Media alert: WASHINGTON, D.C. – At 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) will host Making Federal Grants Work for You: A Grant Writing Symposium at Marshall University Foundation Hall in Huntington. The congressman will open the symposium at 9 a.m. with remarks focusing on the importance of[Read More…]
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Senators Capito, Manchin issue statement on Patriot VEBA
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) issued this joint statement about a Patriot Voluntary Employee Beneficial Association (Patriot VEBA) letter notifying beneficiaries it will run out of money on December 31, 2016. The letter was sent to approximately 12,500 coal mine retirees[Read More…]
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Week in W.Va. History: Oct. 13-19
Charleston, W.Va. – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Oct.13, 1863: The Battle of Bulltown took place. The location was valuable during the Civil War because the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike crossed the Little[Read More…]
Capito, Manchin announce Land and Water Conservation Fund grants
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) have announced that several local governments in West Virginia will receive grants totaling $418,473 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The State Side of the LWCF provides matching grants to states and local governments[Read More…]
West Virginia September revenue collections below government estimate
W.Va. Department of Revenue News Release: Severance, Sales up, but Personal Income, Corporate Net stumble CHARLESTON, W.VA. – The West Virginia Department of Revenue today released General Revenue Fund collection numbers for September of $376.1 million that were nearly $32.3 million below estimate. Three months into Fiscal Year 2016, cumulative collections[Read More…]
Gubernatorial Debate: Candidates for governor discuss education and economy
By Sarah Plummer The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Two businessmen, each owning a West Virginia business empire, sparred on issues of education and economy Tuesday during the first West Virginia’s Gubernatorial Debate at the Clay Center. Moderator Ashton Marra, assistant news director for West Virginia Public Broadcasting, began the[Read More…]
WVU Experts: Faculty available to discuss WV gubernatorial debate
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Several West Virginia University faculty members are available to offer reaction and expert commentary to the media following the 2016 West Virginia Gubernatorial Debate Tuesday (Oct. 4) between Democrat Jim Justice and Republican Bill Cole. Full story at: http://go.wvu.edu/2dr3RUn
Cole, Justice spar over economy at Gubernatorial Debate
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two men vying to be the 36th governor of West Virginia traded cutting remarks and appealed to Mountain State citizens during the first of two gubernatorial debates Tuesday night. The first debate put Democrat Jim Justice against Republican Bill Cole at the[Read More…]
Watch the West Virginia Gubernatorial Debate here
Find your West Virginia Public Broadcasting stations below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHPxDxXDtjk CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The live-stream of the West Virginia Gubernatorial Debate of 2016 General Election starts at 6:50 p.m. and will also be broadcast on West Virginia Public Broadcastings’ television and radio networks, various commercial television and radio stations and live-streamed on select[Read More…]