By Steven Allen AdamsFor the The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — A bipartisan bill supported by both the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate meant to help small businesses gain access to investment dollars will now be the first to complete the legislative process. The Senate voted Monday[Read More…]
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CU Day at the Legislature: Mountain Lions are eager to share their impact with Legislators
By Tammie Toler PresleyFor Concord University Athens — Concord University is gearing up for its annual day at the West Virginia Legislature on March 3 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Administrators, faculty, staff, and students will fill the halls to showcase how Mountain Lions impact the state through higher[Read More…]
WV lawmakers look to control power bills but stand by Trump’s coal plant double-down
By Mike TonyFor HDMedia Competition from more cost-effective energy alternatives and aging infrastructure have pointed toward a blacker economic picture for coal and the West Virginians who have paid sharply higher prices for their mostly coal-fired electricity over time. That didn’t stop President Donald Trump from painting a brighter, misleading[Read More…]
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
By Greg KozeraFor Thoughts to Ponder Friday evening in Istanbul, Turkiye. The Shale Crescent USA Team was part of a U.S. Commercial Services Roadshow to Turkiye promoting U.S. investment. The week was invigorating but tiring. We traveled to Koceali and Ankara by bus. Then an early Friday morning flight from[Read More…]
State lawmakers OK $200M for ‘Food is Medicine,’ pass ‘Make WV Healthy Act’
By Matthew YoungFor HDMedia The West Virginia Senate, through Friday’s passage of Senate Bill 570, approved the transfer of nearly $200 million in Rural Health Transformation funding to the state’s Department of Health. The funds were provided to the state as part of the recently enacted federal RHT Program — a[Read More…]
WVU researcher dreams of what’s possible in deep space
By Esteban FernandezFor Times West VirginianFairmont— On a research trip up to a cemetery in Eldora, Amy Davis and Rikki Diana Pauley saw something strange in the night sky. “She notices it first, and then it blinked,” Davis said. “Almost like it was communicating. It was like it didn’t do[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes bill further criminalizing abortion pills, Bill banning use of media monitoring services by state agencies also advances
By Steven Allan AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — The West Virginia Senate passed a number of bills Friday, including legislation to further punish unsanctioned distributions of abortion pills in the state and one aimed at preventing state agencies from using a media monitoring service being targeted by[Read More…]
WVU announces Mountaineer mascot finalists ahead of cheer-off event
By Shauna JohnsonFor WVU, Today Four West Virginia University students vying to become the 72nd Mountaineer mascot will wear buckskins and a coonskin cap while carrying a rifle as they compete in a cheer-off during the men’s basketball game against Utah at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 18) in the Hope Coliseum. Selected[Read More…]
Rep. Moore Brings $2M Check For Wheeling Gateway Center Project
By Joselyn KingFor The Intelligencer Wheeling – Congress now has passed almost all of its appropriations bills, and this means $2 million allocated through federal community funding dollars is coming to Wheeling’s Gateway Center project. U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, stopped in Wheeling Friday at the construction site for[Read More…]
Morrisey, state education officials clash over budget needs
By Steven Allen AdamsFor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Charleston — Gov. Patrick Morrisey and officials with the West Virginia Department of Education and state Board of Education are clashing over requests for additional spending for the next fiscal year and whether state revenue officials were informed of those needs.[Read More…]
