Staff report The Mountain Messenger RICHWOOD, W.Va. — Guest speaker Charles Garratt will present the free program Saturday at 10 a.m. The event will begin with a photo presentation and talk followed by a trip to Cranberry Glades and the surrounding area to look at a few of these orchids.[Read More…]
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Alderson’s 4th of July celebration gets under way
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald ALDERSON, W.Va. — This weekend marks the renewal of the festive 4th of July celebration in Alderson, which had to be canceled last year as cleanup continued from the June 23 flood. Billed as West Virginia’s largest Independence Day celebration, this year’s multi-day festival offers[Read More…]
RCBI welcomes new class of entrepreneurs in TEN50 Program
By SARAH HOFMANN The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) welcomed a new class of entrepreneurs from across West Virginia in its TEN50 Program at a reception Wednesday. The TEN50 West Virginia’s Business Accelerator’s goal is to build a stronger and more diverse economy within the region.[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, June 29
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, June 29, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SETS TRAVEL RULES The new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim[Read More…]
Capito won’t support current GOP health care draft
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch WASHINGTON —West Virginia’s delegation to the U.S. Senate is in agreement – the Republican health care bill is not good for West Virginia. While Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has voiced his opposition since the House passed its version of the American Health Care Act, Sen. Shelley[Read More…]
Parkersburg woman showed Capito pictures of ailing daughter in meeting on AHCA
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Rev. Janice Hill didn’t go in with a game plan. It was almost impulse when she decided to show U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a picture of her cancer-stricken daughter. “She met with us, and I had no idea of[Read More…]
Poll suggests West Virginians dislike key components of Republican health care plans
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A recent poll conducted on behalf of the American Medical Association suggests West Virginians are not happy with key components of health care bills passed by the United State House of Representatives and under consideration in the United States Senate. Republican[Read More…]
Morgantown residents rally in opposition to Senate health bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN. W.Va. — On the same day West Virginia’s senators were saying no to the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act, Morgantown-area residents held a rally opposing it at Valley HealthCare. Their rallying cry was printed on orange and black sheets of paper, a quote[Read More…]
Highland-Clarksburg $17M expansion to include drug treatment beds
By DARLENE J. SWIGER The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Highland-Clarksburg Hospital will be adding a total of 58 beds in 2018, 38 of which will be dedicated to substance abuse to help address the addiction crisis in West Virginia. The beds will be part of a $17.4 million expansion[Read More…]
Bill to increase coal-mine cleanup spending advances
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to speed up the funding of abandoned coal-mine cleanups and to focus some of that spending on projects that help the economy in ailing coalfield communities moved a step ahead Tuesday in the U.S. House. Members of the House Committee[Read More…]
