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, Feb. 25. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 130,813 Current Active Cases – 8,020 Total Lab Results reported – 2,147,276 Cumulative positive test percentage –[Read More…]
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West Virginia Governor Justice hosts second town hall event on income tax elimination plan
By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — Gov. Jim Justice continued his effort to sell West Virginians on his plan to eliminate the state’s income tax during a virtual town hall Wednesday evening. As with his virtual town hall on Monday afternoon, Justice started by explaining elements[Read More…]
West Virginia House bill ends employee-based city user fees; Morgantown stands to lose $4.5 million per year
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The city of Morgantown will lose about $4.5 million a year if a bill passed out of the House Political Subdivisions Committee on Wednesday makes it all the way through the legislative process. HB 2256 originated as a bill to exempt state[Read More…]
The West Virginia Senate passed another intermediate courts bill; detractors say the money would be better spent on drug crisis, COVID relief
By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia senators approved a bill to establish an intermediate court of appeals for at least the fourth time in four years Wednesday afternoon. In a case of state history repeating itself, Senate Bill 275 even has the same number as it did in[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate committee accepts Democratic changes to charter school bill
By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A public charter school expansion bill from the House of Delegates was approved Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee after accepting an amendment from a Democratic senator to slow down how quickly the program ramps up. House Bill 2012[Read More…]
Bipartisan bill seeks to regulate telemedicine in West Virginia
By Jessica Farrish, The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A bipartisan bill in the West Virginia Legislature seeks to permit health care providers who are licensed in other states to provide telehealth services to West Virginians. If passed, SB1 would also require Public Employees Insurance Agency, Medicaid and specified insurance plans to[Read More…]
West Virginia Coal Association jumps into AEP rate case to defend Mitchell coal plant against possibility of closing
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Coal Association is pushing back against American Electric Power after the company’s subsidiaries warned in a recent rate case that they may close a coal-fired plant. Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power said in a Dec. 23 filing with the[Read More…]
WV First Lady Cathy Justice presents Rhododendron Award to Huntington philanthropist Missy Clagg Morrison
Release from the Office of West Virginia First Lady Cathy Justice: Click here to watch full ceremony. CHARLESTON, WV – In a virtual ceremony today, First Lady Cathy Justice presented her seventh Rhododendron Award to Missy Clagg Morrison, the Marshall Psychiatry Residency and Fellowship Programs Administrator at Marshall University’s School of[Read More…]
Raleigh County, WV Fire Chief charged with embezzlement, fraudulent schemes
Release from the State Auditor’s Office: CHARLESTON, W.Va.- A former volunteer fire chief has been indicted by a RaleighCounty Grand Jury for stealing from the Town of Sophia Volunteer Fire Department based on the testimony of investigators with the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office. The Indictment charges the man, Kenneth[Read More…]
West Virginia DMV announces convenient online knowledge test for learner’s permit now available
Release from West Virginia DMV: CHARLESTON, WV – Commissioner Everett Frazier of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles is pleased to announce that customers may now take their driver’s license knowledge test, also known as the learner’s permit, online at the DMV’s website, dmv.wv.gov. According to Commissioner Frazier, “We are so excited to[Read More…]
