By Kailee Kroll, WV News CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Families and students seeking summer activities this year will have a variety of options for all ages, whether through programs with county school systems or programs developed among community partners. Specifically for those interested in STEM fields, programs like West Virginia’s Destination[Read More…]
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United Mine Workers of America, mine safety advocates blast lingering lack of enforceable COVID-19 prevention standard
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Friday marks 423 days since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. But federal coal mine safety regulators still haven’t decided whether to issue an enforceable standard requiring mine operators to comply with coronavirus prevention guidance that it took them a[Read More…]
CQ Roll Call ranking names West Virginia’s Manchin as most bipartisan senator
WV News WASHINGTON (WV News) — A Washington-based publication has released its yearly ranking on Congress, naming Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as the most bipartisan member of the Senate. According to a release from Manchin’s office, this is the third year in a row CQ Roll Call has given Manchin[Read More…]
Governor Justice says schools ready to vaccinate 12 to 15 year olds
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Public schools around the state are ready to start offering the COVID vaccine to students 12 to 15 years old next week, if approval is given by the FDA (Federal Drug Administration). “We are ready when this approval takes place,” said[Read More…]
West Virginia public schools seek to recover costs created by opioid crisis
By Luke Creasy, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Public school districts in West Virginia, a state described as “ground zero for the opioid epidemic in America,” have sued McKinsey & Co. Inc. for creating and implementing the plan that led to Purdue Pharma pleading guilty to federal crimes for marketing[Read More…]
Insurance company files federal lawsuit alleging Governor Justice family company failed to pay $166,000 in deductibles
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON W.Va. — An insurance company has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a company consisting of Gov. Jim Justice and his adult children owes it $166,000 for claims that it submitted for coverage under workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance policies. New York-based Starr[Read More…]
New River Gorge Is America’s Newest – and West Virginia’s First – National Park
By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer LANSING, W.Va. — State and congressional officials were on hand Wednesday as the New River Gorge National River received a long-sought upgrade to New River National Park and Preserve, the nation’s 63rd and newest national park. U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore[Read More…]
West Virginia high court hears charter school case
West Virginia Academy looks for overruling By Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Who’s suing who? That was the question the justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court had for the attorney representing the board of what still could be the Mountain State’s first charter school. Mark Sadd, who[Read More…]
West Virginia’s medical cannabis program on track
By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After years of setting up regulations, fixing a banking problem, selecting companies to handle all aspects of creating and selling products, West Virginia’s medical cannabis program could be ready for patients by the fall. According to the Office of[Read More…]
Mountain Valley Pipeline delayed again as project cost keeps rising
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The projected in-service date for the Mountain Valley Pipeline has been pushed back yet again. Equitrans Midstream Corp. announced Tuesday it was moving its targeted in-service date for the pipeline from the end of 2021 to the summer of 2022, a delay[Read More…]
