Visit Southern West Virginia releases new 2025–2026 visitor guide

BECKLEY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Visit Southern West Virginia has officially launched its 2025–2026 Official Visitors Guide, with 100,000 copies now available to travelers, local businesses, and event organizers throughout the region. The guide, produced in …

West Virginia Motor Speedway announces new ownership

MINERAL WELLS — West Virginia Motor Speedway, a premier venue of dirt track racing in West Virginia, proudly welcomes a new owner. Goldvein, VA’s, Mike & Becky Hurley have finalized plans to purchase the track and are set to guide the Speedway into an …

West Virginia seeks federal approval to remove soda from SNAP

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS) — Soda is the most recent target of Governor Patrick Morrisey's effort to make West Virginia healthier, Morrisey announced Tuesday the state has submitted a waiver request to the federal government to remove soda from the …

USS West Virginia gun on deck for Parkersburg park

A historic naval deck gun is being restored by American Star Painting in Parkersburg City Park this week. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A piece of local military history is receiving new life as the memorial in Parkersburg City Park undergoes a …

West Virginia State Treasurer joins call to delist Chinese stocks

West Virginia Treasurer Larry Pack and 20 other state treasurers and financial officials want the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to consider delisting Chinese stocks. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) CHARLESTON — State Treasurer Larry Pack is joining …

2026 OL Goforth ready for West Virginia official

By Keenan Cummings, Managing Editor via WVSportsDotCom, 35m ago Athens (Tn.) McMinn County 2026 offensive lineman Camden Goforth has been building a strong relationship with the West Virginia coaching staff. And that is setting up for an official visit in …

West Virginia Fashion Week

West Virginia has been very, very good to Kentucky basketball

West Virginia can’t be thrilled with Kentucky basketball. It has to be personal at this point, maybe getting back at the Mountaineers for sending John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins home in the Elite Eight back in 2010? Since then, it’s been all Wildcats in …

Morrisey Pushes SNAP Soda Ban to Promote Healthier Eating in West Virginia

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has taken a major step toward improving public health by officially requesting a federal waiver to reform the state’s use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. His proposal: eliminate soda …

West Virginia’s Progress in Overdose Deaths Is Promising — But the Fight Isn’t Over

West Virginia, long at the center of America’s opioid epidemic, is finally seeing some encouraging signs. According to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overdose deaths in the state …