News Staff People of all ages came together Saturday to work on a mural of Martin Luther King Jr.in Charleston. A public painting workshop at the Martin Luther King Community Center had participants painting sections of a mural that will be used to create a larger portrait. The mural’s background will also be designed by people in … Read more
Charleston Area Medical Center announced an affiliation agreement with Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte and Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill to provide some clinical services. CAMC cited the need for cardiovascular services in Fayette and Greenbrier counties, which have high levels of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. CAMC will help the other hospitals’ … Read more
West Virginia’s Elk River got another helping of trout on Saturday. The Kanawha County Commission announced the plans to add 1,000 pounds of rainbow trout to the river, and it’s the third such stocking in less than six months. The fish are coming from the Indian Lake fish hatchery and released around the Blue Creek, … Read more
Five Huntington restaurants are taking part in the inaugural “Support Your First Responders Restaurant Week.” Participants in the fundraiser include Backyard Pizza and Raw Bar, Buddy’s All-American BBQ, Calamity J Grill & Bar, Jim’s Steak & Spaghetti House and Rio Grande. Beginning Sunday, one restaurant will donate a percentage of its sales each day toward … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice ceremonially signed a bill Friday honoring Bluefield State College more than 100 years after the legislation was written. Senate Bill 122 was originally proposed in 1895, establishing what was originally known as the Bluefield Colored Institute as Bluefield State College, but the bill was never signed by then-governor William A. MacCorkle and … Read more
Governor Justice says he’ll do everything he can to keep the doors open at Fairmont Regional Medical Center. Justice met with hospital officials this week. More than six-hundred doctors, nurses and staff received 60-day layoff notices. Meanwhile, WVU Medicine is hoping to fill the gaps. Plans are being developed to provide emergency room services and … Read more
Clayton Burch is the new state School Superintendent. Burch has been Associate Superintendent, and was promoted to the top job in an emergency meeting on Friday. The board called an emergency meeting after receiving a letter from Dr. Steve Paine to move up his previously announced June 30th retirement to Friday. Paine’s wife suffers from … Read more
Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito are pushing to make New River Gorge into a national park and preserve. The senators cite a study that shows elevating an area to national park status can increase visitors by over twenty-percent. A hearing will be held at Tamarack today, and comments from the field hearing will … Read more
The state House of Delegates passed a bill that would create a sovereign investment fund for West Virginia. The bill would establish a “Mountaineer Impact Fund,” so the state could serve as an official partner in investment deals. The money would come from private investors, with little or no public money involved.
President Trump approved Governor Justice’s request to increase federal funding to help victims of the 2016 flood. The funds will allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse West Virginia 90% of eligible costs of emergency expenses, debris removal and infrastructure repair.