WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice has issued a proclamation, ordering that all United States and West Virginia flags on all State-owned facilities be displayed at half-staff from dawn until noon on Memorial Day – Monday, May 29, 2023 – to honor the memory of the men[Read More…]
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Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $315 Million for cleanup and technical assistance at polluted Brownfield sites
WV Press Release Sharing Plan is EPA’s largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced more than $315 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announces $5.4 million for Brownfields clean up across West Virginia
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $5,466,135 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program for ten initiatives across West Virginia. The funding is made possible[Read More…]
West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore announces 2023 SMART529 “When I Grow Up” essay contest regional and teacher winners
Grand Prize Winner to be Announced at September Culture Center Ceremony WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore has announced the 15 regional student winners and statewide teacher winner of this year’s SMART529 “When I Grow Up” essay contest. Now in its 16th year, the annual essay[Read More…]
COVID-19 Update: West Virginia – 210 new cases, 5 deaths since last update; 56.3% of population fully vaccinated
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24. The totals below are updated weekly on Wednesday from the previous week’s WVDHHR reports. West Virginia Statistics New cases since reported since the previous weekly report –[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin announces $17.3 million for seven West Virginia Rural Development projects
By WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced $17,379,983 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development program for seven projects across West Virginia. This funding will support renovating a building into a health clinic to[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller joins U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith as co-chairs of new coal caucus
By CHARLES BOOTHE, Bluefield Daily Telegraph For the Register-Herald of Beckley BECKLEY, W.Va. — U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-1st District, W.Va., has joined U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th District, Va., , as co-chairs of the new Congressional Coal Caucus. “West Virginia has provided the nation and the world with coal for[Read More…]
New River Gorge named Best Family Trip in the U.S. by Outside Magazine
Gov. Justice announces Nation’s newest national park earns Outside Magazine’s 2023 travel award CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that The New River Gorge has been named Best Family Trip in the U.S. by Outside Magazine, making another major travel award for West Virginia. Each year, Outside selects one winning[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin introduces bipartisan legislation to overhaul federal correctional facilities oversight
WV Press Release Sharing WASHINGTON, DC— Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Federal Prison Oversight Act, bipartisan legislation that would create a new oversight structure to ensure transparency, safety, and accountability in federal correctional facilities. “After serious reports of abuses, staff shortages, and dangerous conditions in federal facilities in West Virginia[Read More…]
Media Advisory: State Treasurer Moore to present unclaimed property firearms auction checks to Kanawha County law enforcement agencies at 5 p.m. today
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore will attend the Kanawha County Commission meeting Tuesday evening to present two checks, one to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office and the other to the South Charleston Police Department – proceeds from the Treasurer’s Office’s recent record-breaking unclaimed property[Read More…]
