By Mary Catherine Brooks, The Register~Herald, Wyoming County Report WYOMING COUNTY, W.Va. — West Virginia Senator David “Bugs” Stover, R-Wyoming, will complete the 14 months left in his current term, but he will not seek re-election. Stover said Tuesday he’d come to the difficult decision only two days prior after[Read More…]
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Gov. Justice appoints Erica Moore to Fifteenth District seat in House of Delegates
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced he has appointed Erica J. Moore, of Spencer, to the West Virginia House of Delegates Fifteenth District, which serves Roane and Wirt counties. Moore fills the seat vacated by Riley Keaton, who resigned earlier this month. Erica is a computer[Read More…]
Nonprofit connects with Appalachian partners to meet community needs
Open enrollment available to receive free items for distribution WV Press Release Sharing STATEWIDE – Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) Operation Sharing program partners with over 1,300 nonprofit organizations in all 13 Appalachian states, as well as two Ozark states of Arkansas and Missouri. Partners deliver donated goods throughout the region.[Read More…]
Giving Back: Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund gives $102K to United Way groups
By Nancy Taylor, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A total of $102,000 in grant funding from the Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health was announced Monday in Parkersburg for distribution among 12 United Way agencies serving the 55 counties in the state. The United Way Alliance[Read More…]
Jerry R. Keyser Scholarship established for biology majors at Marshall University
WV Press Release Sharing The Marshall University Foundation Inc. has announced the establishment of the Jerry R. Keyser Scholarship for $300,000 designed to support and nurture aspiring biology majors at Marshall University. The scholarship is endowed by Jerry Keyser. Of the $300,000, $250,000 will be put into the foundation’s endowment,[Read More…]
Gee: West Virginia University is ‘stronger today’
By Charles Young, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The decisions weren’t easy, but they were necessary, according to West Virginia University President Dr. E. Gordon Gee. Gee, who at the beginning of September received a symbolic vote of no confidence from WVU’s faculty amid efforts to address a $45 million[Read More…]
St. Albans ‘baby box’ project fully funded
By Ashley Perham, Charleston Gazette-Mail ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — A proposed “baby box” in St. Albans has been fully funded just a week after the project was announced, the St. Albans Fire Department announced Monday. Chapman Technical Group, an engineering and architectural consulting firm based in St. Albans and Buckhannon,[Read More…]
Manchin challenges EPA’s new metallurgical coal rules, warns it will harm W.Va.
By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is raising concern over a proposed federal Environmental Protection Agency rule that would impact the mining of metallurgical coal. Manchin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is asking EPA Administrator Michael[Read More…]
Leadership West Virginia experiences WVSOM
By The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.Va. – With a goal of increasing awareness and understanding of the facilities, opportunities and medical philosophy at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), Leadership West Virginia brought its 2023 class to the school’s campus Oct. 26 for tours and presentations. WVSOM President James W.[Read More…]
PSC approves solar energy project in Mason County
By Fred Pace, HD Media MASON COUNTY, W.Va. — Mason County Economic Development Authority Executive Director John Musgrave said Friday he was glad to hear the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) had authorized a major solar energy project in the county. “This is great news for Mason County,” Musgrave[Read More…]
