April 2, 2024 Mass power outages, possible tornadoes reported as storms tear through Middle America Thousands of homes and businesses were left without power Tuesday as violent storms swept across multiple states, leaving at least one person dead.
April 2, 2024 Beware of work-study programs disguised as political activities: GOP attorneys general letter to DOE FIRST ON FOX: West Virginia and Indiana are warning the Biden administration that recent work study guidance allowing federal support for voter registration may violate the law.
March 30, 2024 Catskill Mountain farmer challenges campus critics who say foragers are 'destroying the Earth' Rick Bishop, farmer and owner of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm in Roscoe, New York, has foraged for ramps (also called wild leeks) for decades. The rural practice, he says, now faces campus critics.
March 28, 2024 West Virginia bill adding work search to unemployment, freezing benefits made law without signature A new law requires unemployed people in West Virginia to do more to show they are looking for jobs in order to collect benefits; went into law Thursday without Republican Gov. Jim Justice's signature.
March 25, 2024 Mail Pouch Tobacco barns recall bygone America, legacy of solitary World War II veteran Mail Pouch Tobacco barns still pitch a bygone product on country rounds around West Virginia. They helped make artist and WWII veteran Harley Warrick famous late in life.
March 25, 2024 West Virginia names Darian DeVries basketball coach after tenure with Drake Bulldogs After a record low season, the West Virginia Mountaineers have hired Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries to lead the program. DeVries has coached the Bulldogs for the last six seasons.
March 22, 2024 West Virginia governor signs vague law allowing teachers to answer questions about origin of life West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a law that allows teachers in public schools to answer questions from students 'about scientific theories of how the universe and/or life came to exist.'
March 22, 2024 Smoking with kids in car now illegal under West Virginia law West Virginia on Friday became the 12th state in the country to ban smoking in vehicles with children present, under a bill approved by Republican Gov. Jim Justice.
March 21, 2024 15 year-old boy kills father in self defense after he fired a shotgun at his mother West Virginia state police report that a 15-year-old boy shot and killed his father after he pointed a weapon at him. The man allegedly fired a shotgun at the boy's mother.
March 19, 2024 WV Supreme Court to issue landmark ruling on whether opioid distribution can cause a public nuisance A federal appeals court asked the West Virginia Supreme Court whether opioid distribution could cause a public nuisance under state law as WV reviews a lawsuit against drug companies.
