CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that federal fuSSnding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been restored. As of today, every SNAP cardholder in West Virginia should be fully funded and able to purchase food with their EBT cards. “The one thing…
With an office no longer in use by the Hancock County Parks & Recreation Board, the Hancock County Commission is examining other ways to make use of the county-owned space. Commission President Eron Check said she had put the item on the Commission’s agenda Thursday…
With the holidays approaching, Chester City Council announced this year’s Christmas parade is “Hometown Christmas”. The parade will start at 1st St. and wooden gingerbread houses are a new feature of the community celebration. The wood has been donated by Builder’s Wholesale. Chestnut Hill has…
Public meeting planned in Chester Nov. 18 Learn how “forever” chemicals may be impacting your water CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), in partnership with the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, and other local organizations, will host…
The Hancock County Commissioners took another step forward in handing off the operation of the Hancock County Animal Shelter to the Jefferson County Humane Society at Monday’s meeting. On a 3-0 vote, the Commission accepted and approved a Lease and Operating agreement for the Shelter.…
Fiesta Tableware Company and Tomlinson PSD have reached an agreement on interim rates charged Fiesta for potable water. On January 31, 2025 Fiesta claimed that Tomlinson was unable to provide non-potable water for Fiesta’s operations. Fiesta requested the Public Service Commission establish an interim rate…
……A free press is even more important today then it was under previous Presidential administrations. And, nobody knows that more than the journalists covering the news in what is proving to be an increasingly volatile climate. In a blatant generalization Trump stated last week that…
Chester City Council, Mayor Ed Wedgeworth and City Clerk Tara Ayers can congratulate themselves on a “job well done” as they conclude the last of the dilapidated houses being torn down in the City. Wedgewood reported to Chester City Council at the Monday October 13th…
Hancock County has received $1.6 million in Opioid Prevention Funding. The money was received after the County joined in a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical companies who had targeted West Virginia as market to distribute opioids while not making physicians and pharmacists fully aware of their…