By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers are rethinking their decision to place a $150 million federal flood recovery effort under the state Department of Commerce after problems with the program came to light. House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, sponsored House Bill 2935, which became law[Read More…]
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W.Va. Attorney General Morrisey warns consumers of Medicare scam
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey warns consumers to be cautious of Medicare scams that seek to steal personal and sensitive information. Scammers will pose as a Medicare representative or an affiliate and ask for bank account, credit card, Medicare and/or Social Security information, and in some instances[Read More…]
Four factors predict chronic opioid use, suggests study by WVU researchers
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Four factors increase the odds that a patient will wind up on chronic opioid therapy, suggests research conducted by a team of researchers led by Nilanjana Dwibedi, assistant professor in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. It is the first study to investigate the[Read More…]
West Virginia higher education funding model to focus on residents
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University is poised to gain more state appropriations under the proposed new West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission funding model, while the state’s flagship university would receive less. “I want to make one thing very clear: We do not believe that[Read More…]
Restoring a classic: Museum seeks support for Cadillac project
By TIM MacVEAN The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — An effort to get a vintage automobile on the tracks is gaining momentum. At a recent meeting of the West Virginia Railroad Museum board of directors, the group unanimously voted to support a project aimed at restoring a 1946 Cadillac and providing[Read More…]
Media Alert: Sen. Manchin schedules stops in Parkersburg, Charleston
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, will make stops in Parkersburg and Charleston this week. Today, Manchin will visit the Bureau of Fiscal Service in Parkersburg and then deliver remarks at Parkersburg High School’s commencement ceremony that evening. Wednesday, he will attend the Kanawha Valley Senior Services Picnic.[Read More…]
West Virginia Attorney General: Western Union settlement deadline approaching
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Attorney General in West Virginia Monday issued a notice of a claims deadline for consumers in a settlement with Western Union. The Western $586 million forfeiture was part of a settlement announced in January 2017 from a multistate investigation of the[Read More…]
Northern West Virginia Panhandle counties need pollworkers for November
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Elections officials need pollworkers as older, experienced workers are retiring. Brooke County commissioners are thinking about combining some precinct locations, and one advantage of this is that fewer people would be needed to man the polls, according to Commissioner[Read More…]
Longtime federal warden joins W.Va. Parole Board as chair
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – After more than 30 years working in the U.S. corrections system, most recently as warden of West Virginia’s largest federal prison complex, Terence O’Brien is bringing his experience to the state Parole Board as its new chairman. Governor Jim Justice appointed O’Brien to a vacancy on the[Read More…]
