By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the number of West Virginians without health insurance was reduced in 2016. The data on health insurance coverage showed that 96,000 West Virginians lacked health insurance in 2016 — a decrease of[Read More…]
Month: September 2017
Plans moving ahead for WV Capitol dome repairs
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A major repair project to stop leaks and avoid potentially catastrophic damage to the West Virginia Capitol dome is moving forward. The state Department of Administration has released a lengthy Request for Quotations for the Capitol dome repairs, with the bid opening[Read More…]
DEP says water quality changes still ‘up in the air’
By EKN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite seeking federal approval of the changes, state regulators still are trying to sort out how to implement legislation aimed at reworking the way West Virginia calculates water pollution permit limits, the staffer who runs the Department of Environmental Protection’s water[Read More…]
Thousands of industry professionals due in Bluefield today for Coal Show
By CHARLES OWENS Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Thousands of coal industry professionals from across the nation, and the world, are arriving in Bluefield today. The doors to the 22nd Biennial Bluefield Coal Show open this morning at the Brushfork Armory. The three-day event continues though Friday. Hal Quinn, president and CEO of[Read More…]
Startups pitch businesses to prospective investors
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The FITZ Flask is a water bottle that comes with a removable container into which water may be poured, so that both dogs and their owners can enjoy a drink from the same supply of water. “It’s a great product for outdoor enthusiasts[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media receives a $150,000 grant to expand community-based reporting aimed at bridging America’s divides
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A foundation launched by the founder of eBay is supporting the efforts of West Virginia University’sReed College of Media to better tell the stories of Appalachian communities and to help bridge America’s political and cultural divides. The Democracy Fund recently awarded the College of Media[Read More…]
Netflix documentary shows Huntington in different light
By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — When it comes to fighting against a drug epidemic that appears to have swallowed the city whole, three women are standing by the notion that Huntington will not be defined by its drug problem. This is the premise behind the documentary “Heroin(e),” which[Read More…]
National Suicide Prevention Week activities raise awareness among college students
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald One thousand, one hundred. 1,100. That is enough people to fill up more than a third of the seats at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center, and only a few hundred short of WVU Tech’s entire student population. That is also about how many students end their[Read More…]
Adopt-A-Highway registration begins
By CHRISTOPHER DOWELL The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is accepting registrations for the Adopt-A-Highway Fall Statewide Cleanup, scheduled for Sept. 30. Adopt-A-Highway is administered by the Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan. Its goals include improving the quality of our environment by encouraging public[Read More…]
Riverfest opens at Parkersburg’s Point Park on Friday
By WAYNE TOWNER The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Nearly a dozen privately owned sternwheelers will be docked at Point Park this weekend for the first Riverfest. It will be the first time in about 20 years a group of sternwheelers has been docked together at Point Park,[Read More…]
