$37M construction effort begins By Edgar Kelley, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. – WVU Medicine United Hospital Center broke ground for its planned “state-of-the-art,” 38,000 square-feet clinic in Randolph County on Thursday. The facility, which will be called the Elkins Corridor H Medical Center, will be located at the former Teter Motors property[Read More…]
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FEMA to test West Virginia, Pennsylvania response to potential nuke power plant incident
By Matt Harvey, The Exponent Telegram PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Beaver Valley Power Station, a nuclear facility, is located northwest of Pittsburgh, about 130 miles north of Clarksburg. How would officials in Pennsylvania and West Virginia respond in the event of an emergency at the facility? Finding that out is[Read More…]
WVU research reveals patterns behind armed conflicts, bolstering national security
West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University research is strengthening national security by ensuring policymakers, military institutions, think tanks, academics and journalists have access to substantial, up-to-date information on international conflicts when they need it. A $555,647 grant from the National Science Foundation supports the three-year expansion of[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito announces large funding opportunity to fight opioid epidemic West Virginia
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Today, 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), announced that West Virginia is eligible for nearly $46 million in federal aid from the U.S. Department of Health and Human[Read More…]
WV Republican Senators condemn political prosecution of President Trump
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — These signed members of the West Virginia State Senate Republican Caucus condemn the New York activist prosecutor, activist judge, and their co-conspirators for abusing their authority with the purpose to undermine the United States of America’s election of the President of the United States. Fair and open elections[Read More…]
West Virginia leads nine-state delegation asking U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Executive Order that federalizes voter registration process
CHARLESTON, W.Va – WV Secretary of State Mac Warner and chief election officers in eight other states joined to bring legal action against an Executive Order issued by President Joe Biden that would federalize state elections. On Tuesday, May 28, the Secretaries of State in West Virginia, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana,[Read More…]
West Virginia Rural Partners Network holds second annual forum to connect communities with federal funding opportunities
West Virginia Press Association SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development joined the WV Community Development Hub, Glenville State University, community leaders and state and federal partners this week at the 2nd Annual Rural Partners Network Federal Partners Forum in Summersville. The event brought together more than a[Read More…]
West Virginia Hive hosting ‘Coffee Talks’ session on June 14 in Richwood
Free Networking Event Held in Partnership With West Virginia Community Development Hub West Virginia Press Association RICHWOOD, W.Va. – The West Virginia Hive Network is hosting its next “Coffee Talks” networking session in partnership with the West Virginia Community Development Hub (The Hub) from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, June[Read More…]
Editorial: Let us remember
The Journal Today marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings along the coast in Normandy, France. On that day, thousands of brave soldiers made their way onto the beaches along the coast to fight a battle that would change the course of a war that changed the course of[Read More…]
West Virginia’s Capito leads congressional challenge to EPA power plant rules
By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has made good on her promise to spearhead the legislative objection to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new power plant rules. Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced a[Read More…]
