West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) has released its Community Benefit Report, outlining the $1.05 billion in contributions West Virginia hospitals make to the health of their patients. Community benefits are defined as programs or activities that provide treatment and/or promote health and healing as a[Read More…]
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American Conservation Series talk goes ‘Beyond Pepperoni Rolls”
By Toni Milbourne, The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — A packed house turned out Thursday evening at the Frank Arts Center in Shepherdstown to enjoy the final program in the American Conservation Series presented by the Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications. The forum welcomed U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., and[Read More…]
Parkersburg legislative interim meetings begin with review of occupational licensing reform, scope of practice
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Lawmakers received a briefing Sunday on opening West Virginia’s occupational licensing regulations to allow workers from other states to more easily work in the state and address shortages in ophthalmologists. Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Government[Read More…]
Honoring Veterans
Randolph, Upshur vets to visit D.C. By Taylor McKinnie, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — Randolph and Upshur County residents will be among the 100 military veterans getting to visit Washington, D.C. on Sept. 14 through the Clarksburg Honor Flight to see war monuments and memorials that have been built in[Read More…]
$150 million investment in Huntington’s wastewater plant largest in West Virginia’s history, official says
By Fred Pace, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Huntington’s wastewater treatment plant is the state’s largest, according to Brian Bracey, executive director of the Huntington Water Quality Board. “We maintain an estimated 340 miles of sewers, some of which can be up to 72 inches in diameter, and many of[Read More…]
NASA welcomes students from West Virginia School of the Deaf and Blind
By Logan Cottrell, The Exponent Telegram FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Saturday afternoon was full of good time and rocket launches at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Education Resource Center in Fairmont. Students from the West Virginia School of the Deaf and Blind got the opportunity to participate in three different[Read More…]
WV Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy – South 62 graduates 58 cadets
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy – South program, located in Montgomery, West Virginia, graduated 58 cadets as a part of Class 62 today at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston, West Virginia. “The cadets of the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy-South Class 62[Read More…]
Governor Justice issues statement on death of coal miner in Logan County
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice issued the following statement on Sept. 6 after learning about the death of a coal miner in Logan County. Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky passed away from injuries sustained this evening at the Mountaineer II Mine near Sharples, West[Read More…]
USPS changes course: Jobs saved, upgrades coming to Charleston postal center
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After almost a year of negotiations, jobs will not be lost or moved from Charleston’s postal facility at the Southridge shopping complex. Several news releases, including one from the United States Postal Service and another from Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., detailed how[Read More…]
The Brush Off: Reid-Smith pushes back against mural lawsuit claims
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Randall Reid-Smith, the cabinet secretary for the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, defended the process behind the mural project in the upper rotunda of the State Capitol Building in a statement following a lawsuit filed[Read More…]
