BECKLEY, W.Va. – Jina Belcher, executive director of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), announced today NRGRDA is partnering to support Generation West Virginia, a statewide non-profit dedicated to attracting, retaining, and advancing young people in the Mountain State. “Generation West Virginia is one of the most effective[Read More…]
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W.Va. State Auditor McCuskey to be sworn in Tuesday in Harrison County
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Auditor John B. McCuskey will be sworn-in for a second term tomorrow, January 19, 2021, on the steps of the Harrison County Court House, 301 W. Main Street, in Clarksburg, WV at 11 a.m., with friends and family in attendance. The oath of office will be[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: West Virginia Gov. Justice to hold virtual press briefing on COVID-19 response Tuesday at 11 a.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice will hold virtual press briefing on COVID-19 response Tuesday at 11 a.m. WHO: Gov. Jim Justice, other state officials. WHAT: Gov. Justice will provide an update for media on COVID-19 response. WHEN: Tomorrow; Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. VIRTUAL PRESS BRIEFING INFO FOR MEDIA[Read More…]
West Virginia 2021 State Inauguration ceremony scheduled for Friday in Charleston
Attendance will be limited; Event will be broadcast live on the West Virginia Channel Release from the Office of the Governor: CHARLESTON, WV – The Office of Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the 2021 West Virginia Gubernatorial and Constitutional Officer Inauguration Ceremony will be held on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021,[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia has 109,809 positive cases, 1,784 deaths, 23,092 people fully vaccinated
Free testing sites listed; Harvard Global Health COVID Map included. WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 109,809 Current Active Cases – 1784 Total[Read More…]
MLK’s vision yet to be fulfilled
By Gabriella Brown, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Marjorie Fuller was just 10 years old when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Fuller, director of the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research, was too young at the time to participate in the civil rights movement but[Read More…]
WVDOH starts fight against state potholes with prevention
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — When rain and snow falls and winter temperatures rise and fall, the combination pries at asphalt and opens up the bane of many drivers, the infamous pothole. The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) has begun its annual fight against potholes,[Read More…]
Rustic Mechanicals theatre troupe continue quest to bring Shakespeare to West Virginia masses
By Bill Lynch, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On a blacktop parking lot outside the Uptown Event Center in Clarksburg during the scorching heat of early September, The Rustic Mechanicals theater troupe sweated, panted and gasped as they rehearsed scenes from William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Artists sometimes have[Read More…]
Chuck Yeager honored with memorial service, visit by Pence
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News & Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Chuck Yeager, the World War II ace fighter pilot who earned international fame for being the first person to break the sound barrier, was honored Friday with a memorial service attended by Vice President Mike Pence in Charleston.[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia has 106,649 positive cases, 1,733 deaths, 21,599 people fully vaccinated
Free testing sites listed; Harvard Global Health COVID Map included. WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 15. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 106,649 Current Active Cases – 27,016 Total[Read More…]
