From WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — If the American Cancer Society’s projections prove accurate, more people will die from pancreatic cancer than from breast, brain, ovarian or prostate cancer this year. One reason pancreatic cancer is so lethal is its resistance to traditional chemotherapy. But West Virginia University surgical oncologist Brian Boone[Read More…]
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WV Press: WV snapshot financial graphic on SB 632 – Safe Schools Act
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association is sharing its weekly West Virginia Financial Snapshot Graphic, build in conjunction with the W.Va. Senate’s Financial Committee. The graphic and this week’s Budget Bulletin looks at SB 632, the Safe Schools Act. The bill was signed into law on March 25, 2019.[Read More…]
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Opinion: U.S. Representative Miller on 2020 funding bills
By U.S. Representative Carol Miller, R-W.Va. Third Congressional District This week in Washington we debated the first of many FY2020 funding bills. I was honored to speak on the House floor and offer an amendment that passed 421-3. My amendment added $2 million in funding for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome research.[Read More…]
Justice gets personal in campaign
By Steven Allen Adams, For The Inter-Mountain BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice wrapped up two town hall meetings in southern West Virginia on Thursday, taking questions from the public about education reform, economic development and the growing divide between he and Senate Republicans. The town halls were also[Read More…]
W.Va. Attorney General Morrisey urges caution when planning a summer vacation
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey reminded consumers to exercise great caution when making travel plans this summer. Just as West Virginians often look toward summer as the perfect opportunity to travel, criminals look on the season as a chance to burglarize houses and scam potential vacationers.[Read More…]
Stigmatized, life-saving opioid addiction treatment still not readily available in W.Va.
By Erin Beck, The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As West Virginia approaches a decade of leading the nation in overdose deaths per capita, some in the state still say Suboxone, a medication shown to reduce overdoses, is just substituting one drug for another. Greg Carpenter, of Glasglow, says that Cabin Creek[Read More…]
Gubernatorial candidate Thrasher questions claims of job creation in W.Va.
Release from Thrasher for Governor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican gubernatorial candidate Woody Thrasher is encouraging West Virginians to get out their calculators to double-check the claims from last week that West Virginia’s spike in revenue collection means the state is leading the nation in job growth and economic activity. A[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, June 17
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, June 17, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. IRAN SIGNALS MAJOR NUCLEAR CHANGE A spokesman for Iran’s atomic agency says the[Read More…]
