Governor’s Mansion, Capitol Now Open For Free, Guided Tours
The West Virginia Governor’s Mansion – fully decorated for the holiday season – is now open to the public for free holiday tours.
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State’s Two Largest Education Unions Are Now One
The merger was first announced in February 2024, with both prior entities granting formal approval in March.
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Dale Lee, president of WVEA, and AFT-WV President Kristie Skidmore will serve as co-presidents of the new organization until elections in 2027.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsExpecting Downgrade, Postal Workers Relieved Jobs Will Stay
The U.S. Postal Service late last year announced a plan to convert the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center into a local processing hub. The change would have sent other functions, and workers, to southwest Pennsylvania.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Conversation With New Mountaineer Area Council Boy Scout Chair Amy Garbrick, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, the Mountaineer Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America serves 12 counties in north central West Virginia. On Feb. 8, the council appointed the first woman to serve as its governing board president. Jack Walker spoke with new president Amy Garbrick about her scouting background and gender inclusivity in scouting since the Boy Scouts became co-ed in 2019.
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The Changing Media Landscape, Inside Appalachia
This week, we’re joined by Lilly Knoepp, regional reporter at Blue Ridge Public Radio in Western North Carolina. Boom and bust cycles for coal, timber and textiles are nothing new to Appalachia. Today, we’re seeing another industry struggle – local journalism. Some newspapers have scaled back or disappeared entirely, but journalism isn’t dying. Journalists are adapting and some are reinventing what they do.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLocal Kroger Workers Oppose Company’s Merger
Kroger union members plan events at stores in Clarksburg Tuesday, April 4 and Charleston Wednesday, April 5 to protest the company’s plans to merge with Albertsons Companies.
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