By Katelyn Aluise, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — About 15,000 students applied for the Hope Scholarship and will receive full funding for the 2025-26 school year. Of that total, more than 1,700 are from Kanawha County. According to a news release from West Virginia Treasurer Larry Pack’s oce, this is[Read More…]
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Morrisey: Still working towards Ohio, Marion County federal disaster declaration
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — While President Donald Trump issued a federal disaster declaration for Texas within days after substantial flash flooding, Gov. Patrick Morrisey is still working on receiving a disaster declaration more than three weeks after flash flooding in Ohio and Marion[Read More…]
Rescue squads request opioid funds for new ambulances
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Officials from the Bluefield Rescue Squad and Princeton Rescue Squad went before the Mercer County Commission Tuesday to inquire about obtaining opioid settlement funds to purchase one new ambulance each. Mark Brooks, CEO of the Princeton Rescue Squad, shared information from Medicare[Read More…]
Gutting of NIOSH mining research, other units endangering workers, unions tell court
By Mike Tony, Williamson Daily News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Unions and occupational safety providers say the federal agency with statutory responsibility to protect workers’ health and safety through research remains decimated by the Trump administration, a disruption of programs and services that will result in more disabling injuries, illnesses and[Read More…]
Vegas, baby?: Breeze Airways to add up to 5 CRW nonstop destinations in next 2 years
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Low-cost carrier Breeze Airways will resume nonstop service to Tampa, Florida, in October and add up to four additional new nonstop destinations to West Virginia International Yeager Airport’s flight schedule during the next two years, Gov. Patrick Morrisey and the airline announced[Read More…]
West Virginia to Open BEAD Benefit of the Bargain Round July 10, 2025
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On July 8, Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the West Virginia Department of Commerce, Division of Economic Development, Office of Broadband (WVDED) is publishing updated Program Procedures for the West Virginia Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding program. “Our office continues[Read More…]
Wildflower meadow at Cacapon thriving as part of pollinator work
By Kate Shunney, The Morgan Messenger Park Naturalist Valerie Chaney championed a pollinator plot a few years back at Cacapon State Park, in partnership with an effort to attract and study Monarch butterflies, which face tough competition for their needed habitat. Today, that “plot” has grown into a two-acre wildflower[Read More…]
Treasurer Pack Announces Nearly 15,000 Students to Receive 100% Hope Scholarship Funding for 2025-2026 School Year
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Larry Pack, who serves as Chairman of the Hope Scholarship Board, today announced nearly 15,000 students will receive full funding for the Hope Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is an increase from the 10,750 students who received some level of[Read More…]
WV Coal Association comments to US EPA regarding the proposed repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for fossil fuel-fired generating units
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held a virtual public hearing on the proposed repeal of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units on July 8. Chris Hamilton, President of the WV Coal Association, offered the following comments in[Read More…]
West Virginia’s expanded ‘Move Over’ law to go into effect Wednesday
WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia’s expanded Slow Down, Move Over law, aimed at protecting all those at the roadside, will take effect Friday, just in time for the height of the summer travel season. Since 2003, West Virginia has had a law requiring drivers to “slow[Read More…]
