One day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the federal Department of Education, it remains unclear how the move could affect schools in West Virginia.
Without opposition, the West Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation that would require utilities to have plans to notify customers of service disruptions.
The Kanawha-ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Board of Health voted Thursday afternoon to give the public a chance to weigh in on whether Mardi Gras Casino & Resort in Cross Lanes should receive an exemption from the county’s Clean Indoor Air Act, which has prohibited indoor smoking since 2008.
A Senate bill that aims to prevent abuse of minors in West Virginia’s residential treatment programs has backing from Paris Hilton, who sent a letter to state lawmakers urging them to pass the legislation.
Federal regulators have determined a Taylor County mine operator’s safety failures caused an incident that left a Preston County man dead last year.
A bill that would loosen West Virginia’s strict school vaccination requirements is headed for a vote by the full House of Delegates without a key component that Gov. Patrick Morrisey ordered earlier this year — religious and philosophical exemptions to those requirements.
CANNELTON — Many think sewage issues in Cannelton Hollow, in northwestern Fayette County, began in 2022 when a flood washed out 2½ miles of piping. However, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection records show residents have complained since at least 2014 and the area public ser…
Kenneth McCord, a former West Virginia State Police sergeant, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of receiving and attempting to receive child pornography.
LOGAN — Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College’s Board of Governors voted to limit some of Pamela Alderman’s powers as president of the institution and voted to begin an investigation into claims made about both the president’s office and the board of governors’ leadership du…
An enterprise launched last year to deliver capital and technical assistance to hundreds of community leaders to establish climate and clean energy projects in underserved rural and coal communities has been hobbled by the Trump administration.
West Virginia has the nation’s highest percentage of public water systems with drinking water violations, according to a new Gazette-Mail analysis of federal data.
HURRICANE — With its development spurred on by Advantage Valley’s 2023 housing needs assessment, the 304 At Valley Pointe apartment complex opened to its first renters March 17.
With new sidewalks and fewer orange cones, the construction on MacCorkle Avenue in Kanawha City is wrapping up. And for local businesses, recovery is about to start.
The Kanawha County Commission unanimously approved a $61 million budget Tuesday night for fiscal year 2026.
Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, were given the maximum sentence Wednesday for the mistreatment of four of their five adopted children while the family lived in Sissonville.
The oldest still-operating public school building in the state and a 107-year-old building in downtown Spencer that once served as the Roane County Jail are among three sites named to the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia’s Endangered Properties list for 2025.
Lobbyists for the food and beverage industry are fighting a bill that would ban synthetic dyes in food, paying thousands of dollars for ads that say it will drive up food prices and result in empty grocery store shelves. Sixty percent of grocery products could be pulled, they say.
Questions persist about potential impacts about legislation advancing toward final passage through the West Virginia Legislature that would allow the state Division of Natural Resources to lease state-owned pore spaces under land designated as state parks.
HUNTINGTON — Twenty-one units at the Garden Park Apartments in the Pea Ridge neighborhood of east Huntington were damaged fire Tuesday morning, and two people were taken to the hospital.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correctly identify Councilmember Beth Kerns's ward.
West Virginia lawmakers focused on the state’s workforce challenges have prioritized passing a bill this session to remove work permit requirements for 14 and 15-year-olds.
There’s been a 32.79% decline in drug overdose deaths in West Virginia, surpassing the national average decrease, according to year-over-year data from September 2023 to August 2024 from the West Virginia Department of Human Services.
Fuel costs have sharply driven up West Virginia ratepayer bills in recent years.
A jury has decided that Markus Deron Guy, 32, will receive a sentence of life in prison with the opportunity to ask for parole after 15 years for a first-degree murder conviction.
WVU News is an Emmy-award winning newscast produced by television journalism students at West Virginia University. This week’s episode explores Senate Bill 460 which, if implemented, would allow for religious and philosophical exemptions to the state's vaccine requirements for school-aged ch…
A man is dead following a utility terrain vehicle crash in the Coopers Creek area of Kanawha County on Saturday.
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University is changing the name of its Division of Intercultural and Student Affairs as a result of the executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey in January to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) activities, procedures and programs.
The West Virginia Senate has passed legislation that would further weaken measures designed to prevent water crises in response to the 2014 Elk River chemical leak that contaminated the drinking water supply of 300,000 people.
Regular readers of this column know I chided longtime Daily Mail statehouse columnist Richard Grimes for his annual 30th day of the legislative session column, when he would declare, “The legislative session is half over, and nothing much has happened.â€
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University could potentially lose $1.4 million in funding for indirect cost recovery for health research as a result of a proposal by the National Institute of Health to reduce facilities and administrative funding.
“It’s easy to forget when you’re looking at all this damage that someone is living that hell.â€
The 2025 YWCA ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Women of Achievement were honored Friday at a ceremony at the Embassy Suites in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
A Kanawha County jury found Markus Deron Guy, 32, guilty of the first-degree murder of Koda Bryson Jarrett, 14, and the second-degree murder of Alisha Brooke Carnefix, 39, in a February 2024 shooting in St. Albans.
The ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Police Department is conducting a DUI sobriety and child car seat checkpoint on Monday, St. Patrick’s Day, in the 3900 block of Seventh Avenue (W.Va. 25) in North ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled against state Democrats in one of their challenges over a seat in the House of Delegates. In an order issued Thursday, the court dismissed one of the two lawsuits the party filed against Gov. Patrick Morrisey after he filled the seat of Joseph de Soto.
Manna Meal is pausing its indoor service at Garnet Career Center beginning April 1 to “conserve resources during the warmer months,†according to a news release.
The City of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä is hosting a Here to Serve community meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Roosevelt Neighborhood Center, 502 Ruffner Ave.
A Kanawha County jury deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours Thursday in the double-homicide case of Markus Deron Guy, 33, but finished the day without a verdict.
The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health has issued an alert about a confirmed case of measles at Washington Dulles International Airport on March 5.
The Trump administration has announced a full-scale attack on dozens of environmental regulations aimed at protecting Americans from climate change and air and water pollution — risks that loom especially large in West Virginia.
The state’s Republican-dominant Senate approved a measure that would require judicial elections to become partisan races, with the bill sponsor saying West Virginians are “concerned about liberal judges slipping through the cracks.â€
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A South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä man known online as the “Wolf of West Virginia†has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and defrauding more than 170 individuals of between $395,000 and $434,501, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The West Virginia House of Delegates has overwhelmingly passed legislation that would increase water pollution via an amendment negotiated by a state manufacturing industry group.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Secretary of Tourism Chelsea Ruby on Wednesday announced the creation of a free, online training program providing a wide range of skills useful in pursuing career paths in the tourism and hospitality industry.
Cecil Roberts, the longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America union, has announced his retirement.
Markus Deron Guy, 32, took the witness stand in his own defense Wednesday, the second day of his trial for killing Alisha Brooke Carnefix, 39, and Koda Bryson Jarrett, 14, at a St. Albans residence in February 2024.
Jessica Carter remembers the moment she discovered she had breast cancer. It was a carefree moment, a normal evening in April 2024 when she was listening to music and preparing for a shower while the kids were gone.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday signed into law his priority bill defining “men†and “women.â€
The West Virginia State Board of Education approved a takeover of Mingo County Schools during its regular monthly meeting Wednesday. The state declared a state of emergency for the county.
WINFIELD — Putnam County elected officials presented budget requests for Fiscal Year 2026 during Tuesday’s Putnam County Commission meeting.
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation that would bar certain future and reassigned employees from the state’s classified civil service system and strip them of the right to grievance procedures amid a proposed far-reaching reorganization of state agencies.
