WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been charged with trying to pass information about the design of American nuclear-powered submarines to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who turned out to be an undercover FBI age…
MONONGAH — The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many medical systems to the brink, but one of the most short-staffed positions in this chain of care are emergency medical technicians.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is urging residents who got the Pfizer vaccine to get their booster shot, citing the rising number of hospitalizations involving vaccinated people.
FAYETTEVILLE — Parachutists won't jump off the nation's third-highest bridge next month due to worries about sufficient emergency health care amid the coronavirus pandemic, an organizer said.
CHARLESTON — A plea agreement hearing is set next month for a former councilman for the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia, who is charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
CHARLESTON — A mining company is locating a new plant in West Virginia, bringing 47 new full-time jobs and a $10 million investment, officials said.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic this month has already doubled the total from August.
CHARLESTON — A lawyer and former lawmaker has filed notice that he again intends to sue Gov. Jim Justice over his residency.
MATEWAN — The Appalachian Regional Commission is granting more than $46 million for 57 economic projects in 10 states to promote workforce training and entrepreneurship and improve broadband.
CHARLESTON — Sixteen small businesses and agriculture producers in rural West Virginia are receiving more than $177,000 from a federal government program that helps install renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements.
CHARLESTON — Women landowners who want to learn more about forestry and network with other women involved in woodlands management can now register for the West Virginia Division of Forestry’s Women Owning Woodlands workshop.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s state folklife collection is now available online.
HUNTINGTON (AP) — Marie Scheff could do it, but she didn’t like it.
LOGAN — When a mine industry conflict a hundred years ago sparked the largest armed uprising in the United States since the Civil War, The Associated Press was there, sending multiple bulletins each day to update the nation’s newspapers on each development.
CHARLESTON — Three state agencies are looking for detailed information about where broadband service is and isn’t available.
Joining the Wild Yards program will create more natural habitat for wildlife around the state, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources says.
Gov. Jim Justice announced a new initiative to provide a $150 school voucher to West Virginians raising their grandchildren if they get vaccinated.
MORGANTOWN — Health care systems that cover hospitals in many West Virginia communities announced vaccine mandates for workers Monday following final approval of the Pfizer vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s population declined 3.2% over the past decade, the most of any state, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday, as lawmakers grapple with reshaping the state’s legislative and congressional districts.
LEWISBURG — The 96th Annual State Fair of West Virginia is set to open its gates for the first time since 2019 on Aug. 12-21, 2021, in Lewisburg. The 10-day event was cancelled in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent Democratic senator, saying he is concerned about inflation, is urging the Federal Reserve to start trimming its monthly bond purchases.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia will begin offering some fully vaccinated people free tests to measure antibody levels against the coronavirus, a move to study whether some elderly and immunocompromised individuals should receive a third booster shot.
CHARLESTON — Attorneys for major drug distributors made their final pleas to a federal judge last week to absolve them while placing the blame elsewhere for a prescription pill health emergency in a part of West Virginia.
A mysterious ailment has sickened and killed thousands of songbirds in several mid-Atlantic states since late spring. While scientists are still racing to confirm the cause, it seems juvenile birds may be most susceptible. The U.S. Geological Survey, which oversees responses to some natural …
LEWISBURG — Two acts — Dailey and Vincent and Jimmy Fortune — have been added to the 2021 concert series at this year’s state fair.
CHARLESTON — Dozens of labor and advocacy groups called on President Joe Biden last week to save nearly 1,500 jobs at a pharmaceutical plant in West Virginia scheduled to close at the end of July.
SPRING MILLS — The final group of kids shuffled into the cafeteria at Potomack Intermediate on Tuesday afternoon, a buzz coming from the Berkeley County Schools summer program students as they eyed the colorful vegetables and fruits perched on the tables in front of them.
CHARLESTON —The West Virginia Department of Education’s Office of Adult Education is kicking off a “Never Too Late to Graduate” campaign featuring West Virginia native and “America’s Got Talent” winner Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
CHARLESTON — Public hearings have been set on West Virginia’s redistricting process.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice called on Saturday for the resignation of a state lawmaker who posted a sexually explicit TikTok video to his public account.
Families who receive nutrition benefits for their school-age children will get $375 for each child from the state this summer.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers approved last week spending a $250 million budget surplus on a wide array of initiatives across state agencies, from a fund to attract new businesses to more spending on tourism.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared an end to the state’s indoor mask requirement Sunday as a $1 million winner was revealed in a drawing for residents who have received the coronavirus vaccine.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, defying his party and the White House and virtually guaranteeing the failure of the legislation after a near party-line approval in the House.
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