WVRC Media stations throughout West Virginia and its listeners were able to raise $204,000 in last week’s annual radiothon with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Station personnel in Morgantown, Charleston, […]
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W.Va. spring fire season, burning restrictions return
The start of West Virginia’s annual spring fire season was Wednesday, marking the return of burning restrictions. The West Virginia Division of Forestry reminds residents to confine their outdoor burning […]
Magistrate Gaujot resigns
BY DAVE WILSON Following an investigation and a second admonishment by the Judicial Investigation Commission of West Virginia, Monongalia County Magistrate Todd Gaujot has resigned and agreed not to seek […]
Deliberate intent spurs debate about value of human life
Delegates passed a bill to limit financial damages in cases where injured workers can prove deliberate intent by employers who cut corners on safety. House Bill 3270 passed 52-45 with […]
Delegates pass religious freedom bill
After two hours of debate, West Virginia delegates passed a bill “relating to forbidding government limitations on exercise of religion.” Discussion on the House floor sprawled across how far religious […]
Zombie drug ‘tranq’ hits streets of West Virginia
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — U.S. Attorney Bill Ihlenfeld says he fears a powerful drug that’s turning fentanyl addicts into “zombies” will lead to more overdose deaths in West Virginia. […]
PEIA bill swiftly moves from Senate Finance Committee to the floor
Without any discussion or questions, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a broad-ranging bill affecting the Public Employees Insurance Agency, although the bill had been explored by other committees and during […]
New bill would open up Hope Scholarships to non-public students
All non-public students in West Virginia schools would be eligible for the Hope Scholarship under a bill advanced by the House Education Committee. West Virginia’s law is already one of […]
House votes to divide DHHR into three agencies
A proposal to split West Virginia’s largest agency, DHHR, into three has passed the full House of Delegates. The three would be the Department of Health, the Department of Human […]
West Virginia 211 celebrates 211 Day
Today is 211 Day, celebrating the go-to resource 211, which helped 30,520 people in West Virginia access help for immediate or long-term challenges last year. Throughout 2022, trained call specialists […]
