SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Deer hunters in West Virginia have had a good year. According to preliminary numbers released by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources on Thursday, hunters harvested 118,606 deer during the 2022–2023 seasons, which is a 12.7 percent increase over the 2021 harvest and 12.2 percent above the five-year average of 105,718. Read More…
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West Virginia has highest percentage of bridges in poor condition
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nearly 224,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) analysis of the recently released U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 2021 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database. That figure represents 36 percent of all U.S. bridges. If placed end-to-end, these bridges would Read More…
Ongoing Saga of Bette Middler vs. Governor Jim Justice
Shari Johnson/Publisher If you didn’t see the closing remarks by Governor Jim Justice in his State of the State Address, you missed quite the exiting remarks as he told Bette Middler she could kiss ”Baby Dog’s hiney” for her nasty comments regarding the State of West Virginia. Her remarks were posted on Twitter when she Read More…