Approximately 20 organizations participated in a crisis training session for the Raleigh County, W.Va., Emergency Services Authority. 911 Emergency Planner Cody Fortner says the exercise was the first since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Parts and labor used in aircraft maintenance will be exempt from West Virginia's consumer sales and service tax beginning Sept. 1. Read more.

Delta Air Lines Technical Operations is partnering with a new aviation maintenance program being launched by Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College, the first such program in West Virginia. The program will provide students with technical education for jobs in the aviation industry. "We will support you with parts, we will support you with industry best practices, we'll support you with tooling, we'll support you with expertise, we will grow your curriculum, we will grow your students, we will grow your staff," said William Smith, Delta's learning and development director for Technical Operations.

Eleven Republican members of the West Virginia House of Representatives have introduced a data privacy bill similar to California's. But there are differences, writes Eric Rosenkoetter of law firm Maurice Wutscher, who outlines them and pronounced West Virginia's proposal "arguably less business friendly."

A bill before a Virginia House committee that would create an application process for needle-exchange programs has been revised to mandate approval from local governments and will advance. The bill next goes to the House Judiciary Committee before consideration by the full House.