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Lewisburg Rotary Club announces speaker lineup
LEWISBURG W.Va. (WVDN) – The Rotary Club of Lewisburg is pleased to announce its speaker lineup for the first quarter of its 2024-25 fiscal year. Make plans to attend their biweekly meetings from July through September to hear interesting presentations about positive things happening in the community. The Rotary Club meets on the second Monday […] The post Lewisburg Rotary Club announces speaker lineup appeared first on West Virginia Daily News.
Great Clips salon to host ribbon-cutting ceremony
MACARTHUR, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Great Clips hair salon has announced an upcoming ribbon-cutting ceremony to be held with the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. Set to take place at noon on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, the ribbon-cutting ceremony will introduce Great Clips as one of the most exciting new businesses in the Raleigh County area. […]
West Virginia: Independence Day Severe Weather Alert
West Virginia is expected to have active weather starting late Wednesday night and continuing into the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The National Weather Service in Charleston, West Virginia, reports that significant storms with the possibility of lightning and wind gusts that could cause damage are predicted for Thursday. When thunderstorms are present, residents are recommended to seek cover.
WV DNR showcase new dive team to aid in underwater searches
HINTON, WV (WVNS) – Wednesday, July 3, 2024 is a big day for West Virginia, as the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources deployed a new dive team. The DNR’s duty is to cover land and water, but now they are finally able to go underwater to better serve West Virginia. The West Virginia Department […]
States win challenge to Biden administration’s LNG ban
A group of states won a challenge to the Biden administration’s ban on liquefied natural gas exports. President Joe Biden halted all new LNG exports to countries without free trade agreements on Jan. 26. A group of 17 states sued the Biden administration over the move, winning a stay “in its entirety, effective immediately,” on […]
West Virginia man escapes from Correctional Center after being allowed to go to church on Sunday
West Virginia officials are looking for a man from the Mountain State that escaped a correctional center. Officials say Gregory Dale Stewart escaped from the Parkersburg Correctional Center while he was on furlough to go to church on Sunday.
Ex-girlfriend activates ex-boyfriend’s debit card to make purchases
RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – An ex-girlfriend faces charges after activating and using a debit card in her ex-boyfriend’s name. On June 10, 2024, a male victim filed a walk-in complaint at the West Virginia State Police Beckley Detachment regarding fraudulent debit card use. Scott stated he had never owned any credit or debit card […]
Mountain State Spotlight Explains: Should West Virginians care about the state’s bond rating?
Back in 2017, Gov. Jim Justice stood before state senators and delegates and told them West Virginia had “a $500 million hole in the bucket” and warned that this hole in the state budget would grow to $700 million the next year. During his first State of the State address, Justice came out from behind […] Mountain State Spotlight Explains: Should West Virginians care about the state’s bond rating? appeared first on Mountain State Spotlight, West Virginia's civic newsroom.
Babydog is not West Virginia’s Li’l Sebastian. She’s ‘puppaganda.’
On West Virginia Day, Gov. Jim Justice held a dedication to the four new murals in the state Capitol rotunda. The next day, we heard rumors that Babydog, Justice’s prized English bulldog, was in the murals. Sure enough, when I looked through the state Legislature’s photo gallery, there she was … right between a painter […] The post Babydog is not West Virginia’s Li’l Sebastian. She’s ‘puppaganda.’ appeared first on West Virginia Watch.
Two arrested after drugs and guns found in Raleigh County home
CRAB ORCHARD, WV (WVNS) — Two people were arrested after different amounts of drugs and multiple guns were found while an arrest warrant was being carried out. According to a press release, on July 2, 2024, deputies were serving an arrest warrant for Joshua Trotter, 43, at a home on Pebblestone Drive in the Carb […]
Officials: Stewart to face escape charges when caught
PARKERSBURG — A Raleigh County man wanted for absconding from the Parkersburg Correctional Center will face felony escape charges upon apprehension, officials said Tuesday. Gregory Dale Stewart, 61, was last seen on Sunday at the Cross Church, 1122 Market St., Parkersburg, the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. The time of the escape was 11:55 a.m., according to the wanted poster from the corrections division.
West Virginia creates new law enforcement dive team for missing person cases and evidence recovery
HINTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced on Wednesday the formation of a Natural Resources Police dive team within West Virginia’s Division of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Section. Officials say this team will assist the agency’s law enforcement efforts in boating incidents, cases of missing persons, and evidence recovery. During the ceremony at Bluestone State Park, […]
Judge dismisses federal lawsuit over West Virginia prison and jail conditions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force West Virginia to spend $330 million to improve prison and jail conditions statewide and fill worker vacancies. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger ruled Tuesday in Beckley in favor of motions by Gov. Jim Justice...
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