By U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and featured in the Charleston Gazette-Mail WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail over the weekend, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), highlighted the successes[Read More…]
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Gov. Justice announces return of buck firearms season and Big Buck Photo Contest
Eligible hunters can win prizes for submitting photos of 2024 buck harvests West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) today announced the return of the buck firearms season and Big Buck Photo Contest. West Virginia’s buck firearms season opens Nov.[Read More…]
WVU awarded $12.6M for renovations to enhance dental education, patient care in West Virginia
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Construction is set to start in the new year on an extensive West Virginia University School of Dentistry expansion and renovation project being supported, in part, by a $12.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The multiphase project encompasses approximately 50,000[Read More…]
Justice: Loyal to Trump but serving for people of West Virginia
By Evan Bevins, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Friday it would be premature to discuss how he might vote as a senator on appointments by President-elect Donald Trump, but his goal in Washington, D.C., will be to “do the right thing for[Read More…]
Honoring the 56th anniversary of the 1968 Consol No. 9 Mine Disaster: Remembering 78 lives lost and a legacy of safety
By John Mark Shaver, Fairmont News Editor MANNINGTON, W.Va. — The shockwaves sent through the county, state and country from the 1968 Consol No. 9 Mine disaster can still be felt to this day, and officials marked the 56th anniversary of the tragedy on Sunday with their annual memorial ceremony.[Read More…]
DoHS announces closure of West Virginia Children’s Home in Elkins
The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Human Services has announced the West Virginia Children’s Home in Elkins will be closed at the end of the year. Employees, staff, and other stakeholders of the forthcoming closure, effective Dec. 31, earlier this week. Effective immediately, no additional referrals or[Read More…]
Manchin hopes his ‘Almost Heaven’ houseboat can be a unifying anchor in D.C.
By Joselyn King, The Weirton Daily Times WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin indicates he just might not “be sailing into the sunset” after his Senate term ends in January. In fact, he plans to keep his Washington-based houseboat “Almost Heaven” where it is through at least 2025. “I[Read More…]
Editorial: Book It!
Literacy program turning 40 this year The Inter-Mountain Remember the Book It! program that kept many of us interested in reading through our formative years? It is still alive and well — turning 40 this year, as a matter of fact, and has spun off into supporting a National Young[Read More…]
5 students named WVU Mountaineers of Distinction
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University has named Haley Bockius, Laasya Chennuru, Mary G. Roush, Christopher J. Smith and Dakota Swiger the 2024 Mountaineers of Distinction, a Mountaineer Week tradition that recognizes exemplary academic achievement and extracurricular involvement. Distinguished by superior academic standing, and a spirit of volunteerism and[Read More…]
Gov. Justice, WorkForce West Virginia and the West Virginia Department of Economic Development announce Nov. 20 Apprenticeship Virtual Job Fair
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice, WorkForce West Virginia and the West Virginia Department of Economic Development have announced the West Virginia Apprenticeship Virtual Job Fair, scheduled for November 20 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. “As part of National Apprenticeship Week from November 17-23, WorkForce West Virginia, under[Read More…]
