CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey and officials with the West Virginia Department of Education and state Board of Education are clashing over requests for additional spending for the next fiscal year and whether state revenue officials were informed of those needs. During a press ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate passed a number of bills Friday, including legislation to further punish unsanctioned distributions of abortion pills in the state and one aimed at preventing state agencies from using a media monitoring service being targeted by the Trump administration. ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates amended a bill Friday championed by Senate President Randy Smith, melding it with the House Republican majority’s Jobs First – Opportunity Everywhere economic development agenda. Senate Bill 1, the Small Business Growth Act, passed the ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg News and Sentinel will not publish a print edition on Monday, Presidents Day, nor any of the other federal holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and ...
MARIETTA - As the ice in the Ohio River and local waterways continues to melt and break up, boat traffic is returning. Heather Sands, captain and director of operations at the Valley Gem Sternwheeler in Marietta, said they are starting to be able to get their boats, the Valley Gem and the ...
MARIETTA - Local school districts are determining what changes, if any, need to be made to their schedules after layers of ice and snow forced multiple days of cancellations in recent weeks. According to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, state law sets minimum instructional time ...