What students can expect to see in August By Samantha Smith, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Elior Collegiate Dining is partnering with West Virginia University to provide dining services effective immediately, according to Shauna Johnson, executive director of strategic communications. Formerly known as Aladdin Campus Dining, Elior Collegiate Dining will operate with the University under the name WVU Hospitality Group, replacing WVU Dining Services, Johnson said. Services will be provided by WVU Hospitality Group on the University’s Morgantown, Beckley...

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — It’s been nearly 90 days since the end of the 2025 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, with lobbyist spending reports shedding light on how interest groups worked to get the attention of lawmakers for their issues. Registered lobbyists in the state were required to submit activity reports covering activities between Jan. 1 and April 30 to the West Virginia Ethics Commission by May 15. According to the...

By Riley Moore, published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs and a return to commonsense. This past Friday, on our nation’s 249th Independence Day, President Donald Trump delivered on that America First agenda by signing the One Big Beautiful Bill into law. Trump’s signature legislation is a huge win for the American people that puts our nation on the...

West Virginia native Richie Ray has been named the managing editor for HD Media’s family of weekly publications. Ray replaces Phil Perry, who was recently promoted to president of the media company. Ray started his career with HD Media in 2023 as a freelance graphic designer. He was hired on full-time in 2024 and currently serves as the editor for the Coal Valley News, the Portsmouth Daily Times, the Virginia Mountaineer and the Lincoln News Sentinel. “Since joining HD Media,...

By Andrew Spellman, The Spirit of Jefferson On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will take up two cases regarding transgender athletes competing in sanctioned school sports, including a challenge to West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act. Regarding State of West Virginia v. B.P.J., West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey said in a statement he’s “confident” that the Supreme Court will maintain the state’s law on the basis that it complies with Title IX and the U.S. Constitution, despite...

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Arguing that they were not violating judicial ethics by raising issues about West Virginia’s foster care and child welfare system, Circuit Court judges Tim Sweeney and Maryclaire Akers filed objections to recent admonishments. Third Judiciary Circuit Court Judge Sweeney filed a formal objection Thursday with the state Judicial Investigation Commission to an admonishment filed last month, accusing Sweeney of violating four rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct after...

By Tabitha Johnston, The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History & Education held an open house on Saturday to introduce its new director, archivist and administrative assistant to the public. Founding director and board of directors executive committee co-chair Ray Smock played a vital role in their selection, along with former director Jim Broomall and his wife, former archivist Tish Wiggs. The couple moved to Virginia at the end of the school year, as...

By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story is part one of a two-part series examining the devastating impact of black lung disease on the lives of southern West Virginia coal miners and the complications they face when trying to obtain benefits. KEGLEY – Seventy-one-year-old Danny Johnson starts his morning with hot coffee, but not for the same reason others have a cup. During a visit to the Bluestone Health Center near Princeton where his wife, Debbie...

By Esteban Fernandez, The Register-Herald FAIRMONT — As the president’s budget reconciliation bill moves closer to signage, concerns mount over the harm it will do to West Virginia residents. “There are certain areas that, regardless, we as a state have to protect our citizens,” W.Va. Del. Mike DeVault, R-74 (Marion), said. “It’s just that simple. And if it’s a tax increase, if it’s a rollback of some of the cuts, it is what it is. We can’t hang people out...

By Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post WHITE HALL — No buildings were ablaze when the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation call near Fairmont last week. The incendiary simmering, instead, was coming from about 40 feet underground. A coal seam fire that has plagued houses and businesses in the community of White Hall for nearly 10 years broke the surface again last week – with a cloud of blue smoke, flames that could be spied through...