By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new legislative audit released Tuesday took the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to task for an improper contract with its former leader during a six-month sabbatical. The Legislature’s Post Audit Division released a report on a[Read More…]
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West Virginia Delegate Mandt’s statements show need for LGBTQ+ protections in state law, lawmakers say
By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A statement against the Fairness Act made by Delegate John Mandt Jr., R-Cabell, last week highlights the need to protect LGBTQ+ West Virginians from discrimination and misunderstanding of the LGBTQ+ community, Democratic lawmakers and other state leaders said Tuesday. One day before[Read More…]
Released into the wilds of West Virginia
By Brad Johnson, The Inter-Mountain SHAVERS FORK, W.Va. — A bald eagle was released back into the wild in Randolph County Monday after being nursed back to health from lead poisoning, officials said. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources police officers, with the assistance Jo Santiago and Dylan Lewis with[Read More…]
Orion Strategies’ Martinsburg office expands; Jessie Thompson joins team
MARTINSBURG, W.Va — Jessie Thompson has joined the Martinsburg office of Orion Strategies, a multi-state strategic communications and public relations firm. With rapid growth throughout the region, Orion Strategies’ expansion will enable the firm to continue to exceed the needs and opportunities of both its current client line up and[Read More…]
Stonewall Sporting Clays is West Virginia’s only complete clay shooting facility
By Ed Given, Braxton Citizens’ News ROANOKE, W.VA. — It has been a long and unique path that took a Braxton County boy to the only complete sporting clay facility in the Mountain State. Kevin Teets is the son of Ray and Carol Lewis Teets of Keener’s Ridge, Braxton County. Growing[Read More…]
West Virginia State of the State set for House of Delegates chamber Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Release from the W.Va. House of Delegates: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has requested members of the West Virginia Legislature, the Board of Public Works and West Virginia Supreme Court Justices join him in the House of Delegate Chamber for his fifth State of the State address[Read More…]
West Virginia House, Senate leaders give business community legislative preview
By Steven Allen Adams, The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Leaders in the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates gave members of the business community a preview Monday of legislation to help spur job creation and help businesses in the wake of COVID-19, as well as possible tax reform measures.[Read More…]
Justice and team describe vaccine partnership with Walgreens
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice and his team talked about the new Walgreens partnership with the state to administer an extra 5,800 vaccine doses per week across West Virginia. Walgreens is the state’s designated partner for the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. The 5,800 doses[Read More…]
West Virginia hunters harvest 106,861 deer during seasons
The Inter-Mountain SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — According to preliminary data collected by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, hunters in the Mountain State harvested 106,861 white-tailed deer during the 2020-2021 fall and winter seasons. The harvest was 7.5 percent higher than the 2019 harvest of 99,437 deer and 6[Read More…]
West Virginia Hive Network places three clients In prestigious University of Virginia impact investing course
Release from West Virginia Hive Network: BECKLEY, W.Va. — Judy Moore, director of the West Virginia Hive Network, navigated landing three of their clients in this Spring’s University of Virginia (UVA) Appalachian Impact Investing Due Diligence class. UVA only selected eight companies for this social entrepreneurial course. “We are always[Read More…]
