By JoAnn Snoderly, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Harrison County commissioner has taken a new job in the office of State Auditor John “J.B.” McCuskey as a liaison between the state office and local and federal officials on American Rescue Plan funds. Since early April, Commissioner Patsy Trecost has[Read More…]
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Plan calls for West Virginia to receive 1% of settlement reached with OxyContin maker
By Courtney Hessler, The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite being one of the areas most affected by the opioid crisis, West Virginia is set to receive about 1% of the proposed national settlement being reached with the drug company accused of creating the problem. The disclosure for the settlement was[Read More…]
New census shows West Virginia will lose Congressional seat
Sarah Marino, Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Newly-published data from the 2020 U.S. Census shows West Virginia lost nearly 65,000 residents in the previous decade. John Kilwein, associate professor of political science at West Virginia University, said the result is that the Mountain State will lose a seat in[Read More…]
West Virginia to lose U.S. House seat after Census reapportionment
Mountain State saw biggest 10-year population decrease among states: 3.2% By Michael Lemley, WV News WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia is one of seven states that will be losing a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives following a reapportionment as part of the 2020 Census. At a press conference[Read More…]
West Virginia college students team up to urge U.S. Senator Manchin to support For The People Act
Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — College students around West Virginia are coming together to urge U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D.W.Va., to support the For The People Act that has been introduced in Congress. A new chapter of a group called “Un-PAC” has launched at Fairmont State University, led by senior[Read More…]
Governor Justice to young West Virginians: Get vaccine, get a savings bond
By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In order to help get over the wall of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and help incentivize eligible teenagers and young adults, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that the state could give out savings bonds in exchange for shots in arms. During his[Read More…]
Census makes it official: West Virginia loses a congressional seat, leads nation in population loss
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a population loss of 3.2% over the past decade — the highest of any state in the nation — U.S. Census officials confirmed Monday what most had expected: West Virginia will lose a seat in the House of Representatives in the[Read More…]
West Virginia legislators, business leaders get a look at medical technlogy innovation company Intermed Labs at Mon Health
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – It’s a bare bones room on the top floor of the upper building of the Mon Health medical park – really bare bones: concrete floor, fluorescent lights dangling down below exposed steel beams. Arrayed on tables were things called Fingy, ScarChargr, Octopus,[Read More…]
West Virginia’s U.S. Senator Manchin backs federal effort to revitalize coal, power plant communities
By Charles Young, WV News WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is supporting a recently announced federal effort to revitalize the economies of communities traditionally supported by coal mining and coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Department of Energy has announced plans to spend $109.5 million in funding for projects[Read More…]
West Virginia officials weigh in on Biden’s greenhouse emission goals
President pledges resources for move from fossil fuels By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Joe Biden’s goal of cutting greenhouse emissions in the U.S. in half by the end of the decade might have overtones of President John F. Kennedy’s moon-landing goal, but[Read More…]
