Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know today, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. ASSAD REBUTS CHEMICAL WEAPONS ACCUSATION He says[Read More…]
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Kids’ Health No. 3: Our Children, Our Future workshops target eliminating W.Va. poverty
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the West Virginia Press Association’s series on the “Our Children, Our Future” Coalition. Journalist George Hohmann is following the coalition’s efforts, providing reports from its organizational meetings this month through its attempts to have impactful legislation passed during the 2014 session of the[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Third Kids’ Health Series Article Available
Kids Health article 3 – 8/23/13 Packet includes story, logo and photo Standing head: It is attached to the email Photos: Four options are attached to the email – cutlines are at the bottom of email Possible Quote: “Eighty percent of tooth decay is in 20 percent of our[Read More…]
Rockefeller announces funding to explain health care options
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Health Care, today announced more than $642,000 in federal funding for organizations in West Virginia to help West Virginians learn about their new coverage options and enroll in health care plans under the Health Insurance Marketplace[Read More…]
ROCKEFELLER, MANCHIN, RAHALL ANNOUNCE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS
WASHINGTON D.C.— Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, along with Congressman Nick Rahall, today announced more than $105,000 in federal funding to Raleigh County to provide rental assistance for homeless veterans. “West Virginia’s veterans deserve access to the services they earned and were promised for their bravery and selflessness,” said Rockefeller. “Among[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Tom Miller’s Under the Dome available
By Tom Miller For the WVPA CHARLESTON — West Virginia has more than three dozen state parks ranging in size from 8,292 acres at Holly River State Park in Webster County to a modest four acres at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Mason County at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha[Read More…]
Dave Corcoran author’s his first ‘Past President’s Pen’
Hi, newspaper folks! Just wanted to drop you a quick line about our West Virginia Press Association’s Convention at this time. It, indeed, was a great convention, not just because Wheeling’s Oglebay Park Resort is a super place for newspaper meetings, but also because it was a “home grown” assembly, with[Read More…]
West Virginia Newspaper obituaries for Aug. 23
The West Virginia Press Association offers a listing of obituaries from its member newspapers around West Virginia: Bluefield Daily Telegraph – http://bdtonline.com/obituaries Elizabeth Virginia (Elliott) Jones, 72, Bluefield Joline Faye Wood, 81, of Kimball Marvin Edward Brooks, 89, of Bland, Va. Christine Brown McKinley, 82, of Kimball Norma Setzer Sinicrope, 101, of[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares the 10 things you need to know today, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013.
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know today, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. WIKILEAKER: ‘I AM CHELSEA MANNING’ The soldier,[Read More…]
Aug. 23 sampling of West Virginia newspapers’ editorial comments:
Here is a look at some of the editorials offered by West Virginia newspapers: The Daily Athenaeum of Morgantown looks at the transportation system at WVU: …”One of the many downsides of college is how easy it is to simply skip a class, especially if attendance policies are lax or[Read More…]