Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of a seven-part series on West Virginia University’s efforts to address the opioid crisis in the state. The speakers in this series shared the work and progress in their respective fields and departments at an academic media day held by WVU on Nov.[Read More…]
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Hundreds helped in time for Thanksgiving
By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Local generosity was demonstrated Wednesday when a local church and the Salvation Army came together and distributed 250 Thanksgiving dinners to local families in need. Orderly lines of grocery bags waited along with stacks of turkeys, pies, rolls and bottles of[Read More…]
Think before you fry: Be smart to stay safe with holiday cooking
By JOSHUA QUALLS The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — House fires rage across the nation each Thanksgiving about four times as often as any other day of the year, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The second-leading day? The one right before Thanksgiving. Fire safety experts say it doesn’t have to[Read More…]
Commissioner of Highways and Secretary of Transportation talks upcoming road projects
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W. Va. — West Virginia Commissioner of Highways and Secretary of Transportation Thomas J. Smith told Beckley Rotarians Tuesday over the span of Gov. Jim Justice’s four-year term, around 40 road projects will be completed within Road to Prosperity, the centerpiece of Justice’s economic[Read More…]
Mooney talks tax reform in Kanawha, Putnam counties
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After voting to pass an overhaul of the federal tax code in the House of Representatives last week, Alex Mooney, R- W.Va., has been taking feedback from constituents at closed-door meetings in Putnam and Kanawha counties. In an interview Tuesday prior to[Read More…]
Advocates worried health programs will pay for tax cuts
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several advocacy groups said Tuesday they worried a Republican plan to alter the country’s tax code and cut taxes for corporations would be paid for by cutting health care programs heavily relied upon in West Virginia. The West Virginia Center on Budget[Read More…]
Protesters rally against tax reform; legislators offer support
By TIM COOK The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. –It involved an arcane, political matter of who should pay what in federal taxes–and who should not. It became a local topic during a grassroots political rally Tuesday evening in Martinsburg. About 18 people turned out, including the speakers. Billed as a Candlelight[Read More…]
Study: Eastern Ohio oil, gas firms spent $300M on roads
By JANELL HUNTER The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of road improvements have occurred in Eastern Ohio since 2011, thanks to investments by natural gas and oil producers. On Tuesday, the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and Energy In Depth Ohio hosted[Read More…]
W.Va. AG asks Supreme Court to tackle legislative prayer
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and his counterparts from 22 other states last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the practice of lawmaker-led prayer at public meetings, something that could have an impact on Parkersburg City[Read More…]
Senators announce funding for Highland-Clarksburg Hospital
By MATT HARVEY The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Tuesday a total of $325,000 for Highland-Clarksburg Hospital through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development. “I am particularly thrilled that part of this funding will go toward[Read More…]
