Twenty-Four Carrot Country
The presidents of West Virginia’s largest state-supported universities are joining forces to fight higher education funding cuts. Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert and West Virginia University President Gordon Gee have issued a statement that...
The Capitol Emergency Lantern is on in Charleston as the West Virginia budget battle continues. Governor Justice says he had the light turned on to signify a full scale emergency if no deal is...
There will be two new tomato varieties unveiled this week in Morgantown. Professor Emeritus Mannon Gallegly spent nearly half his life perfecting the tomatoes. They are currently named “17A” and “17B.” They will be...
Three finalists have been named for the state schools superintendent position that Michael Martirano plans to vacate. The finalists are former state schools Superintendent Steve Paine, state career and technical education officer Kathy D’Antoni...
West Virginia’s Senate has voted against referring to its Health Committee the proposal to let motorcyclists ride without a helmet. The bill has been approved already by the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
The governor’s office says only six Democratic legislators have responded to Gov. Jim Justice’s invitation to meet behind locked doors until they resolve the state budget crisis. The first-year Democratic governor says Republican lawmakers’...
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection says a leaking water treatment tank in eastern Kanawha County isn’t believed to have affected drinking water and no fish kill was observed. The agency says the...
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would take drug settlement money and make it available for the state to spend. The bill would require the Attorney General’s Office to transfer money received from...
About a thousand people rallied outside the state capitol Tuesday to press lawmakers to exempt some above ground storage tanks from inspection requirements. Oil and gas workers heard from Gov. Jim Justice at the...
West Virginia’s House has voted down legislation that would have reduced the number of potential jurors that a defendant can remove in advance while increasing the number prosecutors can remove. Under current law, defendants...
