WV State News
Raylee’s Law gets attention as West Virginia Legislature’s Crossover Day deadline looms
By Steven Allen Adams For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston – With Wednesday’s legislative Crossover Day deadline around the...
Read moreDetailsBills advance allowing for West Virginia State Police machine gun sales, eased domestic violence gun prohibitions
By Steven Allen Adams For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee pushed out two bills...
Read moreDetailsWV lawmakers advance plant use directive, nine-figure tax break for coal industry
By Mike Tony For HDMedia West Virginia consumes far more coal for its electricity than any other state. And West...
Read moreDetailsCeramic Artists From All Over ‘Throw Down’ in Stifel Center Pottery Competition
By Gage Vota For The Intelligencer Wheeling — Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center hosted its fourth annual pottery throwdown...
Read moreDetailsCompetitors carve way to victory at Kootaga District Pinewood Derby
By Gwen Sour For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg – More than 50 Cub Scouts and family members gathered...
Read moreDetailsWest Virginia First Energy Act Passes Senate, Bill encourages coal-fired power plants to produce more electricity
By Steven Allan Adams For The Intelligencer Charleston – The West Virginia Senate passed a bill overwhelmingly Friday to encourage...
Read moreDetailsWest Virginia House passes ‘Jobs First’ bill aimed at aerospace industry
By Steven Allen Adams For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — The latest “Jobs First – Opportunity Everywhere” bill...
Read moreDetailsLawmakers try again to change ‘reflection in the mirror’ for cancer patients
By Matthew Young For HDMedia With just two weeks remaining in the 2026 legislative session, a plan to provide hope...
Read moreDetailsAre bees animals? ICA rules in favor of South Charleston in beekeeping lawsuit
By Ashley Perham For HDMedia Is a honeybee an animal? The Intermediate Court of Appeals, with the aid of two...
Read moreDetailsEffort to kill bill weakening West Virginia’s home school standards on first reading fails
By Steven Allen Adams For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — A rare debate broke out in the West...
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