CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) today announced that the State is among 15 selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at improving maternal health outcomes for[Read More…]
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Monongalia County Health Department sponsors Faith Community Nursing training at WVU School of Nursing for six WV nurses
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU School of Nursing and the Monongalia County Health Department are collaborating to offer scholarships for six West Virginia nurses working in health departments across the state, covering the full cost of the Faith Community Nursing training program. The funding for these scholarships was provided by[Read More…]
MLK Commission, HHOMA honor life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Ecumenical service
Ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. on Jan. 12 at First Baptist Church in Charleston CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA), in conjunction with the Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission, will host a Commemoration and Celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with an[Read More…]
2025 WV Press Legislative Events
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Press Association is hosting two events around the Legislative session — the Legislative Lookahead before session starts and the Media Social during the session. Legislative Lookahead The annual Legislative Lookahead is Friday, Feb. 7 at the Culture Center located on Capitol[Read More…]
Justice gives goodbye remarks to joint session of West Virginia Legislature
Outgoing governor days away from joining U.S. Senate By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Four days before stepping down to join the U.S. Senate and turn over the keys to Governor-Elect Patrick Morrisey, outgoing Gov. Jim Justice gave a goodbye address to a joint[Read More…]
Roger Hanshaw re-elected as West Virginia House speaker for fifth term, sets focus on state’s future challenges
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Clay County’s Roger Hanshaw was elected Wednesday to a fifth term as speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Hanshaw received 84 votes from the 100-member body, and Minority Leader Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, received eight. Hanshaw, who was[Read More…]
WV Legislature: Leadership elected, Justice says goodbye, de Soto’s seat debated
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 87th West Virginia Legislature gaveled in just after noon Wednesday, quickly handling opening-day business before its two houses adjourned until February. New legislators took the oath of office in the House of Delegates and Senate, and leaders in both chambers were chosen by the[Read More…]
‘America’s Agatha Christie’ had roots in Hillsboro
By Suzanne Stewart, The Pocahontas Times MARLINTON, W.Va. — It’s common knowledge that Pulitzer Prize winning author Pearl S. Buck was born in Hillsboro, but there’s another female author who may not have set foot in Pocahontas County, but could trace her family roots back to Hillsboro, as well. Mignon[Read More…]
Martinsburg secures nearly $21 million in RAISE grant funding
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A joint effort to obtain a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant between the City of Martinsburg, the Berkeley County Commission, the Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization (HEPMPO) and the West Virginia Department of[Read More…]
Criminal charges filed against two Hopemont Hospital nursing staff members in connection with patient death
Non-verbal patient allegedly left in scalding hot bath West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday announced that his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has filed criminal charges against two Hopemont Hospital nursing staff members in connection with the death of a non-verbal patient[Read More…]
