When the governor declared this Teen Mental Health Awareness Week in West Virginia, he expanded on the events of World Teen Mental Wellness Day — March 2, which was meant to increase awareness about the emotional and mental well-being of our state’s young people. Teenagers are facing ...
When we skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, that spring forward on the clocks will not be the only reminder we are moving toward brighter, warmer (Soon? We hope? Please?) weather. Forestry officials across our region are reminding us we have also entered the spring fire ban season. From ...
Washington, D.C.-based Penzance Management has unveiled plans that could mark one of the largest private investments in West Virginia history — a proposed $4 billion data center campus spanning 1.9 million square feet on 548 acres in Falling Waters. Gov. Patrick Morrisey rightly described ...
* Bankers and others who worry about those susceptible to vicious scams have been glad to see movement on a couple of efforts to address cryptocurrency kiosks in the state. House Finance Chairman Vernon Criss, R-Wood, took the lead on House Bill 5353, which would create a regulatory framework ...
Much as I predicted last week, the Hope Scholarship educational voucher program remains intact for the next fiscal year. Instead of recommending its first originating bill to reform the Hope program, the House Finance Committee recommended a new originating bill that only changed the payment ...
We all have a neighborhood where we live, but we also have one where we work For the last quarter century, my work neighborhood has been a small section of downtown Parkersburg. Even during that short period, the area between Fifth and Sixth streets and Ann and Markets streets has seen a ...
