West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Welch Community Hospital is one of 11 West Virginia hospitals recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review for excellent nurse communication. The list was compiled in each state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The nurse[Read More…]
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Gov. Justice delivers $5 million check to Greenbrier Valley Airport for terminal, runway upgrades
West Virginia Press Association LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice, on Tuesday, presented the Greenbrier Valley Airport with a $5 million check to be used towards a terminal rehabilitation and runway renovation. The terminal rehabilitation will allow the airport to increase gate space and expand airline services. The runway rehabilitation enables[Read More…]
Spectacular Ceremony
Almost Heaven in Washington, D.C. By Brad Johnson, executive editor, The Inter-Mountain WASHINGTON, D.C. — Introduced as “the pride of West Virginia,” Ethan Reese, a fourth-grader from Beverly Elementary School, switched on the lights for the 2023 Capitol Christmas Tree during a special ceremony Tuesday evening. Mike Johnson, the U.S. Speaker of[Read More…]
Canyon Rim Visitor Center at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve closing for renovations
West Virginia Press Association GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — The Canyon Rim Visitor Center at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve will close on January 1, 2024, while the building undergoes extensive renovation, with a reopening date tentatively scheduled for early March. Upgrades to what is the park’s busiest visitor contact[Read More…]
Christmas in the Park opens at Chief Logan
By Dylan Vidovich, The Logan Banner CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK, W.Va. — Christmas in the Park, Logan County’s premier annual holiday light display inside Chief Logan State Park, opened for its 2023 season Thursday night. Started in 1994 by the late Tom “Rose” Tomblin, Christmas in the Park is celebrating[Read More…]
Big Night at the Capitol
W.Va. delegation to attend lighting By Brad Johnson, executive editor, The Inter-Mountain WASHINGTON, D.C. — West Virginia’s congressional delegation will be present for the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony this evening. The lighting of the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, which was harvested in Randolph County, will take[Read More…]
Postal Service ponders moving some Charleston Distribution Center operations to Pa.
By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Postal Service is conducting a review of its 800-employee Charleston Processing and Distribution Center at Southridge Center, which will include examining the possibility of transferring some of the Charleston facility’s mail processing operations to two USPS operations in Pennsylvania. Postal[Read More…]
Manchin announces $50M grant to assist metals manufacturer
By Craig Howell, managing editor, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — A $50 million federal grant is aimed at assisting a metal producing company construct a facility in Weirton. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, who serves as chair of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced the funding[Read More…]
West Virginia First Foundation still working on public transparency policy
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The public/private foundation tasked with allocating hundreds of millions of dollars of opioid settlement dollars is still working on a meeting and transparency policy. The foundation voted to go into executive session to talk privately about what a[Read More…]
Beckley Council airs concerns for city manager government
By Josephine E. Moore, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The timing of an ordinance to shift the city of Beckley from a strong mayor government to a city manager government was called into question Monday by Beckley Common Council members during a council workshop. Beckley Common Councilperson Janine Bullock questioned[Read More…]
