Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTo comment on next year’s PEIA plan, email PEIAComments@wv.gov or send mail to 601 5th St. SE, Suite 2, Charleston, WV 25304. Comments must be received by Wednesday, Dec. 4. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, a pipeline safety watchdog said federal regulators “should be on notice” about a pressure test failure on the Mountain Valley Pipeline earlier this month.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, drinking water in Wyoming County is making people sick but it’s unclear who is responsible. Also, a look at voter concerns ahead of May's primary election.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUpdated: April 16, 9:45 a.m. West Virginia’s colleges and universities will be required by a new law to allow students to carry concealed deadly weapons on campus starting July 1. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe engrossed bill that passed the Senate shaves two weeks of the current 26 weeks of unemployment benefits available to workers who have lost their job due through no fault of their own. It increases the initial benefit to up to $712 per week, or 70 percent of the original wage, for the first four weeks of unemployment. That's up from $624 per week, and 65 percent of the wage. However after those first four weeks, the benefit decreases by 5 percent of the original wage, or max benefit.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOver a thousand West Virginians will have $8.8 million in student loans canceled.
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