CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is now accepting registrations for the Adopt-A-Highway Fall Statewide Cleanup set for Saturday, September 24. Co-sponsored by the WVDEP and the state Division of Highways (DOH), the Adopt-A-Highway program is administered by the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) and improves the quality of Read More…
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October 1 is the start of fall fire season, West Virginia residents urged to follow burning guidelines
CHARLESTON, WV — Fall fire season starts Friday, Oct. 1, and continues through Dec. 31. The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WVDOF) reminds residents to confine their outdoor burning to the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. Fires set during that time must be put out before 7 a.m. “The fall season is typically marked Read More…
West Virginia Ginseng Harvest Season Now Open through November 30
West Virginia Ginseng Digging West Virginia’s hills are filled with gold – a gold root, that is. The lucrative root, known as ginseng, brings out treasure hunters every year from September 1 through November 30 to dig it up and sell for a pretty penny. The Division of Forestry closely monitors the harvesting of this Read More…
Creston News
Rev. Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church. This weekend will be the big sternwheel regatta at Marietta. Before the locks & dams were let to go out on the Little Kanawha, lots of paddle wheel boats called regularly at Creston. The W. Va. Trappers Association will have their Read More…
Dominion Energy Announces Closing of Sale of West Virginia Natural Gas Distribution Company
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) today announced closure of the sale of its West Virginia natural gas utility – Hope Gas, Inc. (Dominion Energy West Virginia or DEWV) – to a subsidiary of Hearthstone Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of Ullico Inc.’s infrastructure fund, for $690 million, adjusted for customary closing items. This transaction Read More…
Speaker to Call Members Back in Session – Clarity of Abortion Laws back in Discussion
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, will contact members of the House of Delegates next week to call them back into session Monday, Sept. 12 alongside the regularly scheduled interim committee meetings. The House adjourned to the call of the chair July 29 during the third special session of the second session of the 85th Legislature. Both Read More…
Gov. Justice pleads with Senate to give our hard working West Virginians a tax break
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that West Virginia’s General Revenue collections for August 2022 of $507 million were $141.8 million above estimates and 32.2% ahead of prior year receipts. “I once again plead with the State Senate to give our hard working West Virginians an immediate and permanent 10% cut of the personal income tax,” Read More…
Ex-Girlfriend and New Boyfriend burglarize Rush Run Home
According to a Criminal Complaint filed by West Virginia State Trooper Brian E. Young, Hannah Beckett, age 26 with Brandon Burdette, age 25 allegedly broke into the home of Larry Given on Rush Run Road, Millstone, West Virginia. On August 15, 2022, Mr. Given left his home at 6 a.m. to go to work, and Read More…
Your Invitation to Academy Days 2022
Please add Academy Day 2022 to your calendar. Last year, approx. 16 students from various WV counties (Berkeley Co., Cabell Co., Greenbrier Co., Harrison Co., Jefferson Co., Kanawha Co., Mercer Co., Mingo Co., Monongalia Co., Preston Co., Putnam Co., etc.) accepted appointments to attend U.S. service academies and prep schools! One key to a student’s Read More…
