Entries must be postmarked by Friday, February 28, 2020 to qualify CHARLESTON – West Virginia State Treasurer John Perdue and representatives from SMART529 gathered at Chamberlain Elementary School in Charleston announced the 2020 SMART529 When I Grow Up student and teacher essay contest this week. The annual essay contest gives students around the[Read More…]
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Highmark Foundation accepting applications for 2020-2021 School Grant, Awards Program
Release from The Highmark Foundation PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Highmark Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2020-2021 School Grant and Awards Program, which will make available a total of $450,000 for schools grades K-12 in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The goal of the program is to create healthier school[Read More…]
This week in the West Virginia House of Delegates
Review from the House of Delegates for the week ending Jan. 17: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia House of Delegates passed its first bills of the 2020 regular session this past week, with a bill protecting the sanctity of life for vulnerable newborn babies among the first to pass.[Read More…]
Aeronautics Commission awards $388,000 in Airport Improvement Grants
Release from the Office of the Governor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice and leaders with the West Virginia Aeronautics Commission have announced a combined total of $388,203 in grant funding has been secured for airports across the state. The grants were approved during the WVAC’s latest meeting on Thursday. “I’ve said[Read More…]
W.Va. Auditor McCuskey issues statement regarding parental leave policy
Release from the office of the Auditor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Auditor John B. McCuskey issued the following statement after the introduction of House Bill 4189, by Delegates Moore Capito and Eric Nelson, requiring the State and County Boards of Education pay employees up to 12 weeks of paid parental[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: W.Va. Legislative, committee schedule for Monday, Jan. 20
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Jan. 20, 202013th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Optometry Day; Upper Senate Rotunda; NFIB; Upper House Walkway The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS SR 9: Designating January 20, 2020, as Down[Read More…]
Media advisory: Gat Caperton to discuss WV Ready Graduate at Jefferson County Regional Chamber of Commerce
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Education Alliance has issued the following media advisory: Members of the media are welcome to attend the Jefferson County Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting to hear local business leader Gat Caperton discuss WV Ready Graduate, an innovative program of The Education Alliance that highlights the knowledge,[Read More…]
Cancer survivor pays it forward at Bob Huggins Fish Fry
From WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When Angie Blankenship woke up following double mastectomy surgery, she was relieved to hear that her breast cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes. But, she said, “in that moment of jubilation, I also knew that we had the fight of healing.” That fight[Read More…]
Hunger Caucus: W.Va. has 270,000 people struggling with hunger each day
By Crystal Good WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has 270,000 people struggling with hunger each day. That message was delivered to the Hunger Caucus, a bipartisan group from the West Virginia House of Delegates, that met this week at the West Virginia Legislature to address food insecurity issues.[Read More…]
Gov. Justice proclaims Hunger Free West Virginia Day
Governor highlights $6 million in proposed funding to help fight hunger Release from the Office of the Governor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In recognition of the efforts being made across the state to end hunger in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice hosted a ceremony at the State Capitol Building in Charleston today[Read More…]