By Matt Young, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Pensions and Retirement has set its priorities for future Interim sessions. The Committee met on Sunday during the first day of the April Interim Session. In what served as an organizational meeting[Read More…]

By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s Director of the State Resiliency Office, Bob Martin, delivered his agency’s first quarter report to members of the Joint Legislative Interim Committee on Flooding on Sunday, telling lawmakers he believes the economic future of the Mountain State depends on[Read More…]

WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature’s April Interim meetings, set for Sunday through Tuesday, continue today at the Capitol.. The schedule and agendas are as follows: Sunday, April 16, 2023 Convene Adjourn Committee Location 01:00 PM 03:00 PM Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability – Agenda Senate[Read More…]

WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Legislature’s April Interim meetings start today at 1 p.m. at the Capitol and continue through Tuesday. The schedule and agendas are as follows: Sunday, April 16, 2023 Convene Adjourn Committee Location 01:00 PM 03:00 PM Legislative Oversight Commission on Education[Read More…]

By Roger Adkins [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The critical shortage of correctional officers in West Virginia has put the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation high on the agenda for interim legislative committee meetings starting this weekend at the Capitol in Charleston. During a 3 p.m. meeting on Sunday, the leaders of[Read More…]

By Greg Jordan Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. —  Southern West Virginians having trouble getting reliable broadband internet service are being urged to attend Region I meetings later this month which will allow them to share their concerns with state officials. The Region I Planning & Development Council is inviting[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore visited Parkersburg Thursday, April 13, to present an unclaimed property check worth over $30,000 to the Parkersburg Police Department – proceeds from the Treasurer’s Office’s recent record-breaking unclaimed property firearms auction. “I’m proud my Office partners with local law[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and the state legislative leadership, Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, and House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, have issued statements welcoming UNDBIO, a South Korean pharmaceutical company that provides diabetic care solutions, to West Virginia. On Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) welcomed members of the West Virginia Common Ground Partnership to today’s meeting to recognize April as the Month of the Military Child. This year, the partnership, which consists of 20 organizations, has created an online toolkit to assist schools as they[Read More…]

South Korean pharmaceutical company to build an insulin manufacturing facility in Morgantown WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced today that UNDBIO, a South Korean pharmaceutical company that provides diabetic care solutions, has secured a lease with West Virginia University to build an insulin manufacturing facility in[Read More…]