By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. – West Virginia’s youngest delegate to the Democratic National Convention – a Wheeling native – will be reading off the Mountain State’s vote total during the DNC’s ceremonial roll call today. Kathryn Prather, 18, will be joined in the honor by the state’s[Read More…]
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A ‘fire sale’?: Justice family files motion to stop Greenbrier Hotel auction
By Beth Sergent, Charleston Gazette-Mail LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Court documents filed Sunday and Monday ask a Greenbrier County Circuit Court to rule as invalid a scheduled public auction of the historic Greenbrier Hotel for a variety of procedural reasons, as well as for a breach of business agreements. A request[Read More…]
Officials invited to opening of ARCH2 offices in Morgantown, West Virginia on Wednesday
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A host of officials, including the governors of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, have been invited to Morgantown Wednesday to celebrate the opening the ARCH2 Program Office. The office will serve as headquarters for the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, a[Read More…]
‘Path to Innovation: Women in Cyber Forum’ at Marshall University discusses value of diversity
By Maggie Susa, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As cybersecurity becomes more important in industry, Marshall University aims to increase the number of women working in the field. National Center of Excellence for Cyber Security in Critical Infrastructure hosted “Path to Innovation: Women in Cyber Forum” Monday at the Brad[Read More…]
Children of abuse and neglect gain advocacy program in Raleigh County
By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A West Virginia organization centered on advocating for children who have been abused or neglected to find them a permanent home now has a base in Raleigh County. In July, Kristi Williams Dumas was named the executive director of CASA of[Read More…]
SBA opens nominations for 2025 National and Local Small Business Week Awards
SBA’s WV District Office will also be accepting nominations West Virginia Press Association WASHINGTON – On Aug. 19, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, opened nominations for the 2025 National Small Business Week (NSBW) Awards. For[Read More…]
Opinion: Use of obesity medications should be decided by doctors and patients
Lauren Miller, D.O. WVSOM Director of Clinical Sciences Faculty Affairs The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refers to obesity as “a serious, common and costly chronic disease.” Treatment of a serious disease with an FDA approved medication should not be optional for insurance companies to cover. Obesity is[Read More…]
Expected August special session of West Virginia Legislature pushed to ‘later in the year’
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the past several months, Gov. Jim Justice has been discussing the possibility of calling the West Virginia Legislature into a special session to have lawmakers take up his proposal for an additional personal income tax cut. Although the governor previously[Read More…]
Off a Cliff: Advocates hear silence from officials on funding cliff
By Steven Allen Adams, for The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There has been much talk of tax breaks and rebates for childcare services in West Virginia, but there is near silence from Gov. Jim Justice and human services officials on actions the state can immediately take to fund an impending[Read More…]
WV’s new state flood resiliency plan up against long-term dearth of state funding
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Deaths: 35. Property damage: $482.3 million. Those are the losses that West Virginia suffered due to flood and flash flood events from 2004 through May 2024, according to a Gazette-Mail review of National Centers for Environmental Information data. That’s the same time[Read More…]