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Safety Rules vs. Red Tape

CHARLESTON – Fireworks stands are common sites along highways and in parking lots leading up to Independence Day, but how to regulate those stands became a debate during a Monday legislative meeting. The Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee met to discuss agency rule updates that will ...

Kroger to lay off 3,000 corporate employees over 3 years as it leans into artificial intelligence

(AP) - Grocery store chain Kroger said it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence to streamline operations. “Technology is reshaping what’s possible,” CEO Greg Foran wrote in a memo to employees on Monday. “The way work gets done is changing across every industry; we must adapt and take advantage of technology. We need to adopt capabilities, reduce duplicative work and look closely at where work is best fit to be done.” Kroger last month outlined its AI strategy, meant “to improve the customer ...

'It takes a community to preserve our special places'

There is a unique kind of magic in West Virginia. Anyone who loves spending time outdoors knows it. Whether you are sitting by a quiet creek waiting for a bite, hiking up a steep mountain trail, or navigating a new singletrack on your bike, we Mountaineers don't just like our state's ...

Justice weighs political future, talks Senate control

RAVENSWOOD – U.S. Sen. Jim Justice has enjoyed being in the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, but the November midterm election could see control flipped to the Democratic Party – which could also speed up a decision whether to run once again for governor of West Virginia in ...

41st Mt. Liberty Fall Festival set for Saturday

MT. LIBERTY - The 41st annual Mount Liberty Fall Festival will take place Saturday at the Mountain Liberty Community Building.      The festival will begin at 11 a.m. and will conclude with a cakewalk that is set to get underway at 6 p.m. The Community Building is located on the Jonestown-Mt. Liberty Road between the towns of Philippi and Belington.  "This is our 41st annual Fall Festival, but we have been here and operated for 43 years," festival president Sherry Booth told The Inter-Mountain. "We were down for two years with the COVID."    For more than four decades the ...

Elkins native a WVU Homecoming Court candidate

MORGANTOWN — An Elkins native is among the Homecoming Court candidates at West Virginia University this week. Ruby Jackson, a senior industrial engineering major from Elkins, is one of 10 candidates to be chosen “Homecoming Royalty.” WVU will name two students “Homecoming ...