WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia newspapers are encouraged to celebrate National Newspaper Week, Oct. 1-7. 2023 marks the 83rd celebration of National Newspaper Week. Since 1940, Newspaper Association Managers has sponsored and supported National Newspaper Week, a week-long promotion of the newspaper industry in the United States and Canada.[Read More…]
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WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals first in area to perform robotic joint replacement
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals is the first site in the Kanawha Valley to offer robotic-assisted total knee replacement with the Zimmer Biomet ROSA® robotic surgical assistant. ROSA was developed to assist surgeons in optimizing their accuracy and efficiency when planning and performing total knee[Read More…]
Governor orders flags to half-staff today in honor of former W.Va. Delegate Charles Romine
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice has issued a proclamation, ordering all United States and West Virginia flags at the Capitol Complex and all state-owned facilities in Cabell County be displayed at half-staff, from dawn to dusk today, Thursday, September 28, 2023, in commemoration of the distinguished[Read More…]
Jina Belcher of NRGRDA elected chair of newly formed Fayette County Land Reuse Agency
WV Press Release Sharing Fayette County, W.Va. – The New River Gorge Regional Development Authority’s (NRGRDA) Executive Director Jina Belcher was elected Chair of the newly created Fayette County Land Reuse Agency. The state’s first-ever county-based land reuse agency is designed to identify abandoned and dilapidated sites and structures, obtain[Read More…]
Media Advisory: Landing of aircraft donated to New River CTC Aircraft Maintenance Technician School
WV Press Release Sharing BEAVER, W.Va. — New River Community and Technical College has issued the following media advisory on the landing of an aircraft donated to New River CTC Aircraft Maintenance Technician School. WHO & WHAT: First airplane to be used in New River CTC Aircraft Maintenance Technician program will be[Read More…]
Extended shutdown expected on West Virginia Turnpike near Mossy; northbound lanes could be closed for several hours
Truck hauling approximately 4,500 gallons of an ammonium nitrate and water solution overturned WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Turnpike is shut down at mile marker 62 near the Mossy exit following a tractor-trailer wreck. A northbound truck carrying ammonium nitrate crashed on the Turnpike this morning. Emergency[Read More…]
Two Jefferson County, WV, Commissioners refusing to attend Commission President’s special meeting, citing ‘illegal’ use of power
By Toni Milbourne [email protected] CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Jefferson County Commissioners Tricia Jackson and Jennifer Krouse chose to purposefully not attend the last regularly scheduled commission meeting last week and have both publicly announced that they will not attend a special meeting tonight called by President Steve Stolipher. Stolipher called[Read More…]
Media Advisory: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine hosting “Women Interested in Staying Healthy” event at 4 p.m. Thursday
WV Press Release Sharing LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) would like to invite the media to the introduction of the “Women Interested in Staying Healthy” (WISH) project in Greenbrier County. Quality Insights will present a check to WVSOM for this grant-funded program at the event.[Read More…]
Federal leaders call on Gov. Justice to end funding disparity between WVU, WVSU
By Roger Adkins [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal officials are asking Gov. Jim Justice to address the funding disparity between West Virginia’s two land-grant institutions. The call to action came in a recent letter to Justice from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack, who[Read More…]
WV State Treasurer Moore announces ‘What Makes You Proud to be a West Virginia Skilled Worker?’ Jumpstart Savings Program Contest
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced a new contest that will award up to $12,000 deposited in a Jumpstart Savings Account to winners who tell the world what makes them proud to be a West Virginia skilled worker. “When West Virginia became the[Read More…]