The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. US DESTROYER COLLIDES WITH TANKER, 10 SAILORS MISSING The USS John S. McCain suffers damage[Read More…]
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WV Ethics Commission considers letting state officials go to Greenbrier
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Ethics Commission will decide Friday if workers with the state Development Office and Division of Tourism attend events at The Greenbrier resort, given that Gov. Jim Justice has not put his ownership of the resort into a blind trust.[Read More…]
WV PSC seeks dismissal of Frontier lawsuit
By MAX GARLAND Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has filed a motion to dismiss Frontier Communication’s federal lawsuit which names all three of its commissioners, stating it has no role in enforcing the section of House Bill 3093, known as the broadband bill, Frontier says[Read More…]
Mingo County native recorded with Jimi Hendrix
By KYLE LOVERN HD Media MATEWAN. W.Va. — Growing up in the small hamlet of Newtown nestled deep in the mountains in rural Mingo County, Rocky Isaac never dreamed he would one day be drumming for a rock-and-roll icon. However his travels and musical talents eventually led him to recording sessions[Read More…]
Sex offender supervision unit ending in WV
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s intensive supervision office, which employs dozens of officers who have spent nearly a decade herding hundreds of sex offenders, will end in September. The termination of the ISO program comes after a June 26 order signed by West Virginia Supreme Court[Read More…]
Johnson to lead office to combat drug abuse
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Cabinet Secretary Bill J. Crouch has appointed Jim Johnson as director of the newly formed Office of Drug Control Policy, according to a Thursday press release. For the past three years, Johnson has served as[Read More…]
Program aims to prevent spread of diseases related to opioid abuse
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Eight West Virginia counties, including Mercer and McDowell, have been targeted for a new program that will try to prevent the spread of infectious disease related to opioid abuse. With money provided by four federal grants, West Virginia University will head[Read More…]
Reaching out: Infant health in West Virginia — The third in a four-part series
The third in a four-part series By Wendy Holdren The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Dr. Coy Flowers, an OB/GYN based in Lewisburg, travels weekly to offer obstetric services in Hinton, Rainelle and Low Moor, Va. The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership’s Maternity Care Provider Shortage Committee, which Flowers co-chaired, found a[Read More…]
Wyoming delegation opposes Justice’s coal plan
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Wyoming’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump, expressing their opposition to a plan proposed by Gov. Justice to provide a $4.5 billion annual subsidy to eastern coal producers. U.S. Sens Mike Enzi and John Barasso and Rep. Liz Cheney,[Read More…]
WVU to host Children’s Health Policy Summit
Staff report The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As children’s access to quality and affordable health care is in uncertain times, West Virginia University’s John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics is partnering with the WVU Health Sciences Center and WVU Libraries to host a Children’s Health Policy[Read More…]
