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09/24/2025

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is co-leading with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman a coalition of 26 states in a comment letter to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting the agency’s proposed reversal of its 2009 Endangerment F...

09/24/2025

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Jim Patterson worried he had COVID after the onset of night sweats and swollen lymph nodes in his neck, shoulders, and armpits during the height of the pandemic. Afraid he might miss work, Patterson, a trucker from Cumberland, Maryland, visited urgent care and was prescri...

09/24/2025

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Larry Pack today announced expanded benefits to the SMART529 program following the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act are now available to view on the SMART529.com website. The bill was signed into law on July 4, 2025, introducing m...

09/24/2025

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Relax. Recover. Recharge. Whether you’re managing pain, recovering from injury, or simply needing a moment of rest, the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is now offering floatation and red light therapy services to support your healing journey.  The RNI Re...

09/24/2025

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Larry Pack today announced checks totaling nearly $3 million have been sent to more than 2,300 recipients as part of the fourth year of the “West Virginia Cash Now” unclaimed property program, which automatically reunites certain individuals with their lost...

09/24/2025

Oak Glen High School’s 2025 Homecoming court includes, from left, front row, sophomore attendant Lucy Ford, freshman attendants Charlee Fisher and Karter Turley, and sophomore attendant Layla Skavenski; from left, back row, junior attendant Kendall Six, senior queen candidates Emma Stansbury, Came...

09/24/2025

Jason Engle, previously appointed Weir High Head Basketball coach, appears before the Hancock Board of Education, to request to speak. The Board held an executive session with Engle.

09/22/2025

The 1st Amendment is in jeopardy and it’s not just journalists who should be concerned. Signed in 1791, the amendment ensures freedom of expression and prohibits restricting the press. It also prohibits restricting the right of a citizen to speak out. There are exceptions to that right:....

09/22/2025

By Mark Patterson Visit any old-school barbershop and on handy display you’ll see an 1890’s looking fellow decked out in formal bow tie, form-fitting waistcoat, white riding trousers, and a (very tall) top hat. By all appearances the consummate man about town, “Clubman” clearly has places to...

09/22/2025

Finding Joy in the Small MomentsBy Jeffrey & Mary Anne Woofter with assistance from Chat GPT One of the lessons Mary Anne and I have learned on this journey with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s is that life has a way of shrinking down. The big adventures, cross-country road trips, marathon workdays,...

09/19/2025

Carole Gresh, Charles F. Yolton, William Yolton to Ashley Robin Hissam, Jeffrey A Hissam tp Brandy Nicole Thortis, $135,000.00 Sarah Anderson by Atty in Fact to James Lemal, Renee Lemal, $390,000.00 – Butler District Hidden Woods Keystone Trust Agreement tp Danny Adam Marton, Jason Neil Love, $44,...

09/17/2025

Journey to the Marvelous Land of Oz on Cloak & Dagger On the Air. This Saturday, the local audio drama troupe performs a brand-new adaptation of the classic novel written by Pete Fernbaugh at the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau. Admission is free to the Marvelous Land of Oz altho...

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