By Stephen Smoot, Moorefield Examiner “I am writing to formally submit this Letter of Intent to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA) regarding our proposal to establish a new Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) to become an IDD service provider.” Ladale Jackson of Liberty Community Programs WV LLC submitted[Read More…]
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West Virginia health agency plans for federal cuts of $2.2 million in grants
The Morgan Messenger In response to recent cuts at the federal level related to COVID-19 grants and cooperative agreements, the West Virginia Department of Health and Department of Human Services (DoHS) says they are taking proactive steps to “ensure the continuation of essential services to West Virginians.” The loss of[Read More…]
A Peek into Summers County’s Past: Registered Chauffeur badge
By William Jones, The Hinton News This week’s story is about something relatively common, “in its day” but very few people are aware of today. This is the 1931 “Registered Chauffeur State of West Virginia” badge. This small metal pin superseded a “driver’s license,” the physical card we have today. [Read More…]
AND THEN AGAIN……………………. by Tamara Pettit
Hometown News …………Politics is a rough game to play and it’s not only getting rougher, it’s getting personal. Sure, the rhetoric of the presidential election attracted a lot of voters to Trump. But when rhetoric turns into reality, it often hurts. Right now a lot of people are hurting and[Read More…]
Fat Possum: Senate Health Committee revives vaccine exemption bill
By Steven Allen Adams for The Journal CHARLESTON — A West Virginia Senate committee opened up a House of Delegates bill Monday and amended into it an updated version of the school-age vaccine exemption legislation rejected by the House last month, creating what one senator called a “fat possum.” The[Read More…]
Wreck causes power outage
By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON — A motor vehicle accident on the Old Elkins Road caused a power outage in Upshur County early Monday morning. Deputies responded to an accident involving a Ford F-150 pickup truck on the Old Elkins Road close to Waughs Custom Cutting according to a[Read More…]
Union reps say food dye ban, SNAP changes could lead to layoffs
By Maggie Susa, HD Media Union leaders are bracing for layoffs following a newly passed ban on food dyes in West Virginia. House Bill 2354, prohibiting certain food dyes from being used as an ingredient in school lunches and in food items sold in West Virginia, was passed by the[Read More…]
Benson addresses Faculty Senate, discusses bill affecting student BOG voting power
By Jerenie Sands, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU’s Faculty Senate discussed multiple pending bills in the West Virginia Legislature and heard from newly-named WVU President Michael Benson at its regular meeting Monday. Eloise Elliott, Faculty Senate representative to state government, discussed multiple bills that would affect WVU if[Read More…]
New details emerge in investigation that led to Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Manager Pat Ford’s dismissal
By Damian Phillips, The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — An internal investigation pursued by Pat Ford was cited as the primary cause for his dismissal from the position of city manager of Bridgeport Thursday. Details of the investigation were initially scarce, but more information has come to light.[Read More…]
COLUMN: Research that matters
By Dr. E. Gordon Gee, president, West Virginia University West Virginia University is a fiercely land-grant university, a driving force for good, for change and for opportunity. We are also West Virginia’s only Research 1 institution, holding the highest possible research ranking from the American Council on Education and the[Read More…]
