United Bankshares Inc., the holding company for United Bank, last week reported second-quarter earnings of $131.4 million and first-half earnings of $255.6 million. In the same periods last year, the company earned $120.7 million and $205 million, respectively.
West Virginia has supported Donald Trump more strongly than almost any other state in the nation. Election after election, our citizens believed he understood our struggles. They believed he would revive the coal industry, strengthen working families, protect seniors, and…
Majestic Care touts progress on new long-term care hospitals; lawmakers worry about unknown location
The New York-based developer now operating four long-term care hospitals in West Virginia says it is making progress on brand-new builds, while lawmakers worry that the new facilities could move elderly patients and jobs out of their communities.
The U.S. Department of Energy is harnessing the artificial intelligence boom in its bid to convert another Cold War-era uranium enrichment site, tapping private equity to fund a $100 billion data center complex that will include its own new natural…
A man who gave his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray was convicted of charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter after his…
For the last 50 years, The Bing Brothers have shared their hard-driving old-time Appalachian roots music with the Tri-State, the country and the world. Recently, it was announced that they are among the 2027 inductees into the West Virginia Music…
Dr. Anthony Fauci will face a contempt of Congress vote in a Senate committee next week after he invoked the Fifth Amendment in a hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Wednesday's hearing, Fauci declined to answer dozens…
Oil prices got back to jumping, while sinking technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower amid uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve will do to get high inflation under control. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Wednesday after briefly erasing all of…
The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday despite persistently high inflation and a spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war. The Fed’s rate-setting committee reached the 9-3 decision after two days of deliberations, marking the…
The new leader of the Catholic church in West Virginia came to the United States years ago as an undocumented immigrant, and he’s spoken against President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, but Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala doesn’t see himself as an…
