By Steven Allen AdamsThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Key leaders in economic development public policy held a robust discussion on improving West Virginia’s perceptions and addressing long-standing issues that have held the state back in areas of job growth and attracting new residents. Reporters from around West Virginia[Read More…]
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W.Va. legislators, health officials detail Rural Healthcare-funded plans
By Matthew YoungFor the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON — Diabetes, obesity and “seven pillars” of health care to combat them were the topic of a panel discussion Friday, which focused heavily on the $199.5 million in grants West Virginia is set to receive through the federal Rural Healthcare Transformation Fund. Facilitated as[Read More…]
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WVU hires experienced scientist, academic leader to serve as provost and vice president for academic affairs
WVU Today Following a national search focused on the academic future of West Virginia University, President Michael T. Benson is announcing the hiring of Beverly Wendland, an accomplished scholar and academic leader with wide-ranging higher education experience, to serve as the University’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. “Beverly is a nationally recognized[Read More…]
Health officials say virulent strain driving harsh flu season
By Riley McCoyThe Register-Herald BECKLEY — A virulent strain of influenza has pushed the 2025-26 flu season to its highest activity level in 25 years, bringing longer fevers and harsher symptoms, area health officials said Thursday. “Nationally, we are seeing the highest incidence of flu we have seen in the[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito provides comments on health care, Venezuela and Minnesota ICE shooting
By Steven Allen AdamsThe Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito believes that federal Rural Health Transformation funding will benefit West Virginia, and that claims that rural hospitals could see a $1 billion cut in Medicaid funding are “overstated.” Capito provided a briefing to reporters Thursday[Read More…]
Work to begin soon on Coalfields Expressway connector route in Welch
By Charles OwensBluefield Daily Telegraph WELCH — Excavation work should be getting underway soon on a new connector route in Welch that will allow motorists to enter the Coalfields Expressway corridor in the fall of 2027. The new connector route is planned adjacent to Welch Community Hospital. It will be[Read More…]
EPA delays coal plant wastewater pollution compliance deadlines that loom large in W.Va.
By Mike TonyCharleston Gazette-Mail It was just over 18 months ago that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule it said would reduce pollutants discharged through wastewater from coal-fired power plants by more than 660 million pounds per year. The rule stood to have a long-lasting environmental impact in[Read More…]
OP ED: We pay for dental coverage. So where is the care?
By Nika Hettlinger, DDSPresident, West Virginia Dental Association People who pay for dental coverage expect it to work. Too often in West Virginia, it does not. I have been a dentist in Cabell County for nearly 20 years, and I see this every day. Most of my patients are working[Read More…]
WVU to induct 4 into Academy of Distinguished Alumni
WVU Today A distinguished cohort of four West Virginia University graduates will be inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni in recognition of their groundbreaking achievements in business, communications and education. This year’s inductees, Michael J. Florio, Nitin N. Kumbhani, Mary Ellen Mazey and Morris Morrison, will be celebrated during a ceremony on Friday, Jan.[Read More…]
