Amy Adkins

3 weeks ago | lincolnjournal.com | Amy Adkins

HAMLIN — Lincoln County Community Outreach Program received $14,000 and McCorkle Free Will Baptist Church received $10,000 from the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington. LCCOP’s outreach team in Hamlin will visit areas of Lincoln County where people are experiencing homelessness and substance use disorder. Team members will engage in conversation and provide blessing bag supplies, including nonperishable food, hygiene items, blankets, and other essentials.

3 weeks ago | lincolnjournal.com | Amy Adkins

CHARLESTON — Governor Patrick Morrisey announced a series of child welfare reforms aimed at ending years of bureaucratic stonewalling and beginning a new era of transparency. The changes come following a series of listening sessions held across the state with key stakeholders and a thorough review of past child fatalities and near fatalities within the child welfare system. kAm“x? AC6G:@FD J62CD[ E96 DE2E6 DE@?6H2==65 23@FE E96 DE2EFD @7 49:=5C6? :?

3 weeks ago | lincolnjournal.com | Amy Adkins

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History will open a new exhibition at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston on June 1, at 2 p.m. with a reception and awards ceremony. This exhibit, titled West Virginia Historic Figures, is the fourth and final installation of Inspired: A West Virginia Series of Juried Exhibitions. kAm%96 x?DA:C65 $6C:6D @7 6I9:3:E:@?D H2D 4C62E65 :? 9@?@C @7 E96 FA4@>:?8 ad_E9 2??:G6CD2CJ @7 E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D :?

3 weeks ago | lincolnjournal.com | Amy Adkins

HAMLIN — A family of eight, with one on the way, lost their home on Thursday night, May 27, due to a fire. James and Misty Hager along with their six children all made it out but the home located on Mansion Street in Hamlin was deemed a partial loss. Several pets were lost in the devastation as well. kAm$6G6C2= 72>:=J >6>36CD 2?5 7C:6?5D E@@< E@ D@4:2= >65:2 E@ 6IAC6DD E96:C DJ>A2E9J 2?5 2D< 7@C 96=A 7@C E96 72>:=J]k^AmkAmw2>=:?

1 month ago | lincolnjournal.com | Amy Adkins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed her joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to repeal California’s EV mandate through their “Advanced Clean Cars II” regulation that prohibits the sale of new gas-powered light-duty vehicles by 2035. Chairman Capito introduced the CRA last month and pledged to end the EV mandate in December 2024.