By Caity Coyne, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As summer heat picks up with wet weather accompanying, more mosquitoes and ticks are bound to be buzzing and crawling around homes and outdoor gatherings, presenting a nuisance but also a potential health risk. Stanley Mills, the head of environmental services at[Read More…]
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West Virginia manufacturers take stock of pandemic challenges, impacts
By Charles Young, WV News MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While the COVID-19 pandemic forced many industries and whole sectors of the economy to shut down last year, West Virginia manufacturers continued to operate in order to provide the public with vital supplies, parts and goods, according to industry stakeholders. A group[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia with 94 new cases, 1 deaths since last update; 42.8% of total population fully vaccinated
WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Friday, June 11. West Virginia Statistics New cases since last update – 94 Deaths since last update – 1 Total Positive Cases – 162,939 Current Active Cases[Read More…]
City of Welch to Present West Virginia Coalfields Cookoff This Weekend
By John Tyson, The Welch News WELCH, W.Va. — The inaugural WV Coalfields Cookoff WV State BBQ and ATV Festival will be held June 11 & 12th, 2021 in Welch, WV. The festival, hosted by the City of Welch, will feature the WV State BBQ Championships sanctioned by the Kansas[Read More…]
Mylan workers, supporters, call on U.S. Senator Joe Manchin to save jobs at Mylan Plant
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Nearly 50 people gathered in a conference room at the Euro-Suites Thursday for a town hall to rally to keep jobs alive at the Mylan plant a few hundred yards up the road. All four walls and the speaker’s lectern with plastered[Read More…]
West Virginia talent, both through teens and ‘America’s Got Talent’ winner, to be spotlighted during ‘Come Home to Clarksburg’ concert
By Jonathan Weaver, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Tickets are still available for Saturday’s “Come Home to Clarksburg” concert at the Clarksburg Amphitheater in Veterans Memorial Park. “We are looking forward to a beautiful, sunny day and a wonderful concert, Clarksburg Visitors’ Bureau Executive Director Tina Yoke said. “It’s going[Read More…]
Justice applauds Manchin: West Virginia Governor praises filibuster defense, says relationship with U.S. Senator is ‘great’
By Charles Owens, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice applauded U.S. Senator Joe Manchin Thursday for his defense of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate, while describing his relationship with the veteran West Virginia Democrat as “great.” The relationship between Manchin and Justice, a Republican, has been strained in recent years[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Capito laments end of infrastructure talks with Biden
Democrats support Biden’s package By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that changing goalposts and multiple other talks between the White House and other senators helped bring an end to her infrastructure negotiations with President Joe Biden, while[Read More…]
West Virginia Treasurer Moore leads resistance to Biden’s pressuring of banks
By Brad Johnson, The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore is working with other state treasurers to fight President Joe Biden’s administration’s leaning on banks to help reduce U.S. carbon emissions. “We are in a big fight right now with the Biden administration, who is putting pressure[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: West Virginia with 119 new cases, 2 deaths since last update; 42.4% of total population fully vaccinated
WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 10. West Virginia Statistics New cases since last update – 119 Deaths since last update – 2 Total Positive Cases – 162,845 Current Active Cases[Read More…]
