WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council announced funding for two water projects at its meeting on June 7. Details for the projects are listed below. Marshall County Public Service District 3The council approved a $799,992 critical need grant to the Marshall County[Read More…]
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West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine President Nemitz presented with Presidential Challenge Coin for efforts on substance use disorder education
White House’s Director of the Office on National Drug Control Policy sees educating medical students as critical in dealing with addiction WV Press Staff Report LEWISBURG, W.Va. — There is an important reason West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine President James Nemitz received a Presidential Challenge Coin for his efforts on[Read More…]
Dr. Gupta: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine focuses on real communities, real people, and how to solve problems
White House’s Director of the Office on National Drug Control Policy finishes West Virginia meetings in Lewisburg WV Press Staff Report LEWISBURG, W.Va. – Dr. Rahul Gupta, White House director of the Office on National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), concluded a two-day tour of the Mountain State Saturday with a[Read More…]
Betsy Miles takes you ‘Miles in a Minute’ to celebrate Juneteenth in West Virginia
Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs is hosting a Juneteenth featuring Dru Hill from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday WV Press Video CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s celebration time in West Virginia! On Saturday, June 17, we will celebrate Juneteenth on the Kanawha Boulevard lawns of the West Virginia[Read More…]
Out for Justice: State Senator Charles Trump begins run for West Virginia Supreme Court
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News & Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — He has spent more than 23 years helping write many of West Virginia’s laws and could be called the father of the state’s new Intermediate Court of Appeals, but state Sen. Charles Trump IV is ready for the challenge[Read More…]
White House representative visits West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
WV Press Release Sharing LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Ph.D., Rahul Gupta, M.D., the first physician to serve as the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is a component of the Executive Office of the President, visited the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) on June 10 for[Read More…]
W.Va. State Senator Charles Trump announces plan to file for Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charles S. Trump IV of Morgan County, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the West Virginia Senate, has announced that he intends to be a candidate in 2024 for the open seat on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. “Like many[Read More…]
Sustaining Rural Journalism: Report for America is looking for rural newspapers
Program placing journalists in local newsrooms By Al Cross, Director University of Kentucky, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Rural newspapers are missing out on a great deal – subsidized, eager, young reporters who can boost coverage and build the paper’s brand as a public service. The deal comes[Read More…]
Media Advisory: WVU Extension expert provides tips for dealing with invasive spotted lanternfly:
WV Press Release Sharing MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It is hatching season for the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect from Asia that a West Virginia University expert describes as a “serious economic threat” to agricultural industries. First detected in Pennsylvania in 2014, the spotted lanternfly has since been found in several other states, including multiple[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: West Virginia Gov. Justice to hold groundbreaking ceremony for section of Corridor H in Tucker County Friday at 11 a.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of the Governor has issued the following media advisory: Gov. Justice will hold groundbreaking ceremony for section of Corridor H in Tucker County Friday at 11:00 a.m. WHO: Gov. Jim Justice, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation Jimmy Wriston, P.E., other officials. WHAT: Groundbreaking ceremony for[Read More…]