By Charles Young, WV News MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., promised to safeguard federal dollars for health care funding and research during an event in Morgantown Tuesday. Capito, addressing attendees of the Focus Forward conference, said she will work to prevent proposed cuts to the[Read More…]
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EDITORIAL: Safety of Children Must Come First
The Intelligencer Remember back in June 2022, when West Virginia lawmakers contracted with McChrystal Group for a thorough assessment of what was then the state Department of Health and Human Resources? The group was supposed to come up with a strategic plan for the agency, and was paid $1.08 million[Read More…]
West Virginia Home to Three New Almost Heaven Swings
36 Almost Heaven swing photo-ops spread across the Mountain State West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Tourism has added three new Almost Heaven swings to the Mountain State: Sportsman Park in Wirt County, Tygart Lake State Park in Taylor County, and Valley Falls State[Read More…]
Barbour Community Health Association Offers Free Sports Physicals for All Barbour County Students
A vital head start for student athletes this summer, available at multiple convenient locations West Virginia Press Association BELINGTON, W.Va. – Barbour Community Health Association (BCHA) is kicking off the summer sports season early with a valuable gift to the community—free sports physicals for all Barbour County students, available beginning[Read More…]
West Virginia Plant Guides Available at Statewide Garden Centers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The inaugural West Virginia plant guide showcasing 500 plants commonly used in or recommended for West Virginia is now showing up throughout the Mountain State at nurseries and garden centers. The West Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (WVNLA) compiled the 80-page, full-color publication containing photos, descriptions, growing[Read More…]
Pope Francis remembered by Mountain State Catholics for compassion and unity
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The death of Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontif for 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, resonated Monday throughout the Mountain State. Francis, 88, suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man. He died Monday, hours after making[Read More…]
Former Pleasants County assistant prosecutor Wolfingbarger appointed as West Virginia PEIA director
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON – A former Pleasants County assistant prosecuting attorney will now lead the state agency responsible for health care coverage for West Virginia’s public workers. In a press release Friday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that Brent Wolfingbarger will be the new[Read More…]
Justice Walker to retire from West Virginia Supreme Court
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON (WV News) — Justice Elizabeth “Beth” Walker will retire from the West Virginia Supreme Court this summer. Walker announced her retirement effective June 27 in a letter to Chief Justice William Wooton on Saturday. Gov. Patrick Morrisey will appoint a new justice to take[Read More…]
Governor Patrick Morrisey Orders Flags Lowered to Half Mast to Honor Pope Francis
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On April 21, Governor Patrick Morrisey issued a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half mast until sunset on the day of internment to honor the life of Pope Francis. “We join Catholics around the world to mourn the loss of Pope Francis,” said Governor Morrisey. “His Holiness[Read More…]
Lawsuit filed after Marshall graduate student’s visa revoked
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia filed a federal lawsuit Friday on behalf of a Marshall University graduate student whose legal status was revoked one month before he was set to graduate. The ACLU-WV filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in[Read More…]
