BLUEFIELD — Rabies among raccoons, skunks, foxes and other wild animals across West Virginia is always a threat, so aircraft and motor vehicles with the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be spreading oral vaccine baits to help stop the disease’s…
FAYETTEVILLE — In commemoration of memorial services for the late Justice Tim Armstead, Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Chief Justice, William R. “Bill” Wooten, issued an administrative order declaring Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, as a day…
BLUEFIELD — Driving the economy forward by utilizing energy reserves, streamlining regulations and helping the workforce will bring more businesses to West Virginia while helping the ones in the state already grow, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Thursday before the West…
MORGANTOWN — Concerned about the ability of artificial intelligence models trained on data from urban demographics to make the right medical diagnoses for rural populations, West Virginia University computer scientists have developed several AI models that can identify signs of…
GLEN JEAN — The Tailwaters Campground in Gauley River National Recreation Area, located below Summersville Dam on the upper Gauley, will temporarily close for the beginning of "Gauley Season" this year. The campground closure will begin on Tuesday, September 2,…
WV state hospitals — being sold off by Morrisey — serve elderly patients who have nowhere else to go
CHARLESTON — Four state-owned hospitals in West Virginia often house and take care of elderly patients — some with complex medical problems and disabilities — who have nowhere else to go. Many patients rely on Medicaid and can’t afford private…
CHARLESTON — The judge in a Raleigh County lawsuit against the state and county boards of education over their defiance of Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order concerning school-required vaccines has agreed to consolidate that case with a Kanawha County lawsuit…
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced on Tueday that cases of hemorrhagic disease have been confirmed in Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie and Wood counties. These counties are in close proximity to counties in Ohio, where the Ohio…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency could look significantly different by next year’s hurricane season, with state and local governments shouldering more of the responsibility for natural disaster response and recovery.
CHARLESTON — The federal government has picked a side in an ongoing battle that has pitted West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the state health department against the state Board of Education over religious exemptions to the state’s school compulsory…
