By MATT HARVEY The Exponent Telegram WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has announced her mobile office schedule for February. Capito’s staff will be available to meet with area residents and assist with casework and issues related to federal agencies at the following times and locations: Feb. 6,[Read More…]
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The Daily Anthenaeum: Fake news — the poison that threatens our democracy
From The Daily Anthenaeum: By Maryanne Reed Honorary Correspondent Dean of the Reed College of Media There’s an antidote to fake news. It’s called “journalism.” Journalism is the act of gathering information about current events and relevant issues and disseminating it to an audience. Its purpose is to help people[Read More…]
10 things to know: Wednesday, Feb. 1
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHO IS TRUMP’S PICK FOR SUPREME COURT Neil Gorsuch, 49, advocates for court review[Read More…]
Jake Glance named WVDEP’s acting public information officer
Press Release from West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Cabinet Secretary Austin Caperton today announced that Jake Glance will serve as the agency’s acting public information officer. Glance has been with the WVDEP since March of 2015 as a Public[Read More…]
Edward Maguire II named WVDEP environmental advocate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Cabinet Secretary Austin Caperton today announced that Edward Maguire II will serve as the agency’s Environmental Advocate. Maguire begins work on Feb. 1. Since 1990, Maguire has served as the president and owner of The Highlands Group, Inc., a land[Read More…]
Media Alert: WVU experts available on immigration executive order
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A number of West Virginia University faculty are available to discuss issues related to the Executive Order signed Friday (Jan. 27) by President Donald Trump suspending entry into the United States “of both nonimmigrants and immigrants” from at least seven countries for 90 days or more from the[Read More…]
Walk-in services scaled back at state tax department locations
Release from the W.Va. Tax Department: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Effective immediately walk-in services at West Virginia State Tax Department locations across the state are being scaled back because of budgetary and staffing constraints. As a part of the reconfiguration of walk-in services, Tax Department employees will no longer be permitted to[Read More…]
WVU holds forum, vigil over immigration ban
By BEN CONLEY The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU needs and supports its international students. It’s too early to know. Those two statements, in various forms, sum up much of the open forum held Jan. 30 in the Mountainlair in reaction to the executive order signed Friday by President[Read More…]
Marshall President Gilbert addresses Trump’s executive order
By WILLIE IZZO The Parthenon HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Students, staff and faculty gathered in room BE 5 of the Memorial Student Center Monday for a forum regarding President Donald Trump’s executive orders and specifically how they affect Marshall University’s international student population. The meeting was announced early Monday via a[Read More…]
Manchin voices concern over Trump refugee order
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As about 100 people gathered outside U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office in Charleston to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order that banned people from several countries from entering the United States, Manchin said Trump’s executive order was “not a common-sense approach.” “As[Read More…]
