By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One day after rejecting several amendments aimed at stripping most of West Virginia’s certificate of need program from state code, the House of Delegates passed two bills Wednesday providing exemptions for two kinds of healthcare facilities. The House passed[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — est Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) today unveiled its new brand, “showcasing our story of transformation while maintaining our roots through our new tagline, ‘It starts at home.’” In developing the new logo, CRW officials said they wanted to balance its history with their[Read More…]

WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU College of Law has issued the following media advisory: WHAT: “Health in the Hills: Understanding the Impact of Health Care Law in Rural Communities” hosted by the West Virginia Law Review WHO: Health care law experts from across the country WHEN: Thursday (Feb. 24), 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The House of Delegates is taking a second shot at putting an amendment into the state Constitution to subject state Board of Education rule-making to legislative oversight. The House adopted HJR 102 on Tuesday and sent it to the Senate. If the[Read More…]

By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would end face mask requirements in West Virginia public schools and ban those schools from requiring COVID-19 testing of students or employees without symptoms is headed to the floor of the full House of Delegates. The House Judiciary Committee[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — The Hatfield-McCoy Trail System set a record in 2021, almost doubling the number of permits sold for the ATV trails that wind hundreds of miles through Southern West Virginia. Gov. Jim Justice said almost 95,000 permits were sold last year, a[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — If the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals doesn’t rule on a motion to stay a lower court decision blocking approved public charter schools from opening next year, that could push their start dates to the 2023-2024 school year, unless the[Read More…]

WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature has passed a bill to redesignate Glenville State College as Glenville State University. The bill, House Bill 4264, was introduced in January, receiving approval from the House Education Committee on Feb. 10. The full body considered the first reading of the[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill to provide an exemption to West Virginia’s Certificate of Need law became a vehicle Tuesday for opponents to make an unsuccessful attempt to repeal the entire program. Delegates considered multiple amendments to House Bill 4643 on[Read More…]

By Emily Keefer, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Sen. Hannah Geffert (D-Berkeley 16) has introduced a resolution to put on the ballot an Equal Rights Amendment to the West Virginia State Constitution. “It is time,” Geffert said, “for West Virginia’s constitution to include the fundamental, moral principle that the legal[Read More…]