By Charles Young, WV News ROANOKE, W.Va. (WV News) — State lawmakers were advised to be wary of some upcoming base-building budget items during interim committee meetings Monday morning. Dr. Peter Shirley, deputy secretary of the state Department of Revenue, who addressed a meeting of the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee[Read More…]
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FEMA Has ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Ohio County Flood Zone
By Eric Ayres, The Intelligencer WHEELING — Representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in flood-ravaged areas of Ohio County gathering information for preliminary damage assessments as the area awaits a federal disaster declaration from the president. Local officials held a flood recovery update on Monday in Wheeling to[Read More…]
CAMC Ryan White Program to participate in National HIV Testing Day
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More people are living with HIV than ever. With screenings, proper care and medications, people can live long, healthy lives. National HIV Testing Day, June 27 is set aside to encourage people to get tested for HIV, know their status, and get linked to care and treatment. The[Read More…]
Capito, Noem, Scott Celebrate Opening of Monarch Hall at Advanced Training Center
West Virginia Press Association HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), former chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, on June 23, joined Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott, as well as Congressman Riley Moore (R-W.Va.),[Read More…]
Boone County’s Nowicki-Eldridge named Judge of the Year
By Cameron Maynard, Coal Valley News MADISON, W.Va. — Boone County Circuit Court Judge Stacy Nowicki-Eldridge was recently named Judge of the Year by the WV Association for Justice, and it’s an honor she says she was overwhelmed by. Not only overwhelmed, but also a little speechless, which she said[Read More…]
Extreme heat warning: Tips to stay safe, cool as heat wave cooks Charleston
By Olivia Haught, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An extreme heat warning has been issued for most of West Virginia from noon Sunday through Wednesday evening. Expect dangerously hot conditions with heat index values topping 100 degrees. Heat-related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. This could[Read More…]
Against the Current: WVDNR Swift Water Rescue Units Vital During Flooding
By Cassidy Roark for The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — As flooding surged across parts of West Virginia nine days ago, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources deployed one of its crucial and highly trained emergency tools, the Swift Water Rescue units. Sergeant Dennis Feazell, the DNR’s statewide Swift Water[Read More…]
Alzheimer’s Association Launches App for Early-Stage Dementia
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Alzheimer’s Association has launched a new, free app to help those in the early stages of the disease and their loved ones navigate a dementia diagnosis. The My ALZ Journey was designed for newly diagnosed, early-stage individuals and their care partners to help navigate their diagnosis and[Read More…]
WVU School of Nursing’s DNP Nurse Anesthetist program receives highest level, 10-year accreditation
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The WVU School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthetist program has received the highest accreditation status available, a total of 10 years, by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs. “Receiving accreditation at this level illustrates the quality of the curriculum, the dedication of our[Read More…]
DOGE terminates $9 million state digital equity grant
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN – A $9 million federal grant to the state Economic Development Department recently got DOGE’d. But the department and Gov. Patrick Morrisey both failed to answer questions about it. The $9,011,588 grant came from the U.S Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information[Read More…]