WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice invited West Virginians to a holiday festival next Tuesday, November 7, to officially send off a 63-foot Norway Spruce from the Monongahela National Forest to the U.S. Capitol. This is the first time in nearly 50 years that a West Virginia tree will[Read More…]
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Alys Smith Symposium on Women Professionals to occur this week, feature women in STEM
By Jesten Richardson, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Several women in the STEM industry, including Marshall alumni and a local business co-owner, will participate on Thursday in the third event of the Alys Smith Symposium on Women Professionals at Marshall University. The begins at 7 p.m. in the Shawkey Dining[Read More…]
Osteopathic medical school program sends students back home to practice medicine
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s Site Selection program is bringing local medical talent back home, adding coverage to areas that need it. “The whole program is really just a retention of local talent,” Dr. Eric J Radcliffe, executive director[Read More…]
‘Dereliction of duty’: Judge finds WV corrections leaders intentionally destroyed evidence
By Mike Tony, Charleston-Gazette Mail BECKLEY, W.Va. — In a remarkable order late Monday, a federal judge found current and former West Virginia corrections officials intentionally destroyed evidence in a case alleging inhumane conditions at a Raleigh County jail. Southern District of West Virginia District Court Magistrate Judge Omar Aboulhosn[Read More…]
WVU to reorganize Strategic Initiatives as Alsop steps down from VP role
WV Press Release Sharing MORGANTOWN, W.Va.– West Virginia University President Gordon Gee announced on Tuesday (Oct. 31) he will reorganize the Strategic Initiatives unit as Rob Alsop plans to leave his role as vice president and temporarily transition to the role of special advisor to the president, effective Nov. 18 through Jan. 31, 2024.[Read More…]
Stover will not seek re-election
By Mary Catherine Brooks, The Register~Herald, Wyoming County Report WYOMING COUNTY, W.Va. — West Virginia Senator David “Bugs” Stover, R-Wyoming, will complete the 14 months left in his current term, but he will not seek re-election. Stover said Tuesday he’d come to the difficult decision only two days prior after[Read More…]
Giving Back: Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund gives $102K to United Way groups
By Nancy Taylor, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A total of $102,000 in grant funding from the Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health was announced Monday in Parkersburg for distribution among 12 United Way agencies serving the 55 counties in the state. The United Way Alliance[Read More…]
Gee: West Virginia University is ‘stronger today’
By Charles Young, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The decisions weren’t easy, but they were necessary, according to West Virginia University President Dr. E. Gordon Gee. Gee, who at the beginning of September received a symbolic vote of no confidence from WVU’s faculty amid efforts to address a $45 million[Read More…]
St. Albans ‘baby box’ project fully funded
By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — A proposed “baby box” in St. Albans has been fully funded just a week after the project was announced, the St. Albans Fire Department announced Monday. Chapman Technical Group, an engineering and architectural consulting firm based in St. Albans and Buckhannon,[Read More…]
Manchin challenges EPA’s new metallurgical coal rules, warns it will harm W.Va.
By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is raising concern over a proposed federal Environmental Protection Agency rule that would impact the mining of metallurgical coal. Manchin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is asking EPA Administrator Michael[Read More…]
