West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Senate has passed Senate Bill 677, increasing certain fees paid by broker dealer agents and issuers of securities to the state’s Securities Commission, a division of the State Auditor’s  Office.  “West Virginia’s current fees for securities offering registrations, review of[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Pinwheels line the entrance to CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital in observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Each April, the hospital places the pinwheels in honor of the more than 900 abused children helped by Women and Children’s Hospital annually. When the[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Larry Pack announced that the 2nd Annual West Virginia Term Deposit Auction, held on Monday, March 31, resulted in $40 million invested in five West Virginia banks. “The West Virginia Term Deposit Program is an innovative way to use state resources to invest[Read More…]

Charleston, W.Va. — In March, West Virginia’s revenue collections of more than $439.5 million were nearly $39.4 million above the monthly estimate and 9.8% below prior year receipts. Overall prior March General Revenue Fund collections were 9.8% higher due to one-time events during that month. “While we are optimistic that March revenues[Read More…]

WVU Today WHAT: West Virginia University will celebrate its renewed status as a top-tier R1-level research institution during the seventh annual Research Week. WHEN: April 7-11 WHERE: Morgantown areas of campus and online NOTES: Since 2019, the University has hosted Research Week each spring to spotlight and support student and faculty research, and inform the community[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association Charleston, W.Va. – Governor Patrick Morrisey announced today that the federal government accepted his request for Individual Assistance and Public Assistance in Raleigh County. In Boone County, the Governor’s request for Public Assistance was accepted. “As southern West Virginia continues to recover from February’s flooding, we’re grateful[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Brig. Gen. James “Jim” Seward will officially take command of the West Virginia National Guard during a formal assumption ceremony held at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, West Virginia, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Media partners are invited to attend and document the ceremony.[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – On Friday, Governor Patrick Morrisey was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to announce a series of statewide initiatives to make West Virginia healthy. These initiatives model the Trump administration and Secretary Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that West Virginia has been granted a 90-day extension to submit its final proposal to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This action comes after the Governor met earlier this week[Read More…]

West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker, West Virginia’s Chancellor of Higher Education, today released the following statement following Moody’s Ratings announcing that it has affirmed the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Aa3 issuer and revenue bond ratings. “This affirmation of our bond rating is[Read More…]