Hunting, fishing at state parks, catch-release brook trout set SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three new initiatives designed to increase fishing and hunting opportunities and to attract outdoor recreation tourism have been announced by West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Director Stephen McDaniel. The DNR is exploring opportunities to enhance trout fishing[Read More…]
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Opinion: U.S. Senator Capito says President Trump’s tax vision Is the right one for West Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the following statement about the need to pass comprehensive tax reform: “President Trump’s tax vision is the right one for West Virginia—and anyone who says otherwise has it wrong. Tax reform will help the roughly half of American families[Read More…]
Opinion: WV Center on Budget, Policy says GOP tax plan offers nothing to most West Virginians
Plan paves way for cuts to education, health care, other key programs CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following the release of the House Republicans’ new tax proposal, Ted Boettner Executive Director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy released the following statement: “The House GOP tax plan released yesterday is an expensive new giveaway[Read More…]
U.S. Representative Jenkins supports CHIP reauthorization
From office of U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins: WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) today helped pass a five-year reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP. The legislation, the Championing Healthy Kids Act, passed the House 242-174 and now heads to the Senate. The bill also reauthorizes Federal[Read More…]
Media Alert: U.S. Sen. Capito to make broadband announcement in Upshur County
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – On Monday, Nov. 6, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) will join representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a major broadband grant announcement. Senator Capito will also discuss her ongoing Capito Connect campaign and the recently announced West Virginia Speed Test. Members of the[Read More…]
Verl, Sandra Purdy make $5 million gift commitment to WVU
News Release from WVU: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University graduate Verl O. Purdy attributes much of his success to the education and opportunities he received as a student at WVU in the 1960s. The Poca native, who founded the largest agricultural data analysis and marketing company in the world, and[Read More…]
West Virginia honors 34 businesses for exporting to new markets
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia businesses export a diverse range of products, from aluminum coil to video distribution, construction coatings to silk yarns. In an awards ceremony today, 34 companies received the Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry for exporting to a new country in the previous year. The awards are[Read More…]
$1 million Robert E. Douglas Jr. scholarship established at Davis & Elkins College, W.Va.
From Davis & Elkins College: ELKINS, W.Va. – The late Rob Douglas, Class of 1984, never intended to spend his entire college career at Davis & Elkins. As it turned out, he grew to love the College in a short time and transferring never again crossed his mind. With each semester[Read More…]
Purifying wastewater: EPC America unveils BioDisk sewage system in Cavitt’s Creek
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph TAZEWELL, Va. — A potential “game changer” in wastewater treatment was unveiled at Cavitt’s Creek Park in Tazewell County Friday morning, the result of an international partnership between the county and an Israeli company. Called the Bio-Disk Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC), it “combines nature[Read More…]
W.Va. Coal River Group awarded WV Development Office grant to promote water trail regionally
By Rick Steelhammer The Charleston Gazette Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A $115,000 grant from the West Virginia Development Office will allow the Coal River Group to launch a marketing campaign aimed at drawing visitors from outside the state to the 88-mile Coal River Water Trail. “We have done amazing things[Read More…]
