By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers in Wheeling indicated they are willing to help regional economic authorities do what is necessary to encourage development and growth in the state. Legislative interim meetings in Wheeling this week concluded Tuesday, with one of the last being a[Read More…]
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‘I don’t know what else to do’: Gas outage taking toll on West Side residents
By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Four days into the natural gas outage on the flats of Charleston’s West Side, the cold is taking a toll on residents young and old. “I feel kind of mad because we don’t have no hot water or no heat at the[Read More…]
By studying hydropower dams, WVU researchers shed light on pitfalls of natural resource extraction
By Jack Walker, Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The research of Carolina Arantes might focus on a region more than 3,000 miles away from WVU’s Morgantown campus, but its implications reach as far as rural West Virginia. Arantes, an assistant professor at West Virginia University’s Davis College of Agriculture,[Read More…]
Marshall alumnus, former football player provides perspective on plane crash during Memorial Fountain Ceremony
By Jesten Richardson, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A former Marshall University football player recalled the impact the 1970 plane crash had on racial tensions at the university during the 53rd annual Memorial Fountain Ceremony on Tuesday. Craig Greenlee, journalist, Marshall alumnus and author of “November Ever After: A Memoir[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers find issues with COVID fund spending in public schools
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers learned Monday that issues surrounding spending by county school systems of COVID-19 dollars go far beyond the actions of one or two counties. “It seems like there is a massive problem and we should be[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Veterans’ Affairs updated on suicides among armed services veterans
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association WHEELING, W.Va. – Although veteran suicide rates have decreased nationwide, the numbers are still far too high, according to West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance Cabinet Secretary Edward Diaz, who spoke before members of the West Virginia legislative Select Committee On Veterans’ Affairs during[Read More…]
Jefferson Co. prosecutor files petition to remove sitting county commissioners
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Matt Harvey, prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County, has filed a petition with Jefferson County Circuit Court to remove two county commissioners from office for allegedly failing or refusing to perform their official elected duties. Harvey indicated that his filing is pursuant[Read More…]
Underwood-Smith Teaching Scholarships no longer being funded in West Virginia
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — A valuable scholarship established to increase the number of teachers in areas of need across West Virginia is no longer being funded, and state officials are no longer accepting applicants. Sarah Armstrong Tucker, chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission, confirmed this[Read More…]
WV Legislative Interims: Health and Human Resources Accountability committee hears update on DHHR
WV Press Staff Report WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability (LOCHHRA), on Sunday, met at The Health Plan’s Wheeling offices to hear status updates regarding the transformation of the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). Dr. Sherri Young, who currently[Read More…]
Fayette, others to make pitches for SBA funding
By Steve Keenan, The Fayette Tribune CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The School Building Authority of West Virginia will entertain needs requests from 27 county school systems on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 13-14 during interviews in Charleston. Included among the capital funding requests will be one from Fayette County Schools, which is[Read More…]
