NASA will again send a group of researchers to Houston to simulate a Mars mission

NASA Four researchers will spend more than a year in a 3D-printed habitat, acting as though they’re eating, sleeping and living on Mars. A previous simulation concluded in July 2024. NASA A view inside the sandbox portion of NASA’s Crew Health and...

West Virginia Poll respondents want state officials to focus on economy

CHARLESTON — As Gov. Patrick Morrisey challenges the West Virginia Legislature to codify his executive order allowing for religious exemptions to school-age vaccines, an annual poll has respondents telling Morrisey and lawmakers to leave the...

Facebook gets top spot for social media in West Virginia Poll

West Virginia is a Facebook state. More than half of respondents, 54 percent, in the most recent edition of the MetroNews West Virginia Poll say Facebook is the social media platform they use most often. Believe it or not, Facebook has veteran...

'Kissing bug' disease is now endemic in US, researchers say. What you need to know.

The potentially deadly condition Chagas disease is spread by insects known by their nickname: The "kissing bug." WASHINGTON — A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness that the potentially deadly condition...

Scenic tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in West Virginia reopens

PIPESTEM, W.Va. — After two years of construction, a new aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park has reopened. Advertisement At a ribbon-cutting at the top of the tram at Pipestem, Brett McMillion, director of the W.Va. Division of Natural...

Engineering proposal to address traffic around Grunbein’s Island to be submitted to MMMPO for consideration

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom announced that a local engineering firm has reached out to the commission to see if traffic can be eased around one of the busiest pedestrian crosswalks in Morgantown. In the closing...

Ingevity to sell crude tall oil refinery in West Virginia

September 4, 2025 | By Mary Bailey Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, W.V.) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its North Charleston crude tall oil (CTO) refinery assets and the majority of its Performance Chemicals...

Louisa Katherine Sonnik

Louisa Katherine (Miller) Sonnik, 72, of Charles Town, West Virginia, passed away on August 31, 2025. Born October 18, 1952 in Hagerstown, Maryland, Louisa was the daughter of the late John Lester Miller and Anna Mae Spinks Miller. Louisa devoted...

Opinion West Virginia Watch Is artificial intelligence a threat to humanity?

The welcome screen for the OpenAI “ChatGPT” app is displayed on a laptop screen in a photo illustration. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) “West Virginia University recognizes the transformative potential of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard,...

Greencastle Patriot Federal Credit Union opening in October 

Patriot Federal Credit Union will open its 11th branch in Greencastle on October 14. The new location at 200 N. Antrim Way aims to serve a significant number of existing members in the Greencastle area. Grand opening celebrations will take place...

Governor Patrick Morrisey and West Virginia Army National Guard Preserves the 150th Cavalry

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – When the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 150th Cavalry Regiment appeared on the chopping block as part of the U.S. Army’s Transformation in Contact (TIC) initiative in early 2025, it not only struck...

USA: Female athletes, states to high court: Save women’s sports

(ZENIT News / Washington, 09.15.2025).- The states of West Virginia and Idaho, together with attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, filed their opening briefs Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court in two cases about state laws that protect...

A third of West Virginians polled say Trump is top president of their lifetime

A higher percentage of West Virginia Poll respondents regard Donald Trump as the best president they’ve ever known, higher than the responses for Republican predecessors Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush combined. Thirty-three...

Scenic tram at Pipestem Resort State Park in West Virginia to open September 4

PIPESTEM, W.Va. — After two years of construction, a new aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park will officially open during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 11 a.m. Advertisement The event at the top of the tram at Pipestem...

Amazon, SpaceX Won a Slice of Pa.’s $793M Broadband Funding. Critics Are Worried About Reliability

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG —...

Calhoun County commissioner, teacher charged with sexual abuse

Jacob Daniel McCumbers (Photo Provided) GRANTSVILLE — A Calhoun County commissioner and teacher was arrested Friday and charged with sexual abuse. According to a criminal complaint filed in Calhoun County Magistrate Court, Jacob Daniel McCumbers,...

Polling Continues To Show Support for School-Age Vaccines in West Virginia

As the issue of whether or not Gov. Patrick Morrisey can use his executive order powers to graft on a religious exemption to West Virginia’s compulsory immunization law for school-age children winds its way through the courts, new polling data...

New Mission, But Same Dedication, the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind Expand Their Roles Statewide: Part One of Two

Attendees learned important life skills and had fun in a summer “transition camp” held by the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Photo courtesy of WVSDB. By Stephen Smoot “It’s a cool story,” said Clayton Burch, Superintendent of the...

Poll: West Virginians are critical of public school performance; split on Hope Scholarship

West Virginians have deep concerns about the state of the public school system, according to the most recent edition of the MetroNews West Virginia Poll. Forty-six percent of respondents in the latest edition of the poll describe themselves as...

State officials eye geothermal energy growth

State Sen. Nick Pisciottano is pictured during a Senate committee hearing earlier this year. 06.24.25 - Veterans Affairs Committee June 24, 2025 Alexandra Malady | Pennsylvania Senate Democratic CaucusA group of state lawmakers want to set the...