MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The State Department of Transportation, the Monongalia County Commission, and WestRidge have announced Phase I of the Chaplin Hill Gateway project along I-79 is now out for bid, and work could begin next spring.
The project is at Exit 155, the primary access point for Mylan Park and West Virginia University.
Tom Bloom
Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom said the project is the first major public-private partnership infrastructure project that’s ever been

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A global credit rating agency says West Virginia’s lottery and excess lottery revenue bonds are in good shape.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday that Fitch Ratings boosted its evaluation of West Virginia’s bonds from A+ up to AA- with a “Stable Outlook.” The assessment applies to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC)’s lottery revenue bonds it issues, along with excess lottery revenue bonds from the West Virginia Economic Development Authority

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has approved the West Virginia-American Water Company’s $13 million purchase of three financially troubled utilities in Fayette County.
The Armstrong Public Service District, Kanawha Falls Public Service District, and Page-Kincaid Public Service District must be dissolved by the Fayette County Commission to finalize the transaction. According to the PSC, the Fayette County Commission and West Virginia-American Water (WVAWC) filed an

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1,200 volunteers battled the heat Wednesday to get much-needed projects done during the 21st annual United Way of Central West Virginia Day of Caring.
Appalachian Power Company workers at Kanawha Charleston Housing Authority. (United Way Facebook)
The volunteers could be found at dozens of sites in Kanawha, Putnam, Boone, Logan, Clay and Braxton counties doing things for non-profits to save them money and spruce up their properties.
“I love going out and seeing all

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Area Ascend program is celebrating its one-year anniversary.
Twelve months ago, West Virginia University President Michael Benson, Marshall University President Brad Smith and his wife Alys, Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin, the Kanawha County Commission, the Charleston Area Alliance, and other local leaders came together to announce the program’s beginning in the Capital City.
The overall Ascend program, launched in 2021 and financed by the Smiths, aims to