Nearly $3.3 million in unclaimed property slated to be returned this fall West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore is encouraging West Virginians to be on the lookout for letters that will be mailed next week notifying certain residents they will receive an unclaimed property check[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association ATHENS, W.Va. – Dr. Shawn Allen, Associate Professor of Social Work at Concord University, has been appointed by Governor Jim Justice to serve on the West Virginia Developmental Disabilities Council. Dr. Allen’s term will run through June 30, 2028. This appointment is in addition to Dr. Allen[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS) has filed an extensive pleading asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia hearing the challenge to its operation of the child welfare system in Jonathan R., et al. v. Jim Justice, et al.[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On Wednesday, July 10, West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) road crews completed repairs on a section of US 119 near Julian in Boone County that buckled due to excessive heat, within 24 hours of the damage occurring. On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, a section[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council announced $10 million in funding for sewer and water projects around the state at its meeting on July 3. Details for the projects are listed below. AldersonThe council approved a $1 million grant to the town of Alderson[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association WASHINGTON, DC — On July 10, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan Department of Energy AI Act to advance American leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) by harnessing the existing National Laboratory infrastructure[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Harmful chemicals that don’t break down are present in public water systems nationwide, and West Virginia University economists have found that densely populated, higher income areas and those that use groundwater tend to have the highest contamination levels. Levan Elbakidze, professor of resource economics and[Read More…]

Gilmer County led the state in new business growth for the month West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The WV Secretary of State’s Office registered 993 new businesses statewide during the month of June according to Secretary of State Mac Warner.  Gilmer County led the state in the percentage of new business[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 8, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced resources from several federal agencies for projects that will support initiatives across the state, including economic development, education, environmental cleanup, and drug interdiction projects across West Virginia.[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is urging landowners to sign up for the Cooperative State-County-Landowner (CSCL) Lymantria dispar (spongy moth) Suppression Program. The program is focused on protecting the landowners’ forested acreage from devastating effects caused by the invasive Lymantria dispar. The sign-up[Read More…]