is opposed to delaying the trigger within the income tax package he signed into law last year,[Read More…]

By Emma Delk, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — The new forecast from the National Weather Service on Thursday morning predicts the Ohio River to crest at 42 feet sometime Thursday evening. That’s a slight bump up from the 41.6 feet predicted on Wednesday and puts that river crest at major[Read More…]