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Feb. 11— MORGANTOWN— The Senate approved a bill on Thursday to end the 1- cent pop tax that provides funds to the WVU medical school and replace it with a different source to send money to all three medical schools. This tax provides about $14 million for the WVU medical school. Instead, the bill will draw funds from the insurance premium and send $14 million to WVU, $5.5...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers have advanced a proposal that would allow people who leave their jobs because they are denied a religious or medical exemption to the COVID-19 vaccination to receive unemployment benefits.

West Virginia lawmakers have advanced a proposal that would allow people who leave their jobs because they are denied a religious or medical exemption to the COVID-19 vaccination to receive unemployment benefits.

CHARLESTON — While Marshall Day at the Capitol in Charleston on Tuesday lacked its usual musical fanfare, the building was still buzzing with the Herd spirit.

Senate Bill 262 would give the state treasurer the power to terminate contracts with financial institutions that avoid investments in coal, oil and gas.

New Year’s resolutions reflect personal values. Many resolutions relate to our physical being: we resolve to lose weight or start an exercise program. Some resolutions relate to strengthening our spiritual

In 2019, the Jesse Stuart Foundation published “True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia,” a book that captures the spirit of Christmas in 43 stories by 39 authors. Thirty-five

Residents, commissioners concerned about entry points near proposed development next to N.C. 210 and U.S. 117.

PENDER COUNTY — Prospects for Falls Mist Village, a proposed single-family neighborhood in Rocky Point, massive enough to double the population of the town…

EASTHAMPTON — As the world tries to combat global climate change and find workable clean alternatives to energy production, a small Easthampton company says it has a patented new way of creating electricity, one that could revolutionize how power is...