Quilt Festival Set For September
The 2026 West Virginia Quilt Festival will bring quilters from across the state and beyond to the Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley Sept. 17 to Sept. 19.
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EPA Administrator Tours W.Va. For Look At Energy
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin met with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Following a roundtable discussion, Capito indicated they planned to give Zeldin a tour around the Toyota Plant in Buffalo, the John Amos Power Plant and the construction site for the Nucor steel plant in Mason County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Calls For ‘Return On Investment’ Regarding Highway Maintenance At $4 Billion Steel Plant
A study of West Virginia's deadliest roadways, released by the Barber Law Firm, analyzed data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from 2018 to 2022 and found Route 2 atop the list with an average of seven fatalities per year.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCelebrating 'The Homewrecker' And Bolstering A Crowded Two Lane Road, This West Virginia Morning
A deep-fried hotdog known as The Homewrecker is so popular it's hard to keep them in stock and a massive plant under construction is creating traffic woes with no easy fix.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNUCOR Steel Plant, Other Plants, Creating Housing Challenges
Mason County's $4 billion NUCOR steel plant is now more than halfway to completion. With that facility and others on the way, an employee housing challenge looms large throughout the western West Virginia region. ...
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Housing Challenges Around NUCOR And A Rare Kentucky Firefly, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, industrial development in western West Virginia is outpacing the construction of new housing for expected workers, and scientists work to better understand a rare Appalachian firefly.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsManchin-Capito: A 10-Year Senate Partnership Ends
Manchin’s departure marks not only the loss of a senior senator but also the end of a partnership that used to be more common in the chamber but has become rare.
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