The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. LIGHTS, CAMERA, CLUES Chicago’s vast network of surveillance cameras, with more than 32,000 mounted on[Read More…]
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TMC Technologies of WV to perform mission software assurance audit for NASA
Release from TMC Technologies of West Virginia: PLEASANT VALLEY, W.Va. — The next 10 days could be considered a critical test for NASA’s Commercial CrewProgram (CCP) Surveillance Lead Kathy Malnick. Malnick, a senior systems engineer for TMC Technologies of West Virginia (TMC) leads the local contractor team as part of SAIC’s[Read More…]
W.Va. record yellow perch caught on Summersville Lake
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A state record yellow perch was caught by Clinton Mills of Ravenswood, West Virginia on Feb. 24, 2018. Mills caught the 14.5-inch, 2.04-pound fish on a 10-pound test line with live bait while fishing from a boat on Summersville Lake in Nicholas County. Mills’ yellow perch establishes[Read More…]
Media Alert: Summary available on WVDOH maintenance funds allocations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. —The West Virginia Legislative Auditor’s Office has released the attached report on the West Virginia Division of Highways maintenance funding allocations this afternoon. Aaron Allred, legislative manager, issued the following summary on maintenance funds allocations within all 10 West Virginia Division of Highways Districts: The Performance Evaluation and[Read More…]
WV Army National Guard uses Blackhawk to rescue stranded motorist in Ritchie County, WV
Staff report NCWV Media ELLENBORO — Aircrew members of the West Virginia Army National Guard’s Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion (MEDEVAC), located in Williamstown, provided a successful aerial rescue mission via a U.S. Army HH-60 Blackhawk for a civilian trapped in his vehicle due to floodwaters at approximately[Read More…]
Senator Manchin speaks with Wesleyan students, but doesn’t really answer THE question
By AMANDA HAYES The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON — Will U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III run for governor again? It’s a question the senior U.S. senator from West Virginia and former governor keeps getting asked. Last week, West Virginia MetroNews commentator Hoppy Kercheval asked Manchin the question. This time it was asked[Read More…]
2019 WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni to be honored in May
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Four prominent leaders in the fields of public relations, library science, finance, and medicine will join an influential group of West Virginia University graduates as this year’s inductees into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the Erickson Alumni Center May 17 at 6 p.m. Receiving one of the highest honors[Read More…]
Former West Virginia Supreme Court chief justice Allen Loughry agrees to panel’s findings
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch WAYNE, W.Va. — Allen Loughry, the former West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals chief justice turned convicted felon, has agreed to surrender his law license and never again run for public office in the state. Without admitting guilt, Loughry entered into an agreement with the[Read More…]
W.Va. Senator Facemire questions water plan’s benefits for residents of small communities
Erica Young West Virginia Press Association Capitol Reporter CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Doug Facemire, D-Braxton, did not hold back when voicing his opinion on Senate Bill 467, which would clarify the West Virginia Public Service Commission’s jurisdiction over water and sewer utilities owned by political subdivisions. Douglas Smith and Amy[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate HHR Committee passes bill addressing Medicaid for pregnant women
By Erica Young West Virginia Press Association Capitol Reporter CHARLESTON, W.Va — The Senate Health and Human Resources Committee this week moved SB 564, which would require the Department of Health and Human Resources to extend Medicaid to pregnant women “between 185 percent and 300 percent of the federal poverty[Read More…]
