By Wendy Holdren for The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “The Appalachian region is an area with unique needs and challenges — especially when it comes to our infrastructure and economic development,” said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., one of the sponsors of the bills. …Read more: https://www.register-herald.com/news/state_region/bills-aim-to-improve-transportation-infrastructure-encourage-economic-development/article_1694d7d0-9d83-59b8-9df8-6c5f7f4db254.html
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W.Va.’s Robinson Grand continues summer of movie screenings, drawing large crowd with Disney’s ‘Tangled’
By Kailee E. Gallahan for The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Princesses, princes and parents gathered at the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center Thursday evening for a showing of Disney’s 2010 animated film “Tangled.” Girls dressed as the film’s star, Rapunzel, wore purple dresses and long blonde wigs while eagerly[Read More…]
Mon Power employees step up to fight food insecurity in W.Va.
By Eddie Trizzino for Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Colleen Morris sees hundreds of people come through her doors every month. Not the doors of her home, but the doors of the Mannington Food Pantry, for which she serves as director. Everyone who comes through the doors on a[Read More…]
Two sanitation workers hospitalized after being exposed to unknown substance in Mercer Co., W.Va.
By Emily D. Coppola for Bluefield Daily Telegraph LASHMEET, W.Va. — While collecting garbage in the Lashmeet area, two Lusk Disposal sanitation workers made contact Thursday with an unknown substance. According to Mercer County Emergency Services Director Tim Farley, the two employees, “Had an adverse reaction and some symptoms,” to[Read More…]
MakeShop Appalachia encourages West Virginia youth entrepreneurship
By Alayna Fuller for The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Children of the Boys & Girls Club shared their projects and business ideas for the West Side with community leaders and parents at the MakeShop Appalachia Kids Idea Sharing Festival Wednesday in Charleston. “Makeshop Appalachia Entrepreneurship, through coding and design[Read More…]
School bus will be filled with supplies for various schools in Berkeley Co., W.Va.
By Eve Larsh for The Journal of Martinsburg, W.Va. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Various schools in Berkeley County are about to receive a bus load of what students need for school. Help Us Fill That Bus, an event where a bus is filled with donated school supplies and given to schools,[Read More…]
West Virginia University announces rural telehealth program
From The Herald Dispatch MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A researcher at West Virginia University is heading up a telehealth program to quickly connect people in rural areas with medical care. The college announced the year-long pilot Thursday and said it will start this fall. Participants will have recently left a[Read More…]
W.Va.’s Route 10 improvement project gets $16.9 million funding award
By Emily D. Coppola for Bluefield Daily Telegraph KEGLEY, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday a $16.9 million funding award for the final phase of the West Virginia Route 10 improvement project. The contract is for work that will be completed in Mercer County, near the Kegley community. The award for the[Read More…]
Mrs. International pageant not returning to Charleston, W.Va.
By Phil Kabler for the Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After three years of calling Charleston home, the Mrs. International beauty pageant will be heading to a new host city in 2020, the pageant director said Thursday. The pageant, which according to its website showcases married woman ages 21 to[Read More…]
