By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginians are trapped in a power struggle. Enduring some of the least affordable electricity in the country in recent years didn’t stop long-running electric utility reliability issues throughout the state in 2023, according to recent filings the utilities submitted to the[Read More…]
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Miller selected to lead West Virginia Association of School Administrators
By Joselyn King, The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia’s school superintendents have selected Ohio County Schools Superintendent Kim Miller to lead them for the next year, as Miller will serve as president of the West Virginia Association of School Administrators for the 2024-2025 school year. “It’s an honor to[Read More…]
Preston County (West Virginia) Office of Emergency Management members receive the 2024 Floodplain Manager of the year award
By Jacob Martin, The Preston County News and Journal KINGWOOD, W.Va. — Preston County Office of Emergency Management Director Duane Hamilton and Floodplain Manager Clark Nicklow have received the 2024 Floodplain Manager of the Year award. The honor was bestowed at this year’s West Virginia Floodplain Management Conference, held in[Read More…]
WVU BOG announces Presidential Search Committee, approves FY25 financial plan
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Board of Governors endorsed a slate of 21 nominated individuals on Friday (June 21) to serve on the committee to select the University’s next president. The Ad Hoc Governance Committee recommended four BOG members and three faculty members to serve on the[Read More…]
Bluefield finds new ground in revamped Appalachian League
By Bob Madison for The Shepherdstown Chronicle SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Major League Baseball cut ties with the lowest minor leagues, when it collapsed the Appalachian League after the 2021 season. West Virginia towns of Bluefield and Princeton lost their years-old franchises and the coalfields saw baseball history ground into so[Read More…]
U.S. Senators Capito, Manchin announce over $36 million for three transportation projects
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On June 21, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, along with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $36,745,450 from the U.S. Department of Transportation[Read More…]
WVDEP extends open comment period for reissuance of MS4 General Permit to July 22
General Permit covers discharges to waters of the state from small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is extending the open comment period for the proposed reissuance of the West Virginia National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Water Pollution[Read More…]
Michael Williams becomes new Solicitor General
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has named a new solicitor general. Michael Williams, who most recently served as principal deputy solicitor general, will take the reins immediately. He replaces Lindsay See, whom the U.S. Senate confirmed to be a commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The solicitor[Read More…]
West Virginia Day celebration sees unveiling of Capitol murals and naming of Hot Dog Sauce champion
West Virginia Press Association Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The State of West Virginia celebrated its 161st birthday in style Thursday, with the unveiling of four new murals in the capitol rotunda, and the announcement of the top three finalists in the “First Lady’s West Virginia Day Hot Dog Sauce[Read More…]
Gov. Justice signs bill allocating $50 million for new agriculture lab at West Virginia State University
West Virginia Press Association INSTITUTE, W.Va. — On June 18, Gov. Justice ceremonially signed Senate Bill 1003, which allocates $50 million to construct a new state-of-the-art agricultural laboratory at West Virginia State University. The cutting-edge facility will house laboratory space for both West Virginia State University and the West Virginia Department of[Read More…]
