FAIRMONT – That’s one giant leap … for Almost Heaven. Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday he wants West Virginia to be the home of the U.S. Space Academy. That’s the interstellar initiative President Donald Trump fronted in August, as a way to advance the nation’s ideals beyond ...
CHARLESTON - After keeping West Virginia's compulsory vaccine law for school-age children in place last year after a lower court decision tried to block its enforcement, the state Supreme Court of Appeals wants to hear oral arguments in the case and allow Gov. Patrick Morrisey to intervene. ...
CHARLESTON – Two years after being called for by the West Virginia Legislature, the group that will decide on a statue of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams to send to the U.S. Capitol Building met for the first time. Members of the Hershel “Woody” ...
SOPHIA – State Treasurer Larry Pack on Monday visited Sophia Christian Academy in Raleigh County to announce the 20th annual statewide 2026-2027 SMART529 “When I Grow Up” student and teacher essay contest. “For 20 years, the ‘When I Grow Up’ essay contest has encouraged West ...
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night for a recess prior to the Nov. 3 midterm general election, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito hitting the campaign trail with a pending deal on permitting reform and the passage of the college athletics bill. After months of bipartisan ...
CHARLESTON – Tax collections in West Virginia for the first three months of fiscal year 2027 are in the black, no thanks to September personal income tax collections which took a dip. According to a monthly report released Thursday by the Senate Finance Committee, tax collections for the ...
