By Destiney Dingess, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court on Monday declined to answer a certified question in the years-long opioid case in the lawsuit by Huntington and Cabell County against drug companies AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. In its 3-2 vote, the Supreme Court sent the[Read More…]
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WV Wesleyan professor admits she could sit silently as Sen. Shelley Moore Capito gave commencement speech
By Esteban Fernandez, Times West Virginian BUCKHANNON — A couple of weeks ago, West Virginia Wesleyan College professor Emily Ziebarth attended what she characterized as a strange meeting. The school’s administration, she said, told the gathered faculty and staff they would not be told who this year’s commencement speaker was. [Read More…]
Residents turn out for open house on proposed 105-mile power line from Pennsylvania to Virginia
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN – Several hundred people turned out at the Erickson Alumni Center Monday afternoon for an open house to learn about the proposed NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic Resiliency Link project. They talked with NextEra employees and viewed the rows of posters displaying the possible[Read More…]
Hospital CEO speaks about impact of state and federal laws on health care
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — From May 11 to 17, Hospital Week is a time for recognizing the services that hospitals offer now and in the future as well as the efforts to make sure that people from all income levels have access to the care[Read More…]
Kris Warner says that Joe Manchin is just “dead wrong” in criticism of WV legislators over prohibiting Ranked Choice Voting
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Calling former United States Senator Joe Manchin “out of touch with election integrity,” WV Secretary of State Kris Warner says that the West Virginia Legislature did the right thing by prohibiting ranked choice voting from being used in the state’s elections. Recently, in a social media post, Manchin criticized the Legislature for passing legislation in February[Read More…]
Morrisey Says Executive Order on Religious School Vaccine Exemptions ‘Still Stands’
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Friday his executive order providing religious and philosophical exemptions to required vaccines for school children “still stands,” and he has “no intention of rescinding it.” Morrisey issued updated guidelines Friday to families wanting to seek religious exemptions[Read More…]
As Nucor mill goes up, local residents look to profit
By Jim Ross, The Herald-Dispatch APPLE GROVE, W.Va. — Construction at Nucor Steel West Virginia has been very good for a convenience store near the southern end of the mill site, and a new store at the northern end expects to have the same results. Customers wearing reflective vests and[Read More…]
Capito Celebrates 30 Years of Niterra’s Sissonville Campus and Expansion
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. – On May 9, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) traveled to Sissonville, W.Va. where she delivered remarks celebrating the 30th anniversary of Niterra North America’s Sissonville campus, as well as the grand opening of the company’s new state-of-the art distribution center. The expansion will grow the Sissonville campus[Read More…]
WVDNR Relocates Main Office to State Capitol Complex
Move enhances public service and strengthens collaboration with state leaders CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) has announced that it has relocated its main office to the West Virginia State Capitol Complex in Charleston. “This relocation strengthens our ability to serve the people of West Virginia[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Keep up the pressure for West Virginia
The Journal U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Kelly Workman, director of West Virginia’s Office of Broadband, are right to keep up the pressure on federal officials over the pace of their review of grant funding for high-speed broadband. “As we have discussed, I am concerned that West Virginia[Read More…]
