The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, June 7, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ANALYSIS: HUD PLAN WOULD RAISE RENTS FOR POOR BY 20 PERCENT Housing Secretary Ben Carson[Read More…]

Four-day campus event on communications in 21st century free for students HUNTINGTON, W.VA. — Do you have or know of a high school student interested in journalism and thinking about attending college to study journalism? Marshall University and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism & Mass Communications is hosting[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a total of $13,974,736 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support improvement projects at airports in Raleigh, Kanawha, Mercer, and Greenbrier counties.   “Our local[Read More…]

By LORI KERSEY Charleston Gazette-Mail LEWISBURG, W.Va.  — At her desk on Monday afternoon, Kayla M. McCoy alternated between putting her head in her hands, sighing and shaking her head. On her computer, she watched Gov. Jim Justice’s news conference about the RISE West Virginia flood recovery program. Justice announced[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Building and operating a hydraulic fracturing well site can emit airborne particles in multiple ways. But scientists still don’t fully understand how these particles impact human health. Travis Knuckles, assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has received $450,000 from the[Read More…]

The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Nearly $51 million in abandoned mine land grants have been awarded to 15 projects in 12 counties and those projects are contributing to job growth, increased tourism, and redevelopment across West Virginia, according to the governor’s office. The deadline to apply for an additional share[Read More…]

By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, is now being distributed statewide to emergency first responders. During the 2018 legislative session, a bill was passed requiring all first responders to carry naloxone (subject to sufficient funding) and to be trained to reduce overdose[Read More…]

By KAITLYN NEFF Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va.  — Local fruits, vegetables and other farm-fresh foods at the Fairmont Farmer’s Market are available to clients of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program via vouchers as part of a farmer’s market nutrition program. WIC nutritionist Kirstie Wadsworth said that the[Read More…]

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. —  In its 11 years prior, the annual Drug Prevention Summit had centered on the topics of narcotics and the problems created by their misuse in the Huntington area. While the matter looms no less large in 2018, the tone of this year’s[Read More…]