By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“These historic properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places played a vital role in the history and evolution of the Kanawha Valley’s early salt industry, and we are hopeful this investment will help us to maintain these properties for the benefit of future generations.” — Ericke S. Cage, president of West Virginia State University
The historic Norton House (left) and Hale House (right) in Malden, West Virginia. West Virginia State University has received a nearly $400,000 federal historic preservation grant to preserve the structures, built in the 1800s. (Photos courtesy of West Virginia State University)
By Lori Kersey
West Virginia State University is moving forward with a project to preserve two historic Kanawha Valley homes with the help of a federal grant.
NATIONAL
Participants take part in an HIV/AIDS awareness event held by Big Bend Cares in Tallahassee, Florida. Nearly 100 community-based organizations in 31 states have lost HIV-related funding after federal officials decided not to renew their grants and instead directed money to state and local health agencies. (Photo by Bob O’Lary/Courtesy of Big Bend Cares)
By Nada Hassanein
Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments.
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON — This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office.
By Jonathan Shorman
When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, officials in Denver, a liberal city where roughly 14% of residents are foreign-born, quickly sued.
COMMENTARY
The Chief Cornstalk memorial marker at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. (Photo courtesy of Brian Neal Bollinger)
By Brian Bollinger
Over nine days, I drove across the U.S. from one end to the other. At each place, I realized it was often a story that brought people to town.
ICYMI
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