Release from the Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter: CHARLESTON, W.Va.. – The Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter is offering Know the 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s: What’s Normal, What’s Not, a free community workshop in Charleston on Tuesday, March 31 at 6 p.m. at Brookdale Charleston Gardens located at 800 Association Drive,[Read More…]
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Coronavirus Update: W.Va. Health Care Association evaluating visitation restrictions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Data shows Coronavirus most threatening to elderly, especially those with existing chronic illnesses Release from the West Virginia Health Care Association: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the emergence of data reflecting a disproportionate impact on our elderly, especially those with existing chronic illnesses, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are evaluating[Read More…]
Obituary: Dr. Ralph J. Turner dead at 80
Educator was leader in newspaper industry’s education efforts HUNTINGTON, W.VA. — The West Virginia Press Association has learned of the death of Dr Ralph J. Turner of Huntington, West Virginia. Turner passed away on March 9, 2020, at the age of 80 Turner was leader in student journalism and also assisted[Read More…]
Sunshine Week: It’s always your right to know
Jim Zachary, CNHI Deputy National Editor The media is most definitely not your enemy. Far from being the enemy of the people, day in and day out we take our role as the Fourth Estate seriously and work hard to protect your right to know, making public records requests and[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers, Justice look back at accomplishments of 2020 session
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 60-day legislative session for 2020 wrapped up Saturday night at midnight with leaders in the state Senate and House of Delegates taking stock of the bills that made it, while Gov. Jim Justice was pleased that most of[Read More…]
W.Va. legislative session included more tax breaks for industry, funding foster care
By Erin Beck, Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The 2020 legislative session concluded Saturday, following a year of work on a bill to address to the state’s foster care crisis and arguments over $16.9 million in funding for it, and another round of overwhelming support for at least $28 million in tax breaks for fossil fuel[Read More…]
W.Va. legislators passed bail and parole reforms this session, but work on the state’s jail system remains
By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va — Even as they wrapped up work on criminal justice reform legislation Saturday, West Virginia lawmakers acknowledged there likely still was more work to do to balance the scales of justice in the Mountain State. The Legislature this session passed a series of bills[Read More…]
What education bills did, and didn’t, pass in this year’s regular W.Va. legislative session
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As lawmakers put the finishing touches on the regular legislative session Saturday night, this election year proved to be a big one for religion-in-public-schools bills. The most notable one would put in law that Bible classes are allowed in public schools. But[Read More…]
W.Va. Session highlighted by child welfare reform
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the 2020 session came to an end Saturday, West Virginia lawmakers could leave the Capitol knowing they made an impact on some of the state’s most vulnerable residents — its children. Legislators made finishing touches Saturday to House Bill 4092, the session’s[Read More…]
Prayer Caucus shepherds Bible bill to W.Va. governor’s desk
By Jordan Hatfield, The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Efforts to put the Bible back into public schools as a course of study and to allow homeschoolers to play public school sports have defined education policy efforts in this year’s 60-day legislative session – which came to a close Saturday night. Dubbed[Read More…]