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With recent deaths from the coronavirus in West Virginia concentrated within the state’s elderly population, Gov. Jim Justice says he is once again restricting visitations at nursing homes. At a virtual news briefing Wednesday, Justice announced 12 additional coronavirus-related deaths since Monday. He also noted outbreaks in at least 28 nursing homes across the state.…

Lawmakers from across the Ohio Valley have received nearly half a million dollars in campaign contributions from 2019-2020 from a political action committee associated with FirstEnergy Corp., the electric utility implicated in a $61 million bribery and racketeering scheme related to Ohio’s controversial energy bill that bailed out several struggling nuclear and coal plants. Top…

“Hello,” the call began. “This is a prepaid debit call from an inmate at the Virginia Department of Corrections.” Madison Buchanan, a 19-year-old college student, pressed 0 to accept the call and was connected to Jacob Alan Shouse, Offender Number 1101441. “I want to thank you so much for helping me out with this,” Buchanan…

A proposal to repurpose a docking facility near Marietta, Ohio, to allow for the barging of oil and gas drilling waste on the Ohio River is drawing concern from environmental groups and local residents. Top Featured Tags: – West Virginia News Press Release Distribution Service

Federal, state and local representatives gathered at Yeager Airport in Charleston Thursday to break ground for the new Marshall University Bill Noe Flight School. Jerome Gilbert, president of Marshall University, explained that the school learned the aviation industry needed new pilots because they have a federally mandated retirement age. “It was after a thorough investigative…

On his family’s farm in Randolph County, W.Va. 20-year-old Collin Waybright has a hobby that’s very different from streaming TV shows or playing video games. Waybright is one of the state’s youngest falconers. To be a falconer, you have to love birds and Waybright fits the bill. “They all have different flight styles. And it’s…

Ginseng, Goldenseal, Cohosh, Bloodroot, Ramps – all plants native to Appalachia and all appreciated around the world for their medicinal and culinary properties. In West Virginia and other parts of Appalachia, these plants have been harvested in the wild for generations. But over harvesting of these slow growing plants could diminish wild populations. The West…

The natural world can be a source of food and medicine along with a place to escape and unwind. There are people who know plants like they’re old friends, complete with stories and histories. These experts can also help guide us to recognize how plants can even help us in times of need. We’ll hear…

Vice President Mike Pence visited West Virginia on Saturday, meeting with Gov. Jim Justice, and several lawmakers, for a roundtable discussion. The meeting, which included Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Trump administration, occurred ahead of a $25,000 a seat Trump campaign fundraising dinner that Pence will…

Gov. Jim Justice has rolled out a color-coded system to help county school systems guide best practices as the threat of the coronavirus lingers. The deciding metric will be how many cases a county has documented per 100,000 residents on a rolling 7-day average. Top Featured Tags: – West Virginia News Press Release Distribution Service

Residents and university students in Shepherdstown will have access to a new health care facility starting next month. WVU Medicine East announced this week that its new medical office building is expected to open mid-September. Top Featured Tags: – West Virginia News Press Release Distribution Service

On this West Virginia Morning , we take a long walk through the woods to learn a few things about the medicinal plants growing all around us. Also, in this show, we bring you this week’s Mountain Stage Song of the Week, “Shotgun Down the Avalanche” brought to us by singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin and co-producer…

A West Virginia teachers’ union is urging public schools to avoid face-to-face instruction when students return next month due to the coronavirus. The West Virginia Education Association suggested the online-only start Thursday based on a survey of the union’s membership. Top Featured Tags: – West Virginia News Press Release Distribution Service

A coalition of teachers and public school advocates are asking for West Virginia schools to start remotely for the first 14 days with in-person instruction beginning only after 14 consecutive days of no new coronavirus cases in the state. The Our Students First Coalition also wants state officials to allow students to return to in-person…

On this West Virginia Morning , ever wonder what it would be like to fly in a small plane around West Virginia? We hear another story about West Virginia’s airplane industry and its remaining airfields. Also, in this show, we hear more about an unregulated landfill near South Charleston, Kanawha County that has been polluting…

Renowned singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin marked the 30th anniversary of her landmark album Steady On with acoustic treatments of the songs when she joined us last September. Top Featured Tags: – West Virginia News Press Release Distribution Service

Updated at 6:56 p.m. ET The Big 12 Conference is moving ahead with its football season, announcing that fall sports will continue – with teams following safety precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference hopes to hold its title game in December, as it normally would. “Our student-athletes want to compete, and it is…

Normally, Boone County Circuit Judge William Thompson holds his drug court graduation ceremonies inside the courthouse. But on a slightly overcast August afternoon, he found himself and the first two graduating members of his family treatment court outdoors at Waterways Park in Boone County. Top Featured Tags: – West Virginia News Press Release Distribution Service

Normally Robert Villamagna would be in his art studio in Wheeling, West Virginia, hammering out old metal pieces from children’s toys, chip cans and coffee cannisters that he finds at local flea markets. He has made artwork out of scrap metal for decades and was named West Virginia Artist of the Year in 2016. But…

The number of reported deaths from the new coronavirus in West Virginia has jumped 23 percent in the past week, with six more fatalities announced Wednesday pushing the total to at least 153. Top Featured Tags: – West Virginia News Press Release Distribution Service

On this West Virginia Morning , should we be worried about our kids and grandkids catching COVID-19? The short answer, according to experts, is it’s unclear. We get into the long answer of this question in this show. Also, we hear local reports in government and energy, and we learn about some natural springs in…

West Virginia corrections officials will test all people incarcerated at the South Central Regional Jail for the coronavirus this week, after reporting eight prisoners with COVID-19 there on Monday. The Charleston jail was on lockdown as of Sunday night, according to a press release from the DCR. Diagnosed prisoners were quarantined to two housing units…