CHARLESTON – Harrison County Delegate Tim Miley was sworn in as Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates today, vowing to work with all delegates to direct renewed energy and focus on education, internet access and infrastructure and to encourage business innovation and entrepreneurship. “I am honored to be serving as speaker and I [...]
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia House of Delegates will convene today to fill the position of House Speaker, which was vacated over the weekend when Rick Thompson resigned to take a job within the state Department of Veterans Affairs. According to a provision within Chapter Four of the State Code, in the event a presiding [...]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The American Red Cross continues to assist Roane County residents following severe flooding brought on by a massive storm. A shelter that had been in place since Thursday’s storm was expected to transition into a service center on Saturday. As of Friday night, the organization had given out more than 1,200 [...]
The National Weather Service in Sterling, Va., has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for Hampshire, Berkeley, eastern Grant, eastern Mineral, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, western Grant and western Mineral counties. Portions of Maryland, northwest Virginia, including the following central and eastern Allegany, extreme western Allegany and Washington counties. In northwest Virginia, Clarke, Frederick, Page Shenandoah and [...]
RIPLEY, W.Va. (AP) — In West Virginia, the word “dynasty” has an alternate spelling: R-I-P-L-E-Y. Ripley High School’s archery team is about as dynastic as one gets. The Vikings have won six of the seven Archery in the Schools tournaments held so far, and finished the 2013 season with another state title and a fifth-place [...]
GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (AP) — The National Park Service plans to begin work this summer on seven new hiking and biking trails in the New River Gorge National River. The trails were proposed in the park’s general management plan. The park service says in a news release that it determined the trails won’t have any [...]
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — What better way to celebrate West Virginia’s 150th birthday than with beer and beards? River City Aleworks is hosting Wheeling Beers & Beards on June 21 to coincide with sesquicentennial celebrations. Organizer Jeremy Morris of the Wheeling National Heritage Area says the free event will not only dole out prizes for [...]
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Fans attending the 2013 Greenbrier Classic in July need to pay close attention to the list of approved items they can bring to the tournament. Events in Boston and other parts of the country prompted changes in this year’s security plan,according to media sources. The most noticeable change will be [...]
Charleston, W.Va. — As West Virginia celebrates its 150th birthday, West Virginia Public Broadcasting is adding to the festivities by airing more than two dozen television documentaries about the state and its history; plus a special one-hour radio documentary. “We felt it was important for West Virginia Public Broadcasting to participate in telling the [...]
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An Ohio man has set the West Virginia state record with his skipjack catch in Mason County in May. Officials say the fish was caught by Zachary Hankins of Chesapeake, Ohio, while fishing from a boat below the R.C. Byrd Lock and Dam tailwater on the Ohio River. According to [...]
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