By Bishop Nash The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON, W.Va — Controlling the damage caused by the region’s opioid epidemic would take an estimated $166 million in additional investments toward substance use treatment as well as economic redevelopment in the Huntington-Ashland metropolitan area, research by the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards[Read More…]
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Media Alert: Register now for 2018 W.Va. Legislative Lookahead, Jan. 5 in Charleston
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Each year the media of West Virginia gathers for the West Virginia Legislative Lookahead: A preview of key topics expected at the upcoming West Virginia Legislative session. The Lookahead is a day-long series of seminars.. This year the topics include taxes, education, oil and gas legislation, and WV Forward. The 2018 event is Friday, Jan.[Read More…]
More college-going students in WV need remedial classes
By JAKE JARVIS Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A growing percentage of high school graduates in West Virginia who attend the state’s public colleges need to take remedial classes to be ready for entry-level college classes. That’s according to a new report presented Thursday to the board that oversees West[Read More…]
W.Va. PEIA approves increases as employee representatives ask for other solutions
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Months of debate over state employee insurance costs ended Thursday as the Public Employees Insurance Agency unanimously and without debate approved a plan to increase rates. Several people attending the meeting at the PEIA office in Kanawha City did address the[Read More…]
W.Va. Parkways Authority begins process of selling road bonds
By JIM ROSS The State Journal BECKLEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Parkways Authority has begun the process of doing its part in bringing Gov. Jim Justice’s “Roads to Prosperity” bond program to fruition. The authority on Thursday approved the use of $900,000 of a projected $120 million in bond[Read More…]
West Virginia’s heroine of Huntington: Jan Rader
By BROOKE GRIFFIN The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Jan Rader is no average woman. She is the Huntington fire chief. She is the star of a Netflix documentary. She can rescue someone from a burning building and then administer certified professional medical treatment. She is paving the way for young[Read More…]
Subcontractor pulls out of Minden, concerned about disturbing PCB-contaminated soil
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — In today’s economy, it’s hard to walk away from a paycheck when you work in the underground utility business, Ohio businessman Tom Enyart said Thursday, but that’s what Enyart’s company did when the owners suspected that one of its projects had the[Read More…]
West Virginians not immune to problems of sexual abuse
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – According to a survey by the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information Services (FRIS), one in six women in the state are victims of sexual abuse. While not every case is reported and some victims never identify, advocates from groups like[Read More…]
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St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Wheeling gets White House shout out
By LINDA COMINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Holiday generosity from St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Wheeling received national attention from the White House on Thursday. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders opened a press briefing Thursday afternoon by sharing the story of the church’s efforts[Read More…]
