By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia teachers are weighing their options over a lack of pay hikes and health insurance issues, pressuring lawmakers to remedy a situation that could lead to a strike. “We may be staring down the barrel of a teachers strike,” said[Read More…]
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Experts question aspects of WV’s free community college tuition bill
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The free community college tuition bill backed by West Virginia’s Senate president and governor has sped through two legislative committees and is scheduled for lawmakers to possibly amend it Monday on the full Senate floor. Senators could then vote Tuesday to send[Read More…]
Tom Willis discusses campaign at West Virginia University
By ALI BARRETT The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia has the highest population of veterans per person, and congress has the lowest percentage of veterans ever, with 20 percent that have had military experience before serving, according to U.S. Senate Republican candidate Tom Willis. “I think folks are[Read More…]
Olympic landscape material produced at West Virginia farm
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald RENICK, W.Va. — As the world’s attention turns toward the Winter Olympic Games that are about to begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea, a Greenbrier County farm is already working with a Chinese firm on plans connected with the games slated for Beijing four years down the[Read More…]
Applications accepted for West Virginia energy assistance program
The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Beginning today, Monday, Jan. 29, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) will accept applications for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP), which ends Friday, Feb. 2, or when funds are exhausted. The federally funded program assists eligible state residents in paying[Read More…]
National Endowment for the Arts visits West Virginia
By JENNIFER GARDNER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the federal government continues its back and forth over the budget, members of the arts community in West Virginia are awaiting grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. During a visit to West Virginia last week, Tom Simplot, senior[Read More…]
W.Va. high schools exceed halfway mark to statewide FAFSA completion goal
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The College Foundation of West Virginia has announced 32.5 percent of West Virginia high school students have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2018-19 academic year, exceeding the halfway mark to the statewide goal for the year. In October,[Read More…]
Media Alert: 45th Annual W.Va. Mining Symposium starts Tuesday at Charleston Civic Center
Gov. Justice, Sen. Capito, U.S. Labor Assistant Secretary Zatezalo among speakers CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Coal Association is holding the 45th annual West Virginia Mining Symposium this week at the Charleston Civic Center. The two-day event begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Speakers scheduled for the day include Gov.[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, January 29
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, January 29, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. THE CHALLENGE OF THE PRESIDENT’S BIG SPEECH His first State of the Union address on[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Monday, Jan. 29
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 20th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: NFIB, Upper Well Area; WV Adult Education Association, Upper Well Area; Jefferson County Day, Upper House Rotunda; Optometry Day at the Legislature, Upper Senate Rotunda; WV Beer and Wine Association Legislative Reception, 6 – 8 p.m., Embassy Suites; County Commissioner’s[Read More…]
